Vision: To be the leading association in the promotion of social work education, training, research and practice in South Africa in collaboration with the international community in pursuit of enhanced psychosocial functioning of individuals, families, groups, and the development of organisations and communities, and of human rights, social justice and equality of all the people of South Africa.
Mission: To maintain and support a community of social work educators who are committed to the continuing development of social work education, training, research and practice in South Africa.
IASSW vision is to promote and develop ‘Excellence in social work education, research and scholarship across the globe, in pursuit of a more just and equitable world’.
A General Assembly of the IASSW is usually convened once in two years, usually during the biennial congress. Representatives of IASSW member schools,