WENDY PARKIN
The course was, for us, in two halves with the first two years emphasising psychodynamic principles followed by two years focused more on social policy and was where I began to understand issues of racism and other discriminations. It was not enough to say "I am not prejudiced" as it was important to understand structural inequalities. This stood me in good stead when I started working in a northern inner-city social services office serving a deprived and multi-ethnic population.
Working with families led me to undertake further work in therapeutic work with children when my psychodynamic background was invaluable. I worked in a family centre specialising in working with very high-risk families and also at a polytechnic which later became a university where I taught both on social work and on nursing courses.
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