Dr Zethu Mkhize
PRESIDENT
SA Council for Social Service
Professions (SACSSP)
Mrs Iveda V Smith
REGISTRAR/CEO
SA Council for Social Service
Professions (SACSSP)
Vision
A Professional Council striving for social justice through the promotion and enhancement of developmental social welfare.
Mission
Council serves the interests of social service consumers and professions through the development, promotion and maintenance of training, ethical conduct and professional service within the developmental social welfare framework.
Values/Principles
As a public administrative body, the SACSSP is governed by the democratic values and principles enshrined in the Constitution (Act 108 of 1996) and in particular as set out in section 195(1) of the Constitution, as the basic values and principles governing public administration.
Therefore Council’s business is conducted within the framework of the following principles:
- The promotion and maintenance of a high standard of professional ethics.
- The promotion of efficient, economic and effective use of resources.
- Being development oriented.
- Providing services impartially, fairly, equitable and without bias.
- Responding to people’s needs and by encouraging participation in its policy making.
- Being accountable.
- Fostering transparency by providing the public with timely, accessible and accurate information.
- Good human resource management.
- Being broadly representative of the South African people, with employment and personnel
- management practices based on ability, objectivity, fairness and the need to redress the imbalances of the past to achieve representation.