After 10 years as a frontline children and families' social worker, Majidah Akbar didn't know where to go next.
"I was at a loss. There was nothing else to do except management and that didn't appeal because it meant less contact with families," she recalls.
Akbar saw colleagues leaving statutory social work out of the same frustration. "I considered the private or voluntary sector, but my career would have died," she says.
Now, Akbar is able to remain on the frontline while receiving enhanced status and benefits.
As an advanced social work professional at Sheffield Council, she looks after complex cases and supports junior colleagues.
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