‘Social work is my passion’: what readers love about social work

As we continue on with our Choose Social Work campaign, we have received a whole host of emails from readers writing their own Dear Future Social Worker letters to the next generation of practitioners.
With the letters sharing inspiring stories, invaluable advice and heartening messages, we thought it best not to keep them to ourselves.
The first round of letters we want to showcase include an origin story from rural Ireland, advice on what to remember during hard times and insights into what ma