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Practitioner having a difficult conversation with a young man at a table

Children, Workforce

‘What I wish I had known about having difficult conversations with parents’

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Wellbeing, Workforce

‘What I wish I had known about managing a difficult relationship with my supervisor’

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Children

‘What I wish I had known when a child’s reaction frightened me’

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Walking, conversation and business people in office laughing, bonding and talking on lunch break. Happy, friends and group of creative directors with coffee, tablet and phone in workplace together

Workforce

‘Following my bipolar diagnosis, my social work team helped me remain in the job I love’

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Children

‘What I wish I had known about building trusting relationships with children’

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Female manager talking to male direct report about work in an office

Social work leaders, Workforce

‘They shut down the conversation’: frontline practitioners discuss their experiences with management

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Social worker talking to an agitated couple

Children, Workforce

‘What I wish I had known about keeping safe during home visits’

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A social worker talking to a young person

Children, Workforce

‘What I wish I had known as a young newly qualified social worker’

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Woman's hands typing on a laptop

Workforce

A day in the life of a hoarding practitioner

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Workforce

What would you like to hear about from fellow social workers?

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Workforce

Podcast: celebrating a long career in social work

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Wooden cubes spelling Full/Part time

Workforce

The unexpected benefits of working part-time in social work

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A woman covering her face with her hands.

Workforce

‘As a social worker I was made to feel shame for my bipolar diagnosis’

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A team manager talking to practitioners with her back turned to the camera.

Children

A day in the life of a safeguarding team manager

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A blonde female covering her face with her hands.

Adults, Workforce

A social worker’s guilt: when people’s needs outstrip resources

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Choose Social Work

Why social workers choose to stay

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