I enjoy having students around. It helps keep me fresh and enthusiastic and to see my job through the eyes of someone coming into it rather than through the occasionally blurred eyes of someone who has been working for a while. I had a student shadowing Read More...
Posted to
Fighting Monsters
on 26 Aug 2011
Filed under: elderly, getting old, old age, older people, personal, shadowing, shadowing a social worker, social care, social work, social worker, Student, work
Last week, I had the pleasure of having a second year social work student shadow me as I worked. She was a student in a voluntary agency that I had come across because she had been doing some work with … Continue reading → Read More...
Posted to
Fighting Monsters
on 22 Mar 2011
Filed under: AMHP, approved mental health professional, mental health, mental health act assessment, mental health assessment, personal, shadowing a social worker, social care, social work, Student, student placement, work
I’ve mentioned this before, but I have worked in a couple of different teams within the same borough. Through fair means or foul, yesterday, I ended up in the office where I used to work before I moved to my … Continue reading → Read More...
Posted to
Fighting Monsters
on 9 Feb 2011
Filed under: Hot desking, local authority, local government, nhs, personal, redundancy, smart working, social work, Student, work
This is another post from a friend of mine who is in the first year of her studies as a social work student. We’ve followed her through pre-course shadowing and initial impressions. She’s now just started her first placement and … Continue Read More...
Posted to
Fighting Monsters
on 17 Jan 2011
Filed under: British Association of Social Workers, british university, Education, health, personal, placement, politics, social care, social issues, social work, social work placement, Student, student social worker, work