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12 March 2009

The Minister of Social Development, Dr Zola Skweyiya, will launch the Recruitment and Retention Strategy for social workers and celebrate World Social Work Day on 17 March 2009, in Vosloorus, East of Johannesburg.

The department has been working on a Recruitment and Retention Strategy in order to improve the working conditions of social workers, to retain the current pool of social workers and to attract young people to the profession.

The department will be celebrating World Social Work Day for the first time, as part of raising the stature of the profession and to acknowledge the sterling work of social workers. The day is celebrated on the third week of March annually in the world, and it recognises the role being played by social work professionals across the sector in developing a caring society and fighting poverty.

"This is a small way for us to applaud social work professionals, who, despite challenging circumstances facing the profession, have contributed tremendously in making a difference in the lives of many people and the development of the profession itself. The contributions that the social workers have made are essential to social stability, respect for human rights and promotion of family values," Minister Skweyiya said.

Details of the event are as follows:

Time: 10h00
Venue: Vosloorus Society for the Care of the aged, 3033 Mokgato Street, Sotho Section, Vosloorus

The media is invited to attend.

RSVP:
Jaconia Kobue
Tel: 012 312 7793
Cell: 073 026 1111

Brenda Hlungwane
Tel: 012 312 7303
Cell: 073 308 5108

Enquiries:
Zanele Mngadi
Cell: 082 330 1148

Issued by: Department of Social Development
12 March 2009
Source: Department of Social Development (http://www.dsd.gov.za)