Messy Social Work Learning from Frontline Practice with Children and Families

<p>Social work is a complex career - a hugely rewarding way to make a difference in people''s lives, paired with an enormous responsibility to get it right. This (unofficial) guide, grounded in the author''s decade-long experience on the front line of child protection, explores the intersection between these points and how to handle the challenges of the job while celebrating its joys.<br><br>This isn''t a tidy list of textbook situations and perfect solutions - there are mistakes of all shapes and sizes, there are consequences, and (most importantly) there are reflections on what went wrong and how to <b>not </b>do the same thing in your own practice. Case studies and vignettes look into the realities of child protection from both perspectives, and what happens when what <b>should </b>happen doesn''t match with what <b>does</b>.</p>