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OU on the BBC: Protecting Our ChildrenCopyrighted Image Sacha Mirzoeff

30 January 2012

Follow a Bristol social work team through a year of tough decisions and complex caseloads. Read more : OU on the BBC: Protecting Our Children

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Try A Day in the Life of a Social Worker Featuring: activity, Creative Commons Image The Open University

By Dr Barry Cooper (The Open University), Dr Lucy Rai (The Open University)

26 January 2012

Could you manage 24 hours as a social worker? A Day in the Life... provides you with the opportunity to step into a social worker's... Read more : Try A Day in the Life of a Social Worker

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Stress and rewards: My life as a social worker Copyrighted Image Sacha Mirzoeff

By Ellen Parker (Guest)

25 January 2012

What's it really like being a social worker? Ellen Parker - one of the team shadowed for Protecting Our Children - shares the highs and... Read more : Stress and rewards: My life as a social worker

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Social work and public perceptionCopyrighted Image Sacha Mirzoeff

By Ben Crang (Guest)

25 January 2012

The media reaction when a social worker makes a mistake can be hugely demoralising for the whole profession - and a one-sided view and scary... Read more : Social work and public perception

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Can we ever learn to love social workers?Creative Commons Image Nefatron under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By Jessica Evans (The Open University)

06 April 2009

Following Lord Laming's review of children's services in England, are social workers ever going to be valued or must they always take the blame? Read more : Can we ever learn to love social workers?

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OU on the BBC: Someone To Watch Over Me - The Debate - What's Your Viewpoint?Production team

By Dr Lucy Rai (The Open University)

08 August 2006

Someone To Watch Over Me demonstrates the range of difficult questions faced by social workers every day. Whilst the series has been on-air Open2 has... Read more : OU on the BBC: Someone To Watch Over Me - The Debate - What's Your Viewpoint?

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A history of child protectionMatthew Bowden | Dreamstime.com

By Barbara Bilston (The Open University)

08 August 2006

Barbara Bilston looks at the history of the development of child protection provision in the UK Read more : A history of child protection

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OU on the BBC: Someone To Watch Over Me - About The SeriesProduction team

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

08 August 2006

Details about the BBC/OU TV series looking at the work of Bristol's 190 child care social workers. Read more : OU on the BBC: Someone To Watch Over Me - About The Series

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What Is social work?Production team

By Dr Sandy Fraser (The Open University)

08 August 2006

Sandy Fraser portrays social work as a rewarding - but challenging - career Read more : What Is social work?

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Social services: One mother's experienceBBC

By Ronny Flynn (Guest)

08 August 2006

In this case study, Ronny Flynn presents the story of Levi (not her real name), a social services user and mother of seven children. Read more : Social services: One mother's experience

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Pages tagged as Social Work

OU on the BBC: Protecting Our ChildrenCopyrighted Image Sacha Mirzoeff

Try A Day in the Life of a Social Worker Featuring: activity, Creative Commons Image The Open University

Stress and rewards: My life as a social worker Copyrighted Image Sacha Mirzoeff

Social work and public perceptionCopyrighted Image Sacha Mirzoeff

Can we ever learn to love social workers?Creative Commons Image Nefatron under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

OU on the BBC: Someone To Watch Over Me - The Debate - What's Your Viewpoint?Production team

A history of child protectionMatthew Bowden | Dreamstime.com

OU on the BBC: Someone To Watch Over Me - About The SeriesProduction team

What Is social work?Production team

Social services: One mother's experienceBBC