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Why does social work have the word 'social' in it?

3 mins read The ADCS Blog
Whether it was because parents are worn out from caring for their children at home 24/7 or because children were desperate to see their friends again face-to-face, or both, we had some of the highest primary school attendance rates in Essex following the return to school on 8 March.

It really made me start to think about how not only our work, but our social lives have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and successive lockdowns.

When I last blogged, I reflected on the paucity of the use of technology in social work and now we are all experts! We work in a creative and adaptable profession so have all got used to online or hybrid meetings very quickly. 

We developed a collection of open and solution focused questions to help guide conversations positively with children and families. We’ve welcomed parents, consultant paediatricians and GPs to virtual child protection conferences, and children and young people in care have joined their statutory reviews for the first time because it is in a medium they are used to and gives them a degree of separation from what can be a daunting focus on them by adults.

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