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A Day in the Life of a Social Worker during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Charlotte Young, Advanced Social Work Practitioner Sheffield City Council Children’s Disability Service I start the working day after having breakfast in my kitchen by going to my office (which is my kitchen) having said goodbye to my partner who goes up to the spare room, who also works for Sheffield City Council. My first video […]

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Highly experienced professionals – dedicated to protecting and supporting children

Tracy Speight, Kirklees Duty and Advice Team Manager Tracy is the Duty and Advice Team Manager at Kirklees Council. She leads a team that are the first port of call for members of the public and professionals who need advice or want to report safeguarding concerns about a child. Her team is multi-agency involving professionals […]

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My journey into children’s social work

Steven Hawksworth, Student Social Worker, Barnsley Children’s Services Steven Hawksworth is a student social worker. He is on placement with Barnsley Children’s Services as part of his Sheffield University MA in social work course. Steven’s desire to become a social worker has grown since a young age – as a result of his childhood experiences […]

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The all-encompassing role of a children’s social work manager

Sophie Coggle, Safeguarding Team Manager, East Riding Sophie is the Team Manager for East Riding’s Beverley and North Holderness Safeguarding Team. After deciding to pursue social work as a teenager, she took a direct route into the profession, progressing straight from sixth form to a degree course at the University of Hull. “As a child, […]

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Being a social worker – the early years

Maud Morrish, Children’s Safeguarding Team, East Riding For a relatively new social worker, Maud has already worked in a range of social work areas. Since graduating in 2016, she has worked in drugs and alcohol, family interventions, antisocial behaviour, and children’s safeguarding, both for an agency and for East Riding Council. Her desire to pursue […]

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Children’s social work – the variety of work, challenges and rewards

Laura Neal-Jowett, Wolds and Dales Safeguarding Team, East Riding Before she decided to study social work, Laura was already working with people in a challenging frontline role as a prison officer. “To be honest when I was at School I didn’t really know anything about social work. After school I went to college to study […]

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Helping children and young people is what I love to do – my social work story

Fiona Demain, Social Worker, North Yorkshire’s  Ripon & Rural Safeguarding Children’s Team Fiona is part of the Ripon and Rural Safeguarding Children’s Team in North Yorkshire. Before deciding to pursue a career in social work she worked with children in a range of roles, which helped her to discover a passion for supporting young people […]

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Stepping up to Social Work – a social work student’s perspective

Arron Batley-Simpson, Student Social Worker, Barnsley Disabled Childrens Team Arron is a student social worker in Barnsley’s Disabled Childrens Team. He is on his final work placement as part of the ‘Step up to Social Work’ programme. Step Up to Social Work is an intensive full-time, fully funded, training programme to fast-track people into social work. […]

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A day in the life of an Advanced Social Work Practitioner

By Katie Pemberton   I’m an Advanced Practitioner working with children and families who are experiencing difficulties or living chaotic lives and need the help and support of Children’s Services.   On my first visit to a family my primary role is to assess whether the needs of the children are being met and to […]

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