Tag Archives | social work reflections

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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Workforce

A social worker’s take on the Barbie speech

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Workforce

‘I was called “Mr Taliban” by a colleague’: one social worker’s experience of Islamophobia

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Typewriter with note writing "Fight or Flight by Rosie R."

Children

Fight or Flight: a poem on children’s courage

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social worker speaking to two teenagers during a visit

Workforce

‘How to leave home visits on time – and when not to’

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Children, Workforce

The Broken Swing: a poem on social work

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Adults, Children, Workforce

A social worker’s fond goodbye to a young person

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Ramadan lantern in front of open window

Social work leaders, Workforce

‘What Ramadan means to me as a social worker – and how I shared this with colleagues’

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Workforce

The Job: a poem on social work

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Social worker making notes

Children, Workforce

‘Pandemic, pay cuts and poor press: is it worth staying in social work?’

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Picture of a man reading his newspaper with the logo 'Social Work Recap' on top

Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social Work Recap: the value of disabled people’s voices and the scale of adult care’s funding shortfall

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Child looking out of window longingly

Workforce

‘Why do we do social work, when it takes us away from our own children?’

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Social worker manager

Social work leaders, Workforce

Social work diary: ‘Why I introduce myself as a social worker, not a manager’

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