Identity
APSWDP is a non-government, not for profit, registered country-wide professional association of social work and development practitioners with a vision to strengthen Social Work Education and Profession in development sector. APSWDP construe that working in association with diverse stakeholders is a key to achieve the vision. Our genesis as an association will assist us to focus on forming robust, reverential and germane vision which will strengthen our mission, objectives and relationships with the social work practitioners, under-privileged, most-disadvantaged and vulnerable communities. This relationship will further boost our mandate, assert our practice based learning at the grass root level to eloquent and publicize evolved models, practices and methods to build capacity, empower and to build leadership qualities among the masses for attainment of Sustainable Human Development.
Vision
To be a state of art inclusive network of professional social workers and development practitioners, APSWDP will showcase a noteworthy role in promotion of social work education, and evolving practice based methods, approaches, skills and ethics through social innovation, proven models and vibrant social leadership.
Mission
To achieve the vision of APSWDP, our mission is to work in proximity with togetherness, unlocking the inherent potential and building a sustainable network of professional social work and development practitioners by way of promoting social work profession to rural and urban-underprivileged youth, mid-aged to undertake the flagship of development,understand the global trend, be a partner and agent of social change at local stratum.
Purpose
APSWDP works to build a strong network of social work and development practitioners, where all the members can partner, express their professional views, discuss to work for change in social, welfare, development policies, implementation practices, models of innovations, social values, principles and ethics to warrant inclusive development.
Values
Understanding differing ethnic and cultural patterns, as well as the capacity to engage in ethnic-gender and age-sensitive practice.
Respecting and Welcoming.
Committed to disperse social work and developmental leadership at bottom of the pyramid.
Principles
1. Work in partnership, team with brotherhood
2. Commitment to Vision, Mission and Values
3. Solidarity with poor, marginalized and vulnerable
4. Gender respecting and sensitive to specially abled
5. Respecting human, women and child rights
6. Cross cultural relationship across all social affiliation
7. Working across diversity of language, religions, ethnicity, geographical area
8. Committed to be goal driven, outcome oriented and honest to work approach in bringing visible social
9. Committed tobuild a social-economic equilibrium and sustainable social development
10. Work for global peace, resolving social conflict and better tomorrow
Organizational Strategies
The organizational strategies of APSWDP are:
1. Providing transparency to our programme and activities.
2. Open and shared policy and collective decision making.
3. Connecting the digital elements and use ICT in our programmes.
4. Continuous Capacity Building and Training of members.
5. Getting access to resources and the right tools.