Faces of Social Work was created in June 2020 to empower, educate and uplift practitioners in the field of Social Work. I want to bring the many ‘faces of Social Work’ together and begin having much needed conversation on everyday issues which impacts on workers in their practice. With significant personal experiences, and over 8 years of experience working within the field of frontline child protection in over five Local Authorities, I can exponentially state that the same issues resonate in one way, shape or form in each borough which i have worked.
It is easy to lose focus on the reasons why you set out to become a SW within this field, which is why I have developed a body of useful blogs to support you in your practice development and the building of your ‘resilience’. For some, their real life experiences will influence the level of tolerance, however for many they will grapple with one of many challenges the profession faces.
I was intrigued to learn that the statistic of a social worker’s career is an average of 7 years in comparison to a doctors which is 25 years, yet this statistic falls short of much required intervention from authorities. Within 2 years of practice, I begun to understand exactly the reasons why these numbers are startling high, and why local Authorities across the UK struggle with their recruitment of social workers. There is a larger scale issue which is not spoken about, and i want to address those issues firstly through having open conversations. Unfortunately, my love for the profession was quickly overshadowed by the challenges of office politics, bullying culture, bureacreaucy, red tape and ‘over ambitous’ expectation of form filling. These are real issues which are still affecting real people on the field.
My goal is to bring the ‘faces of Social Work’ together to build Social cohesion through mutual understanding of these issues, thus creating a flow of discussion to occur firstly. My brand represents ‘togetherness’ in a field where there is a lot of divide, both structurally and through organisational culture. I will be providing a ‘fresh’ and ‘insightful’ perspective into the World of Social Work from my very privileged position as a ‘Social Worker’.
Please follow me on my Journey to effect much needed change in the profession 🙂
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