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A Professional Society
for Social Work Researchers
The Society for Social Work and Research was founded
in 1994 as a free-standing organization dedicated
to the advancement of social work research. SSWR
works collaboratively with a number of other organizations
that are committed to improving support for research
among social workers. Our members include faculty
in schools of social work and other professional
schools, research staff in public and private
agencies, and masters/doctoral students.
SSWR's more than 1300 members come from 45 states
in the United States as well as from Australia,
Canada, Cyprus, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel,
Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland,
Taiwan, Trinidad and the United Kingdom.
SSWR's members represent more than 200 universities
and institutions.
Society for Social Work and Research
Strategic Plan (for
PDF click here)
VISION
The Society for Social Work and Research advances,
disseminates, and translates research that addresses
issues of social work practice and policy and
promotes a diverse, just, and equitable society.
MISSION
The Society:
- encourages the design, implementation and
dissemination of rigorous research that enhances
knowledge about critical social work practice
and social policy problems and advances social
welfare practices and programs;
- fosters a trans-disciplinary inter-professional
support network of investigators conducting
research on social work practice and social
policy in the United States and around the world;
- provides learning opportunities to improve
the conduct of social work-relevant research
and its application;
- promotes practices and policies grounded
in an evidence-base;
- supports increased research funding and training
programs for social work researchers;
- provides formal recognition of significant
contributions to social work-relevant research;
and
- seeks active partnerships with other social
work and research-related organizations to accomplish
all of the above.
Membership Benefits
- Free electronic subscription to the Journal
of the Society for Social Work and Research
(JSSWR) available on the SSWR website
- Reduced registration fee at the SSWR Annual
Conference
- SSWR annual electronic member newsletter
- Free electronic subscription to one of the
following journals: Research on Social Work
Practice (RSWP) or Social Service Review (SSR)
- Reduced subscription rate (30%) to the journal
Qualitative Social Work (QSW). Please e-mail
subscriptions@sagepub.co.uk
and mention your SSWR membership. For more information
visit the QSW website at
www.sagepub.co.uk/qsw.
- Inclusion in the SSWR online membership directory
- Advocacy for social work research
- National Research Capacity Building Initiative
- SSWR Listserv that delivers up-to-date announcements
regarding social work research
- Job Posting service to link researchers and
scholars with employers with available positions
- Access to the Doctoral Student Center available
on the SSWR website
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