The Waiapu Anglican Care Social Services Trust Board is a member of the Anglican Care Network.
ANGLICAN CARE MISSION STATEMENT
ANGLICAN CARE is a nation-wide network of Anglican dioceses and social service agencies, parish-based programmes and inter-church projects, which seek to express the Love of Christ through loving service, and work towards justice and equality for all in society.
It's members work with individuals, groups and communities, regardless of race, creed, gender or ability, to meet needs, encourage healing and reconciliation and enable growth and wholeness.
CODE OF ETHICS
1. Anglican Care is a Christian Social Service network and members are expected to work within the broad ethos of the gospel of Jesus Christ as expressed within the Anglican community.
1.1 Members are expected to work towards achieving the objectives of Anglican Care.
1.2 The organisation is committed to providing professional services and expects members to maintain high levels of competency in their particular area of work.
PRINCIPLES
2. Every human being has a unique value, irrespective of their race, colour, sex, sexual orientation, social class, ability, age or religious or political beliefs.
2.1 Each individual has the right of self-fullfilment to the degree that it does not encroach upon the same rights of others.
2.2 Anglican Care should function to provide the maximum benefits for all its members.
2.3 Members have the responsibility to devote objectives and disciplined knowledge and skill, to aid individuals, groups, communities and societies in their development and resolution and personal-societal conflicts and their consequences.
2.4 Members shall respect the dignity and worth of every individual, the integrity of families/whanau and the diversity of cultures.
2.5 Members shall be honest and trustworthy in all their professional relationships.
RESPONSIBILITY TO THE WIDER COMMUNITY
Within the context of responsibility to Anglican Care, it is appropriate for members to:
3. Advocate policies and legislation that promote social justice, improved social conditions and a fairer sharing of the communities resources.
3.1 Seek to increase the range of choices and opportunities for all members of the community, with special regard for the disadvantaged.
3.2 Encourage public participation in the shaping of social policies and institutions.
3.3 Act to prevent and eliminate discrimination in the wider community against individuals and groups on the basis of race, colour, sex, sexual orientation, social class ability age or religious or political belief.
RESPONSIBILITY TO SELF:
4. Members should acknowledge that there are limits to the service they can properly provide and that they should take adequate care of themselves.
RESPONSIBILITY TO COLLEAGUES:
5. Members should treat colleagues with respect, courtesy, fairness and good faith.
5.1 Members should promote co-operation with colleagues to further common interests and concerns.
5.2 Members should seek mediation or arbitration when important conflicts with colleagues require to be resolved in the interests of professional integrity.
5.3 Members should take action through appropriate channels against unethical conduct by other members especially where it may be harmful to others.
5.4 Promote and share opportunities for knowledge, experience and ideas with colleagues for the purpose of mutual improvement and validation.
5.5 Members should defend colleagues against unjust actions.
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