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Omaid Badar was social worker of the year in 2023. Here we’ve spoken to Omaid about his experience of being a refugee, how his time in care has informed his practice and his approach to social work.
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As part of Choose Social Work, we spoke to current and former social workers about how they got into the profession, what they’ve learnt in their career and what they love about their job.
Prior to being elected as the first female MP for South Shields in 2013, Emma Lewell-Buck was a child protection social worker. Watch our video to hear a first-hand account of her experiences.
I was proud to be a social worker
A mother-daughter social worker duo speak about the impact social work has had on their family, the lessons they've learned and whether they would recommend it as a profession.
Tell them if there’s something you can’t do, tell them that you’ll go and see if you can find alternative ways, but don’t promise them because children hold you to those promises. And then if you can’t fulfil that promise, they won’t trust you
At 2023’s Social Worker of the Year Awards, Omaid Badar won both the children’s practitioner and overall winner’s prizes, with one judge describing him as “everything the profession is about when it’s at its best”.