'Quality, Equality and Safety in Care' is the phrase we have adopted for the agency, as a guiding principle. Our endeavours, deliberations and whatever we do is guided by this principle. Inherent in this phrase is our organisational mission statement. To complement this mission statement, the AFS also has a set of principles, values underpinning our services and organisational operations that the AFS believes in and is committed to observe. These key values are:

• Commitment
  
• Partnership
  
• Integrity
  
• Quality
  
• Investing in People
  
• Equality of Opportunity
  
• Safety