1. Professional Integrity: We honor the depth, rigor, and ethical foundation of BSW, MSW, DSW,  PhD and all other social work practice.

 

2. Collective Power: We believe the profession is strongest when students, early-career practitioners, and seasoned experts unite to advocate with one voice.

 

3. Intersectional Justice: We recognize that social issues, and our profession, exist at the intersection of race, class, gender, ability, sexuality, and lived experience. Our advocacy centers those most impacted.

 

4. Systems Accountability: We challenge policies, institutions, and practices that harm clients, communities, or social workers, and we demand transparency and responsibility from systems of care.

 

5. Interdisciplinary Collaboration: We value partnerships with allied professions, nursing, counseling, education, public health, law, while fiercely defending the unique contributions and scope of social work.

 

6. Knowledge, Research & Innovation: We uplift evidence-informed practice, practitioner-scholar leadership, and research that strengthens the profession and transforms care.