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Children

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

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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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Children, Workforce

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

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Children, Workforce

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

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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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Workforce

The unexpected benefits of working part-time in social work

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Workforce

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

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Children

A day in the life of a safeguarding team manager

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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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Children

Fight or Flight: a poem on children’s courage

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