I have benefited from this opportunity myself. I qualified as a social worker in Melbourne, Australia but have worked in the UK for the past 20 years. While I work with adults, my experience of making the move to a different county has been similar to that of colleagues working with children and families.
In recent years, there has been a noticeable increase in international recruitment to meet demand for social workers in children's and adult services. There are many reasons why social workers might want to migrate to the UK or other countries like Australia or Canada but this journey is not straightforward and requires considerable co-ordination and support. In my case, without the support from good colleagues and managers, I don't think I would have survived working for this long.
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