Social Work: Selected web sites

"The Children's Institute is a leader in child policy research and advocacy in South Africa. Our activities focus on key challenges to the well-being of South Africa's children: poverty, inequality, HIV/AIDS, high infant and child mortality and morbidity, violence and abuse, and limited voice. Our purpose is to provide evidence to assist policy-makers and practitioners to create policies, programmes and institutions that support the best interests of the country's children."

Child Welfare South Africa (CWSA) is an umbrella body that represents more than 263 member organizations and outreach projects in communities throughout South Africa. Together with its members it forms the largest non-profit, non-governmental organisation in the country in the fields of child protection and child and family care and development.

This site is dedicated to providing the public with accurate information on the Child Justice Act (75 of 2008).

Documents such as white papers, policies and legislation available for download.

The NDA was established in 2000 as an act of Parliament. In terms of the NDA Act, the NDA has the primary mandate to contribute towards the eradication of poverty and its causes.

The South African Council for Social Service Professions (SACSSP) is the regulatory body entrusted to set and maintain standards of education and practice of the social service professionals (social work and child and youth care work) in the Republic of South Africa.

SAASWIPP is a voluntary professional association of social workers in private practice and is a registered Non-Profit-Organisation.