What is Social Work? Meet some real Social Workers
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Meet some people who are social workers and find out more about their work and backgrounds.
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Vinette Pearcy, Deputy Operational Manager
I studied for a degree in Community Studies before taking a specialist qualification and going originally into probation work. One of the advantages of social work is how much variety there is. I don't know that I'll stay in youth work forever. I could move into areas like adoption and fostering, working in adult services, or even become a college lecturer for future generations of social workers." |
"I
manage a group of nine staff within an overall team of 26 people drawn
from different services - police, probation, social work, teachers,
community psychiatric nursing, and a drugs worker. The co-ordinated
Youth Offending Team is a new concept, and there's no previous model
to follow. In practice, I have responsibility for everything that
happens to young people at court and subsequently in the community.
I miss some of the hands-on creative work that comes through direct
contact with the people we are supporting, but now I'm trying to create
the conditions in which my staff can do the job even better.