Let me indicate that in terms of the Occupational Specific Dispensation, OSD, which is applicable to social work services, the chamber agreed that for you to be a supervisor, to enable you to supervise any social worker you need to have ten years of experience. That is what the Bargaining Chamber agreed upon.
To ensure that our social workers including the ones that the hon member speaks about that come from school that are new need to be supervised by an experienced supervisor as prescribed by the norms and standards. We needed to recall the social workers who have the requisite experience as per the Bargaining Chamber to ensure that they are able to supervise and we are able to bring on board unemployed social workers because if they come on board without supervisors they would still not be able to perform the function they are required to function.
Therefore, to resolve matters, not only of foster care but of the different reports that need signing off that must go to court, that must go to SAPS, we needed to force as an interim those veterans so that we are able to then engage the relevant
bargaining chambers to actually revisit the OSD agreement and we acknowledge upfront that we do have challenges with unemployed social workers and we are doing our best to accommodate and get them employed. Thank you very much Deputy Speaker