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040			_aAFVC
245			_aAddressing public safety for social worker-like kaimahi : _breport to the Minister for Social Development and Employment _cSocial Workers Registration Board
260			_bSocial Workers Registration Board, _c2024
300			_aelectronic document (45 pages) ; PDF file
520			_aThe purpose of this report is to advise [the Minister] of work the SWRB has been doing to better understand social worker-like roles, with a focus on public safety considerations. The report highlights that: • Many workers in social worker-like roles are doing the same work as registered social workers but without the same regulatory oversight. • Existing legislative mechanisms in the SWRA 2003 would allow regulation of these workers via registration. • There is a strong preliminary case, based on enhancing the safety of the public and broadening pathways into social work, for registering this class of workers as social workers under different scopes of practice. More work is needed to refine the public safety considerations and better understand the full implications of taking this course of action. • Additional policy work to further assess the risk to public safety and weigh up the costs and benefits of further intervention is required. The approaches discussed in this report may go some way towards increasing professionalism in the wider social worker sector and addressing ongoing public safety concerns. (From the Executive summary). See also the Appendix and related report prepared by Martinjenkins, available on the website. Record #8773
650			_aEMPLOYMENT _9227
650			_aSOCIAL SERVICES _9555
650			_aSUPPORT SERVICES _9591
650			_aSOCIAL WORK _9560
650			_aSOCIAL WORKERS _9566
650			_aWORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT _94320
651			_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
710			_aSocial Workers Registration Board _913149
856			_uhttps://swrb.govt.nz/addressing-public-safety-for-social-worker-like-kaimahi/
942			_2ddc _cREPORT _hnews128