“We need a stronger national voice for social workers which leads to a change in how the profession is viewed and its ability to represent itself to other professional bodies and with central government.” NeedsBodyGovernmentSocialVoiceAbilityStrongerWorkersProfessionSocial WorkerCentral Government Author:Andy Sawford
“Oh, Al, shut up! Stop criticizing me! First I'm criticized for being a prude and sounding like a social worker or something, then I'm criticized for looking like a cheap broad. How am I supposed to live? Under the water or something, coming up only to say 'I beg your pardon if I disturb you by coming up for air. I'll do my best to remain submerged.'” IfsFirstsSocialWaterAirWorkersCriticizeAlsBroadsShut UpPardonSocial WorkerSubmergedPrudes Author:Pamela Moore
“I was under the librarians' protection. Civil servants and servants of civility, they had my back. The would be whatever they needed to be that day: information professionals, teachers, police, community organizers, computer technicians, historians, confidantes, clerks, social workers, storytellers, or, in this case, guardians of my peace.” Would BeSocialCommunityCasesTeacherInformationNeededComputerPoliceWorkersProtectionServantHistorianStorytellerGuardianLibrarianCivilitySocial WorkerClerksOrganizerTechniciansCivil Servants Author:Marilyn Johnson
“There's very little in the substance of [THE LADY IN THE VAN] which is not fact though some adjustments have had to be made. Over the years Miss Shepherd was visited by a succession of social workers so the character in the play is a composite figure. . . . A composite too are the neighbours, Pauline and Rufus, though I have made Rufus a publisher in remembrance of my neighbour, the late Colin Haycraft, the proprietor of Duckworth's.” YearsLittlesMadePlayCharacterFactsSocialMissingFiguresLateWorkersCraftsSubstanceRemembrancePublishersVansNeighbourAdjustmentSuccessionShepherdsSocial WorkerComposites Author:Alan Bennett
“One of the reasons I came into politics was because I thought I lacked the skills to be a social worker.” ReasonSocialSkillsWorkersSocial Worker Author:Margaret Beckett
“Adults get more confused by social worker jargon. Unlike children, they are also less likely to see two sides of an argument, and they no longer think they can make the world a better place. That can make them rather boring, I suppose.” ThinkingWorldChildrenTwoSocialSidesAdultsArgumentWorkersBoringConfusedBetter PlaceTwo SidesSocial WorkerJargon Author:Nina Bawden
“All social workers want is to get everyone involved in a programme. Because a programme provides full employment for three generations of social workers. And they mess up.” WantThreeSocialGenerationsInvolvedWorkersEmploymentMessProgrammesSocial WorkerThree Generations Author:David Eddings
“The American Dream is one of the greatest ideas in the history of human achievement . . . It thrives today in an age when its core components of freedom and opportunity are open to more Americans than ever before. It holds a real, identifiable place in the American heart and mind, and it informs the aspirations of everyone from farmers to software developers, from detectives to bankers, from soldiers to social workers . . . It defines us as a people, even as we add to its meaning with each new chapter in our national experience and our individual actions.” PeopleMindHumansHeartIdeasRealDreamAgeTodayActionAmericaOpportunityIndividualSocialAchievementAddWorkersSoldierCoreAspirationThriveFarmersSoftwareAmerican DreamChaptersHeart And MindComponentsBankersDetectivesSocial WorkerDevelopers Author:Dan Rather
“Just as in policing there is an emphasis on civilians to help with paperwork, we must free up trained and experienced social workers to focus on children, not bureaucracy.” ChildrenHelpingSocialFocusWorkersBureaucracyEmphasisCiviliansSocial WorkerPaperwork Author:Andy Sawford
“The judges of normality are present everywhere. We are in the society of the teacher-judge, the doctor-judge, the educator-judge, the social worker-judge.” SocialTeacherJudgingDoctorsWorkersEducatorSocial WorkerNormality Author:Michel Foucault
“Don't show up around here until your social worker's helped.” ShowsSocialWorkersSocial Worker Author:Elton John