International Federation of Social Workers

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International Federation of Social Workers

India Network of Professional Social Workers Associations

(INPSWA)

India, Asia and Pacific

Sriganesh M V

No. 69/3, Shankara mutt Road, Bengaluru – 560 004

info@inpswa.org || mvsriganesh@gmail.com
http://inpswa.org/
+91 99015 33633


India Network of professional Social Workers Associations - INPSWA
  • Name of the Secretay General: Mr.Sriganesh M V
  • Number of members: 6000
  • Year when the Association was established: 2015
  • Year when the Association joined IFSW: 2015

INPSWA is a network of six professional social workers associations that are functioning in India, namely ISPSW,NAPSWI, KAPSW,KAPS,PSWA and BASW. Various services to members include professional knowledge and practice sharing sessions, developing conceptual framework in social work education and practice, creating a distinct identity for professional social workers, promoting standards and status of professional social workers, support to research , regular lecture meetings, debates and discussions , conducting seminars and conferences to encourage members to write and present papers based on their work and good practices in social work .

The ISPSW is the oldest and active society of professional social work associations in India. (ISPSW) aims towards meeting challenges of present-day social work practice and creating a platform for information exchange among fellow professionals. The Society was formally known as Indian Society of Psychiatric Social Work, which was established in the year 1970 by Dr. R.K. Upadhyaya and his staff of the Dept of Psychiatric Social Work, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi. Later, it has been constantly upgraded to reach this current status of professional identity and recognition by Dr. I. A. Shariff (Retd. Professor & Head) and Faculty Members, Dept. of Psychiatric Social Work, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore. The nomenclature of the Society was changed in ANC of ISPSW (Dec.1988) at Kolkata, because of an increased representation of educators, practitioners and researchers from all streams of social work in the Society.

The Society primarily focuses on uniting the professional social workers to discuss, deliberate and develop conceptual frameworks and feasible indigenous interventions in Social work practice. In order to facilitate this cause, the Society has so far conducted XXXV (35) Annual National Conferences along with workshops,seminars and symposia on various issues all over India. The ISPSW welcomes you to become a part of this movement.

KAPSW was founded in 1978, Bengaluru,

  • facebook: Karnataka Association of Professional Social Workers ( KAPSW )
  • kapswindia@gmail.com

PSAW is an organization that aims to identify, plan, execute, monitor & evaluate. The activities developed aim to develop social work: education, profession & professionals. Members are individuals with post graduate degree in social work from full-time education, as a minimum qualification

  • http://www.pswa.org.in/
  • facebook: Karnataka Association of Professional Social Workers ( KAPSW )
  • kapswindia@gmail.com

BATSW founded in 1989, Mumbai,

  • facebook: BATSW – Bombay Association of Trained Social Workers

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 fulfill twin purpose : 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.

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.

Kerala Association of Professional Social Workers (KAPS) is the registered professional organization for the Social Workers in Kerala formed on 09 Dec 2012. KAPS has been registered as a society under the
Travancore-Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act, 1955. The formation of KAPS has fulfilled the dream of many veteran Social Workers to unite their voices to deal with issues of professional interests. The association is formed with the purpose of promoting the quality and effectiveness of social work practices in Kerala. This Association will be the common platform for all professionally trained social workers in Kerala. KAPS also intent to take up continuing education programmes for the practicing professionalsKAPS is promoted by the Association of Schools of Social Work in Kerala (ASSK), a registered body of all the schools and departments of social work in Kerala and has the support of professional social workers in PROSA (the association of professional social work educators in Higher Secondry), Social Workers working as Consellors in schools, Kudumbasree, NRHM etc.

  • http://kaps.org.in/
  • socialwork.kaps@gmail.com
  • facebook: Kerala Association of Professional Social Workers – KAPS

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