Vision and Values
Our Vision
Our vision is for social work practice that upholds social justice and human rights. Social work should not be complicit with harmful immigration policies. A person’s immigration status should not determine the quality of support they receive from social workers.
We use our social work practice to promote the best interests and voices of those impacted by immigration and asylum law to decision-makers.
Our Values
Migration justice:
Supporting people’s access to justice; striving for a world where people are not harmed by borders and immigration policy. Challenging systemic injustice.
Solidarity:
Taking an intersectional approach to anti-oppressive practice. Embedding anti-racism in everything we do.
Rights-based:
We recognise and uphold the inherent dignity, worth and humanity of every person.
Collaboration:
Working together as a collective of social workers and allied stakeholders. Lending our social work expertise to the migrant justice sector.
Excellence:
We are independent and impartial; we provide and model evidence-based, professional services. We are accountable to our beneficiaries, our professional standards and ethical frameworks.
Respect:
We take a trauma-informed and empathetic approach to how we work with people. We make person-centred decisions. We do social work with people, not to people.