The public perception of social work: long socks, plastic bags and a Renault 4?

By Simeon Brody, community editor, on February 21, 2011 11:06 AM | No Comments

Do you drive around in one of these? It's a Renault 4, by the way.

According to appropriately named spoof news site The Spoof, social workers will be freed from a number of onerous regulations in April, including requirements to:

drive a Renault 4
carry their work round in a plastic bag
wear long woollen skirts and socks.

I thought the article was rather funny, but it does show how outdated perceptions of social workers remain strong. I'm not quite sure where they got the "public school accents" from though - I don't think I've ever met a social worker with a public school accent.

And surely it should be a Citroen 2CV?

(Pic: FaceMePLS on flickr)

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