CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) FOR THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION IN SOUTH AFRICA

The South African Council for Social Service Professions (SACSSP) took a principled decisionduring a meeting on 23 and 24 July 2003 to adopt continuing professional development (CPD)as a requirement for registration to practise. This decision has positioned and committed socialservice professions am...

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Main Authors: Antoinette Lombard, Santie Pruis, Margaret Grobbelaar, Dudu Mhlanga
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Stellenbosch University 2010-06-01
Series:Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk
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Online Access:https://socialwork.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/168
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description The South African Council for Social Service Professions (SACSSP) took a principled decisionduring a meeting on 23 and 24 July 2003 to adopt continuing professional development (CPD)as a requirement for registration to practise. This decision has positioned and committed socialservice professions amongst many other professions, nationally and internationally, to continuetheir professional development through “the systematic maintenance and improvement ofknowledge, skills and competence throughout a professional’s working life” (Butler, 2003:18).
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spelling doaj.art-c482f8b2895e4bc8a6e016353ebdfa1a2022-12-22T02:47:03ZafrStellenbosch UniversitySocial Work/Maatskaplike Werk0037-80542312-71982010-06-0146211410.15270/46-2-168CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) FOR THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION IN SOUTH AFRICAAntoinette Lombard0Santie Pruis1Margaret Grobbelaar2Dudu Mhlanga3Department of Social Work and Criminology, University of Pretoria.SACSSP , Department of Social Work and Criminology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.SACSSP , Department of Social Work and Criminology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.SACSSP, Department of Social Work and Criminology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.The South African Council for Social Service Professions (SACSSP) took a principled decisionduring a meeting on 23 and 24 July 2003 to adopt continuing professional development (CPD)as a requirement for registration to practise. This decision has positioned and committed socialservice professions amongst many other professions, nationally and internationally, to continuetheir professional development through “the systematic maintenance and improvement ofknowledge, skills and competence throughout a professional’s working life” (Butler, 2003:18).https://socialwork.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/168professional development (cpd)social work professionsouth africa
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professional development (cpd)
social work profession
south africa
title CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) FOR THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION IN SOUTH AFRICA
title_full CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) FOR THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION IN SOUTH AFRICA
title_fullStr CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) FOR THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION IN SOUTH AFRICA
title_full_unstemmed CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) FOR THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION IN SOUTH AFRICA
title_short CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) FOR THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION IN SOUTH AFRICA
title_sort continuing professional development cpd for the social work profession in south africa
topic professional development (cpd)
social work profession
south africa
url https://socialwork.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/168
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