Honorary Membership awards are bestowed on a select group of people by IASW. Those receiving the awards have demonstrated an outstanding contribution to IASW or the profession of Social Work in the opinion of Board of Directors. They will be elected at a General Meeting of the company on the nomination of the Board of Directors and those persons so elected shall become Honorary Members for life. Honorary Members shall not be liable to pay subscriptions.
| Years Served | Member |
| 1971-1973 | Maureen Murphy |
| 1973-1975 | Noreen Kearney |
| 1975-1977 | Marilyn Roantree |
| 1977-1978 / 1980-1981 | Frank Goodwin |
| 1978-1980 | Augusta McCabe |
| 1980-1981 | Mary C Kennedy |
| 1981-1983 | Margaret Horne |
| 1983-1985 | Owen Keenan |
| 1985-1987 | Jill Stevens |
| 1987-1989 | Victoria Somers |
| 1989-1991 | Eilish Walsh |
| 1991-1993 | Frank Moran |
| 1993-1995 | Anne Meehan |
| 1995-1996 | Anne O’Loughlin |
| 1998-1999 | Imelda C. Keogh |
| 2000-2006 | Monica Egan |
| 2006-2008 | Marie Therese Mulholland |
| 2008-2014 | Ineke Durville |
| 2014-2016 | Donal O’Malley |
| 2016-2018 | Frank Browne |
| 2018-2021 | Aine McGuirk |
| Hilda Loughran |
| John Brennan |
| Stanislaus Kennedy |
| Bernard Hall |
