South Africa - How To Register as a Caregiver for Older Persons

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. To apply for registering as a Caregiver for older persons in person, you have to visit at any nearest office of Department of Social Development.
2. Contact details for office of Department of Social Development in all the provinces in South Africa can be found in the following link:link
3. Visit any nearest of DSD office and obtain theform 7 for applying as a Caregiver for older people residential facility and please fill the application form as directed and required with all relevant details.
4. Confirm that you have all the documents listed in the “Required documents” of this page. Now, attach the documents with the completed application form.
5. Submit the application form and attached documents to the respective authority at the office.
6. The authority will go through the application and check the attached documents for their validation.
7. Once all the necessary processes has been completed, the certificate for Registration as a Caregiver for Older persons will issued by the concerned authority.

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Required Documents

• Certified copy of Identity document or residence permit
• Certified Proof of training as caregiver
• Copy of Identity document
• Academic documents

Office Locations & Contacts

Department of Social Development,
134, Pretorius Street,
HSRC Building,
Pretoria.
Directions using Google map: Link
Customer Care Help line: 012 312 7727
E-Mail: [email protected]
Website: Link , Link

List of Department of Social Development Offices

Provincial Contact Numbers:
GAUTENG - (011) 355 7687 / 7977 / 7878
LIMPOPO - (015) 293 6004 / 6054 / 6011 / 6053
NORTH WEST - (018) 387 3434 / 0255 / 3497 / 0281
MPUMALANGA - (013) 766 3098 / 3253 / 3031
FREE STATE - (051) 400 0302 / 0304 / 0307
EASTERN CAPE - (043) 605 5000
KWAZULU-NATAL - (033) 264 5400
WESTERN CAPE - (021) 483 3858/ 3765 / 3158 / 5445
NORTHERN CAPE - (053) 807 5600

Eligibility

• Any person, who wishes to offer home-based care and service to older persons and are capable of doing to do so, can apply.
• The person applying should have undergone proper training as a caregiver in an accredited institution by South African Qualification Authority.

Fees

• The service is free of cost.
  

Validity

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e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Documents to Use

• The applicant can obtain the form at the office that they visit to apply.
  

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Processing Time

• It may take up to five days to process your application.
  

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Instructions

• You can apply for a duplicate if you lose or destroy the original certificate at the Department of Social Development in the prescribed format.
• The registration certificate is issued to the applicant either in hand with prior intimation or by post to your postal address.

Required Information

• Name of the applicant
• Identification number
• Contact details
• Address details
• Academic details

Need for the Document

• If you want to offer home-based care to older persons, you must register as a caregiver at your nearest department of social development office.
  

Information which might help

• A caregiver is someone who provides assistance to another person who cannot live fully independently due to physical, psychological, or mental disability.
• A caregiver helps the older persons in fulfilling their daily physical needs and accomplishing their medical requirements as well as the needs in their daily cycle.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

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