Over the course of the series, you'll meet a number of the staff from Bristol City Council's Children's Services department, along with many of the people they seek to help. We caught up with a few of them to find out how they felt about being filmed, and what happened next.
"You sometimes have doubts about the role you are playing - but as a social worker you are performing a worthwhile role"
- Frances
"Our responsibility was to protect the children and minimise the risk"
- Jack
"People often have hugely unrealistic expectations about how powerful we might be"
- Jon
"The feeling of isolation was overwhelming"
- Sam's story
Someone To Watch Over Me in more depth:
OU on the BBC: Someone To Watch Over Me - About The Series
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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
OU on the BBC: Someone To Watch Over Me - Faces On Screen
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"You sometimes have doubts about the role you are playing - but as a social worker you are performing a worthwhile role"- Frances"Our responsibility was... Read more : OU on the BBC: Someone To Watch Over Me - Faces On Screen
OU on the BBC: Someone To Watch Over Me - Making The Programmes
Production team
A programme about child care social workers might not be the most obvious of programme ideas. Series producer Sarah Johnson explains how she got the... Read more : OU on the BBC: Someone To Watch Over Me - Making The Programmes
OU on the BBC: Someone To Watch Over Me - The Debate - What's Your Viewpoint?
Production team
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?
OU on the BBC: Someone To Watch Over Me - Why Did Bristol City Children's Services Get Involved?
Annie Hudson
Colleagues in other authorities had their doubts, but Annie Hudson explains why Bristol City Council Children's Services involvement in the programme was a positive step. Read more : OU on the BBC: Someone To Watch Over Me - Why Did Bristol City Children's Services Get Involved?
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