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In June 2023, Community Care – the leading news and information brand for social workers – launched our
If you’re thinking about becoming a social worker, then this resource pack
will help you understand more about what it might be like. There’s a day
in the life of a children’s social worker, as well as some brilliant advice for anyone thinking about joining the profession – from social workers themselves. Then there are stories from people with experience of social services, that show why social work is so important, as well as the stories
of social workers themselves.
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Ruth Hardy-Mullings
Be their voice
So, in 2023, four journalists from the Community Care team spent
Unless you know a social worker personally, or have
had involvement with social services yourself, you
might not know what a social worker does every day.
A day in
Having never witnessed a home visit in action, I was excited that
9am – Home visit
Her whole demeanour was friendly; if you hadn’t known
Like Annie, Lauren – a children’s practitioner at Wandsworth – was off to do some work using the graded care profile, with Caitlin, a mother she had been working with for several months.
10.30am – children's practitioner
For the child to