There are people who change your career without ever intending to. Twenty-five years later, I still get a Christmas card from one of them. His name was Ken. Her name is Alice. And, to borrow Billy Bragg once again, somewhere between Marx and marzipan in the dictionary, there was Mary. I met Ken as a […]
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Why Social Work?
Behind every social worker who’s ego is big enough to accept the invite to write a blog,- is without doubt a team of better social workers, brilliant admin colleagues and others making it possible. I’ve worked with incredibly talented social workers over the years, who have inspired me to be better. From my first day […]
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Traffic Lights
The first snow of the season arrived as the last of the year’s leaves still clung to the nearly naked trees. Their golden yellow autumn hue finally giving way to brown. The blue skies of late September and early October were now hidden behind a thick covering of dark, murky grey. As Jay, the social […]
Social Work, Cats and Rocket Science 