Podcast: locum v perm – what works for you?

What are the pros and cons of working as a locum versus being a permanent social worker?

In this episode of the Social Work Community Podcast, senior careers editor Kirsty Ayakwah asks two social workers from either side of the divide about what has driven their career choices.

Kayleigh Rose Evans has spent her career working in permanent roles, while Le’Siran Edwards has largely worked in agency roles.

Alongside her social work practice, Kayleigh works as an independent trainer and also shares reflections on social work through her YouTube channel, @KayleighRoseEvans.

And Le’Siran has 25 years’ experience working with children and families, and over a decade in children’s social work. She has spent the past 10 years building up her coaching service, Social Work Coaching Hub, and stepped away from locum work last year to focus on it full time. She also runs her own podcast, Dear Social Worker Pod.

Since this podcast was produced, there have been changes to rules curbing English councils’ use of agency social workers in children’s services. You can read more about the changes here.

Listen to “Locum v Perm – what works for you?” on Spreaker.

Locum v perm

Read the transcript here

About the podcast

The Social Work Community Podcast explores the issues that matter to social work practitioners in their working lives.

Kirsty and fellow host, careers editor Sharmeen Ziauddin, interview experienced and inspiring guests, including frontline social workers who speak from the heart about their jobs, the sector and society.

Our first season went down a storm and was nominated in this year’s British Association of Social Workers (BASW) Social Work Journalism Awards.

We recently launched season two and have so far covered whether we need more men in social work and interviewed a practitioner with 47 years’ experience about what keeps her in the profession.

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