Welcome to The Social Work Community Podcast’s mini-series, ‘Ask the experts’, where we put your careers questions to three social work experts.
In this episode, Dame Lorna Boreland-Kelly, Claire Barcham and Kayleigh Rose Evans respond to a social worker who has lost enthusiasm and motivation in the area she works in.
This episode is hosted by Ruth Hardy-Mullings, head of content at Community Care.
If you have a question you’d like our experts to answer or if you felt the advice has helped you secure your next social work role, send us an email at careersadvice@markallengroup.com.
Read past questions from social workers and our experts’ responses here.
Here is a clip from the podcast where Ruth reads out the letter from the social worker.
Listen to whole episode on The Social Work Community.
About our experts
- Dame Lorna Boreland-Kelly has many years’ experience as a practitioner, manager and workforce development lead and has set up several social work academies around the country.
- Claire Barcham is a specialist mental health social worker and former emergency duty team manager who currently delivers social work training and works in a policy role for the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services.
- Kayleigh Rose Evans is an adult social worker, best interests assessor and practice educator who has her own YouTube channel on which she provides social work careers advice.
