It has been over four months since we launched our Choose Social Work campaign to champion the profession and inspire the next generation of social workers.
During that time, we have received numerous heartfelt letters containing advice for future practitioners and stories about why social work is a worthwhile career.
However, at this year’s Community Care Live, we asked social workers directly why they had chosen the profession. And we received so many lovely and inspiring answers, it was hard to keep them to ourselves.
So, here are 28 reasons why practitioners chose social work.
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- ‘What I wish I’d known before becoming a social worker’
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