Proposed Social Worker Registration Board of SA Scope of Practice, and Social Work Services

The Director of the Social Worker Registration Board of SA (SWRB) has written to the Public Service Association seeking feedback about the proposed SWRB Scope of Practice, and Social Work Services.

The SWRB advises that it is consulting on the Scopes of Practice and Social Work Services to ensure that there is alignment with the definitions proposed by the Board and the social services sector prior to becoming regulation.

SWRB is seeking feedback on:

• The Scope of Practice of social workers 

• The definition of Social Work Services

• Social workers functions and activities   

• Social worker roles

• Where social workers practice    

• How social workers practice.

Information on the following can be found here https://yoursay.sa.gov.au/scope-of-practice-consultation

•    Background

•    Pre-reading material (Social Workers Registration Board FAQs, Social Workers Registration Act 2021, the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) Code of Ethics (2020), and the AASW Code of Ethics (2023)        

•    Recording of the Social Workers Registration Information Session, and  

•    The Consultation Companion Document.

Have your say about the proposed SWRB Scope of Practice, and Social Work Services.

Please provide feedback to PSA Allied Health Professional Network Coordinator Rosie Ratcliff by email to rosie.ratcliff@psaofsa.asn.au by close of business on Tuesday, 3 September 2024 to allow it to be included in a collated and non-identifying manner in the PSA’s response to the SWRB.

Please provide your feedback in the same format as the yourSAy survey, including demographic information, so that feedback about each specific question can be easily identified.

A meeting of PSA Allied Health Professional (AHP) Network Social Worker members to discuss the proposals will also be held on:

 This is a PSA members’ only meeting. Feedback is encouraged prior to the meeting so that this can be discussed in a non-identifying manner. 

Members may also want a PSA meeting specific to their work area. Please contact your PSA Organiser to arrange this.

MEMBERSHIP MATTERS

Do you work with a Social Worker who is a PSA member but has not yet joined the PSA AHP Network? Encourage them to sign up to the Network here and they can then be part of the expert voice to the PSA about Allied Health.

Or do you work with Social Workers or other AHPs who are not yet PSA members? Ask those yet to join you in the PSA to join online today and they can also be a part of the Network.