This is only going to add to the already mass failure in childrens social care.
Social work used to be an extremely good recognised profession.
The modern failures in child protection we hear about in the news, is solely down to government policies. Not social workers.
There used to be the DipSW (Diploma in Social Work) which was dismantled in favour of a degree in social work. The first failure of many.
In the old days, most of the social workers I came into contact with were women. Women, who had raised their own familes, and had a vast amount of life experience, dealing with life and other families. They had heard and seen it all, from the alcoholic abusive husband, to the violent mentally ill child.
These social workers were absolutely perfect for working in children’s social services.
Then, the government of the day, I think it was a tory, decided that they would do away with the DipSW and instead decided, that to work in children’s social services you had to have a university degree.
so what happened?
Most of the experienced social workers left social care, only to be replaced by very young newly qualified degree students who had just left university.
While it is a wonderful experience gaining a degree, it is does not prepare you for a life dealing with manipulative family child abusers.
reading the list of preferred books while on a degree course and writing a few 3000 word essays, does not prepare you to work in children’s social care or child protection services.
You cannot expect a 23 year old to be able to manage a manipulative abuser. Nothing can prepare them for the; violence, neglect, physical abuse, psychological abuse or sexual abuse that goes on in abusive families. But this is exactly what is expected of them
On the other hand, an abuser would have great difficulty manipulating an older, wiser, more experienced, been there, seen it, done it, DipSW qualified social worker, compared to a 23 year old who has just come out of university.
This is only going to add to the already mass failure in childrens social care.
Social work used to be an extremely good recognised profession.
The modern failures in child protection we hear about in the news, is solely down to government policies. Not social workers.
There used to be the DipSW (Diploma in Social Work) which was dismantled in favour of a degree in social work. The first failure of many.
In the old days, most of the social workers I came into contact with were women. Women, who had raised their own familes, and had a vast amount of life experience, dealing with life and other families. They had heard and seen it all, from the alcoholic abusive husband, to the violent mentally ill child.
These social workers were absolutely perfect for working in children’s social services.
Then, the government of the day, I think it was a tory, decided that they would do away with the DipSW and instead decided, that to work in children’s social services you had to have a university degree.
so what happened?
Most of the experienced social workers left social care, only to be replaced by very young newly qualified degree students who had just left university.
While it is a wonderful experience gaining a degree, it is does not prepare you for a life dealing with manipulative family child abusers.
reading the list of preferred books while on a degree course and writing a few 3000 word essays, does not prepare you to work in children’s social care or child protection services.
You cannot expect a 23 year old to be able to manage a manipulative abuser. Nothing can prepare them for the; violence, neglect, physical abuse, psychological abuse or sexual abuse that goes on in abusive families. But this is exactly what is expected of them
On the other hand, an abuser would have great difficulty manipulating an older, wiser, more experienced, been there, seen it, done it, DipSW qualified social worker, compared to a 23 year old who has just come out of university.
AI in social work and children’s services!
what a total fuck up that will be.