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

Abstract

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).

Keywords

• professional development (cpd)
• social work profession
• south africa