Who We Are
National Association of Professional Social Workers in India (NAPSWI) is one of largest member based organization of professional social workers in the country. Established in 2005, NAPSWI is a non-profit, non- political, national level organization dedicated to the promotion of standard and status of social work profession. NAPSWI intends to promote the social work profession across the country with the aim of improving the quality of services in the social welfare and social development sectors on one hand and to protect interests of social work professionals on other.
NAPSWI believes in shaking hands with different stakeholders- be it social work educational institutions, government, non-government, civil society or any likeminded.
Vision
To create a compassionate fraternity of professional social workers.
Mission
To advance excellence in education, training and practice of professional social work through – education, research, training, networking, advocacy, resource development
Goal
The main aim of NAPSWI will be promotion and protection of interest of social work profession and professionals in India. The specific objectives will be as follows:
• To promote the profession of social work across the country with the aim of improving the quality of service in the social welfare and social development sectors.
• To act as a national level organisation and to represent social work professionals and profession at national and international level.
• To improve the quality of social work education training and practice in the country and promote such activities as are conductive to social work profession and social work professionals.
• To undertake, organise and facilitate academic and professional interaction through studies, courses, training courses, conferences, seminars, workshops and lectures and research in matters relating to social work profession and professionals.
• To develop code of conduct for professional social workers in the field of education, research, action and practice aimed at enhancing the status of social work profession and performance of the professionals.
• To work for better working conditions and conditions for work of social work professionals in general in India and elsewhere.
• To co-operate and collaborate with any such organisations/institutions at regional/state/national or international level having similar objectives and similar international levels.
• To open its branches at state level/regional level/zonal level in order to promote and strengthen the NAPSWI.
• To publish journal research papers, books, encyclopaedia etc. directly or indirectly related to social work profession.
• To work for protection and promotion of the rights and interests of the members at different levels and initiate measures aimed at providing scholarships, awards, recognitions and improving working conditions and conditions for work professionals.
• To do any activity permissible under the law of land which may instrumental or incidental in promoting the aims and objectives of the society.