Social Work Associations

• National Association of Social Workers

• Alberta College of Social Workers  - Serves and protects public interest, provides direction and regulates profession, approve educational programs and maintain standards.
• American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work  - Sets national practice standards, issues advance practice credential and publishes reference information on board-certified clinicians.
• Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups, Inc.  - Nonprofit alliance of group workers, group work educators, and friends who support the advocacy and action for professional practice, education, research, training, and writing about social work with groups.
• Association of Oncology Social Work (AOSW)  - Presents the association's mission and goals, board of directors, committees, staff, and sponsors. With news and a membership directory.
• Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)  - Alliance of boards that regulate social work. Develops and maintains the social work licensing examination used across the United States and in a number of Canadian provinces.
• British Association of Social Workers  - Features professional social work and publications, provides membership package and resources.
• British Columbia Association of Social Workers  - Voluntary, non-profit membership association that supports and promotes the profession of social work and advocates for social justice.
• Canadian Association of Social Workers  - Promotes social justice and well being, features membership benefits, FAQs, links and news.
• Clinical Social Work Association  - National membership organization provides mental health treatment, promotes the ethics, professionalism and collegiality of clinical social work.
• Clinical Social Work Association  - Professional membership organization centered on providing mental health treatment in agencies, clinics, institutions, and hospitals as private practitioners.
• Council on Social Work Education  - Nonprofit association operating as an accrediting agency for social work education in the United States.
• Florida Association of School Social Workers  - Professional organization established to promote quality education and to enhance the role of school social workers in Florida. Site presents news, legislative updates, events information, and job opportunities.
• Global Social Work Network (GSWN)  - International association of social work professionals aims to promote information exchange, educational opportunities, and foreign and domestic social work licensure regulations.
• International federation of Social Workers  - Global organization striving for social justice, human rights and social development provides general information, directory, publications and news.
• International Network for School Social Work  - Provides social work information worldwide, links, conferences and contacts.
• Latino Social Workers Organization (LSWO)  - Presenting LSWO's schedule of events, news, membership, committees, and contacts.
• National Organization of Forensic Social Work  - Aims to advance education in the field of forensic social work through training programs, forums, lectures, conferences, publication, political action, and networking opportunities.
• National Social Work Qualifications Board  - Promotes social work education and training, labor and service delivery.
• North American Association of Christians in Social Work (NACSW)  - Official NACSW site provides information on joining, conferences, and contacts. With news and a membership directory.
• School Social Work Association of America (SSWAA)  - Organization dedicated to empowering the school social work profession, providing opportunities for professional development, and opening channels of communication and information sharing.
• Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care  - Dedicates in promoting universal availability, accessibility, coordination and effectiveness of health care.