Social Workers in Bloemfontein

Everyone on this page is listed under the professional title social worker. Social work is a practice-based profession and an academic discipline ¹. It promotes social change, cohesion and the empowerment of people.

The training emphasises the systems around a person. Housing, income, schooling, child protection and family conflict are part of it.

In mental health that often means talking work alongside practical support. Ask a practitioner what parts of your situation they would work on.

Yes. Social workers are among the professionals who practise psychotherapy². Titles and scope vary: clinical social worker, registered social worker, and others. Ask a practitioner what therapy training they hold beyond their social work qualification.

The training differs more than the session does. That training takes in the systems around a person: housing, income, schooling, child protection.

A counsellor's training centres on the conversation.

No. Where medication is part of the question, a social worker refers to a doctor. Ask a practitioner who they would refer you to.

Ask about credentials and experience, whether the practitioner has a specialty, and what approach they use. Ask whether they have experience with your age group and your difficulty. In private practice, also ask what part of the work is therapy and what part is practical support.

Titles you will see include Social Worker and Student Social Worker. Search the register by name at South African Council for Social Service Professions (SACSSP). Check that the name and title match and that the entry is current. If they do not, ask the practitioner why.

In South Africa psychologists and social workers must be registered to practise. No statute protects the plain title counsellor.

See the South Africa page.