This is a book about social workers and social work. It tells the story of the journey into and through social work of thirteen social workers living and working in the UK today. We hear what has brought them into social work and what has kept them

Becoming a Social Worker sets out to change that - to make social work visible, so that those considering a career in the caring professions can make an informed choice about whether social work is the career for them.

1. Introduction, Viviene E. Cree Voices from Social Work
Practice 2. The Juggling Act, Gurdip Chima
3. Social Work in the Neighbourhood, Bob Holman 4.
A Minority Experience, Ann Marie Howell 5. Social Work in Transition, Justine Merton 6. From Castemilk to
Chisinau, Gary Westwater
Voices from Social Work
Management 7. Joint Future, Jane Gent 8. Service
First, Penny Thompson
9. Letting Godfish Go, John Wallace
Voices from Social Work Education and Training 10. From Practice to Theory, Saara Greene 11. Sikhing Social Work, Amrick Panaser
12. Making a Difference, Ann Davis 13. Social Work Inside Out, Mary Langan
14. Changing Social Work, Daphne Statham Commentary
15. Becoming and Being a Social Worker, Viviene E. Cree