Interview with a
Social Worker
We asked a social worker some questions to find out more
about what they do.
Why is there such a high turnover of social workers?
I think that Social Workers do not feel appreciated in Devon. The local authority does not necessarily do a good job of making us feel
valued. Often new social workers feel they have just been dumped
with little in the way of a planned induction although this may be
down to different managers having different skills in making people
feel welcomed and a valuable part of the team. It often
appears that the local authority put hindrances in the
way of us being able to do our job properly which is
usually down to budgets.
Is there a ‘matching’ process for deciding which young people
have which workers? If so what is this?
I have never come across a formal matching process. Sometimes
there may be a discussion with regards to matching when it comes to
handing on a case but often it is a question of resources and who has
a gap in their caseload.
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