At this year’s Community Care Live social workers filled in comment slips giving their thoughts on the profession. We asked delegates to complete the sentence ‘I love being a social worker when…’. Here are some of the best responses…
12 moments that make social workers love their jobs
At Community Care Live we asked social workers to complete the sentence 'I love being a social worker when...'
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Social Work is the best job in the world however the bureaucracy and work loads conspire at times to make the best practitioners feel inept. Good to see that the enthusiasm and dedication of the work force remains buoyant.
Chris Penney
Senior Lecturer in SW
The best moment is when service user and families are clear about their goals, when they have achieved the outcome they wanted