Members

The Network has over 150 registered members. Joining is free.

Who can become a member

Members have a social work qualification or development or have proven experience in social developmental work. Membership is limited to people from an African country or the African diaspora. In some circumstances, membership can be offered to a non-African. Members are usually social workers, development workers, community workers, counsellors, psychologists, social welfare workers, social development workers, cultural service workers and social administrators.

Membership Application Information

To apply for membership, email the following information to asw@africasocialwork.net with the subject Application for Membership or this online form.

1. First name and family name. Include name of respect if available. Include preferred name if your first name is not your preference.
2. Your social work or development qualification/s
3. Motivation statement or testimonial (what is it that attracts you to Mtandao/ASWDNet, what do you bring, how do you hope to contribute etc). Selected testimonials will be featured on our website.
4. Referee (name and email) – Your referee should be (1) another social worker (2) a person working in welfare, development, social or human services

Benefits and Contributions of Members

• As a member, you can cite your ASWDNet membership on your profile, email signature/footer, CV or other documents.
• You can use or attach the logo of the ASWNet available below as evidence of your membership. The logos are available here.
• Use services of the Africa Independent Ethics Committee (AIEC) free of charge.
• Create content:
  • Being interviewed (text, audio or video) on a selected social work and development topic or experience or writing a biography. You can view previous interviews and biographies here.
  • Contribute to the history of social services, welfare and social work of your country (book chapter or web content). Examples – Egypt Zimbabwe South Africa
  • Become a blogger (use this link to submit your first blog, we will then help you create your blog account on the ASWDNet website).
  • Contribute to the African Journal of Social Work; Journal of Social Development; the Journal of Social Issues in Disability and Non-Communicable Conditions of Journal of Ubuntu/Nyingi waUbuntu as an author or reviewer.
• Participate in Kuumba, our mentoring program.
• Participant in events, please visit our events page. These events include the Africa Day Indaba in May, Annual Ubuntu Lecture in November and Students Conference in June.
• Information about Social Work in Africa is found here.
• Connect with us on social media

Creating Resources on Mtandao website

Please see instructions here. To create resources, you need to be subscribed to the website as a contributor or author. Please send us an email if you are ready to contribute. You can also contribute without logging in by emailing us your content.

Logos, Badges and Backgrounds for use by Members

Members can copy, download and resize the logo for use.

Members can also copy the text below and insert or paste as a hyperlink.

I am a member of Mtandao – Africa Social Work Network

Backgrounds for online meetings

Select your preferred background and download it then insert into you meeting application, for example Zoom (Click Virtual Backgrounds), Teams (Click Background Effects), Google Meet (click Effects).

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