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dear future social worker image for Community Care's Choose Social Work campaign

Children, Choose Social Work

‘The one social worker who made me feel genuinely cared for’

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The winners of the BASW Social Work Journalism Awards 2023

Workforce

BASW Social Work Journalism Awards returns for second year

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beverley tarka

Adults, Social work leaders

Unearthing ‘gold standard’ practice with unpaid carers

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Dear Future Social Work

Choose Social Work, Workforce

‘Being comfortable with the uncomfortable is social work’

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Janet and Lizzie

Children, Choose Social Work

‘She’s been a mother figure to me’: a care leaver and social worker’s story

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blame

Children

‘We must stop blaming mothers in child protection social work’

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typewriter with a note saying 'Gestation, gyration by Rosie R'

Workforce

Gestation, Gyration: a child’s turbulent entry into the world

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Kayleigh Rose Evans

Choose Social Work

‘I did not enjoy being new’: advice for young social workers

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Pile of books on a wooden desk with the words 'advice', 'assistance', 'guidance' and 'help' on the spines

Choose Social Work, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social workers advice: 'Take care of yourself first - it's not selfish, it's necessary'

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Teenager looking upset

Children

Private fostering: ‘the potentially vulnerable children going under the radar of services’

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Children, Choose Social Work

Choose Social Work: ‘They helped me escape the life I was living as a teenager’

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television

Choose Social Work

How negative perceptions of social workers are reinforced in the media

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Workforce

A social worker’s take on the Barbie speech

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dear future social worker image for Community Care's Choose Social Work campaign

Choose Social Work

‘It doesn’t always feel like it – but being a social worker is a privilege’

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Social worker on home visit

Children, Choose Social Work

‘We never hear about the children social workers help’: a day in the life of a social work team

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Social worker talking to boy

Children

Sibling sexual behaviour: helping social workers assess risk and support families

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