Pauline Johnson – community care officer

I am a community care officer with the Lincolnshire County Council – adult social care hospital team at Grantham Hospital.  Social work is a varied, demanding, and often emotional, but it is a very rewarding career, and during the past year, we have had to be creative and adapt to new ways of working.

Pauline Ⓒ Lincolnshire County Council

Lincolnshire County Council adult care is keen to promote career progression and they have given me the opportunity to study social work BSc honours/apprenticeship programme in conjunction with Lincoln University. This is a three-year study programme which will give me the opportunity to progress my career further and will lead to me becoming a qualified social worker.

I am able to combine study with my working role. I will also be able to gain experience in other roles in the form of placements during the three-year course.

I am greatly enjoying this experience and learning opportunity, and by combining my work with the apprenticeship programme, I am able to put my studies into practice.

I would highly recommend a career in social work at Lincolnshire County Council to anyone who is looking for a challenging, varied but above all rewarding career where truly no two days are ever the same!