‘It doesn’t always feel like it – but being a social worker is a privilege’

Dear future social worker,
I am so pleased that you have embarked on this journey, into this career. And let me tell you, I know it doesn’t always feel like it, but to be a social worker is a privilege.
Your day job will be to be human; to sit beside people in their most vulnerable, intimate moments, to celebrate their strengths and successes, to help them find the courage and abilities within themselves to change and grow, to have an enduring belief in the possibility of change and h