3.3.11 The area claimed severe challenges in attracting and retaining social workers. The Lydenburg and Tonga centres are small and therefore no social worker posts have been created for those facilities. The region explained that advertisements were placed by Head Office. The social worker post became vacant on 30 September 2011, and was sent to Head Office for advertisement, but had, at the time of the visit, not yet been advertised. The region indicated that adverts were eventually placed on 19 February 2012, but that attraction of candidates remained a challenge. As the DCS did not offer incentives such as rural and accommodation allowances it was even harder to attract social workers.