Name: Social Work Q&A - Ep 2 - Challenges
Uploaded: 2020-01-19T10:52:29.000Z
Duration: 3 min 37 s
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Modal verbs - A2

The imperative

or talking to people and finding out their experiences

it depends on what area of work you're in

but from my experience it's being able to deliver

what you want to deliver in the time that you have

time contingent and also financially contingent

there's not enough money around to actually

so my focus is on the child but I'm also working with

and it can be very very difficult trying to manage

who aren't going to welcome us with open arms

that's the most difficult thing that we are going to meet

people normally say we're children snatchers

obviously that is not the profession we are in

I think a massive one also is that we are facing

so many cuts in social care that people are worried

that they're going to come into the profession

you kind of don't know what's coming a lot of the time

meaning you suddenly can't do what you've got planned

people have a negative perception of social workers

dealing with situations that have resonance for you

as an individual that you might find challenging

and you have to be able to leave those feelings

on the shelf, you can't bring those with you

and that on an individual basis is extremely challenging

but I think the main challenges for social workers in general

it's a lot of paperwork, it's a lot of bureaucracy

each team meeting I attend we're told that

we're having something else taken away from us

but we're still expected to do the same job and I think

you end up putting a lot of your own time into the job

because you want to make sure that you still see

the people that you're actually supporting

but then you still have to scramble to make sure

that you're staying up-to-date in the statutory guidelines

so that the paperwork and the level that you're expected

to do is a challenge but I think you just have to

look after yourself and be as organised as you can

to keep your head above above water really

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Social Work Q&A - Ep 2 - Challenges

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