Social work students association of Loyola College of social sciences Thiruvananthapuram (SALT) is a student body comprising of all student members of the Department of social work, Loyola College of Social Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram. It is the Loyola College Unit of the All Kerala Social Work Students Association (AKKSA).
The aim of is the integral development of its members as committed social workers through participation in the various programmes within and outside the class room.
Objectives of the Association
- Enrichment of the members so that each one will be moulded as committed social work professionals.
- Develop the students as socially responsive citizens by analyzing the social realities and issues in the contemporary world.
- Organizing activities and outreach programmes to put into practice what is learned
- Train the members in professionalism through the participation in the activities of a professional body.
- Networking with similar students organization through collaborative action and participation in common programmes.
SALT has a general body comprising the entire social work student community of first and second year MSW classes and Executive Committee consists of nine members namely, President (II year), Vice-President (I year), Secretary(II year), Joint-Secretary (I year), Treasurer (II year), two executive Committee members each from first and second years and one/two staff advisors from the Department staff l guide the activities.
Minimum of one General Body meeting is held in a semester to plan and execute various activities. Executive Committee meetings are held once in a month. Election is held every year, one month from the commencement of classes for the first years. Office bearers are elected from the general body through nomination from the body. If there is more than one name for a post, election is held through secret ballot.
Staff advisors, a Faculty member of Social Work Department assigned by staff council direct the activities, monitor financial activities, rejuvenate the council if it cease functioning and make sure that the activities of the association do not clash with the common activities of the college.
The formal inauguration and launching of SALT was held on 3
rd August 2010 Justice D. Sreedevi, the chairperson of Kerala women’s commission.