Convenor - Mary Hood .
mary@attachrelate.com.au

The role of the AASW SA Ethics Committee is that of a group of members has responsibility for providing initial consultation on matters of ethical conduct and overseeing the Ethics Education and Policy Development Process. Their role is in initiating and responding to ethics policy and law reform opportunities, which are relevant to the social work profession and our clients. The group also has the role of implementing Ethics education and training in SA. We also use the ethics group as a study group to share ideas, practice wisdom and experiences to grow our own expertise in the area.

The current situation in Australia is that it is not compulsory for Social Workers to be members of their professional association (the AASW). The AASW can only receive complaints about Social Workers who are members of the AASW. As a profession we need to work towards professional registration so that all social workers need to adhere to the AASW Code of Ethics and the association is able to respond to complaints made against all social workers.

timwalsh@adam.com.au