By: Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) and the Ministry of Health (MOH)
In 2013, a steering committee comprising senior professionals from the social service and healthcare sectors was formed to develop the National Social Work Competency Framework (NSWCF), which sets out the knowledge, skills and behavioural attributes required of social workers.
The NSWCF provides the following:
• Practice tracks for social workers – Types of careers, job roles and career progression pathways available to social workers.
• Key responsibility areas (KRas) – Job responsibilities of social workers in relation to their job roles.
• Knowledge and skill competencies – Knowledge and skill requirements of social workers in Direct Practice to effectively perform their key responsibility areas in each job role.
• Behavioural competencies – Attitude and traits that social workers should have to excel in their job roles.