About this episode

Vicki Shevlin discusses the representation of social workers in the media and the importance of self-care in the profession.

In this episode I'm back after a quieter month, off Instagram, in therapy, having acupuncture, and thinking about a lot of things. This one covers the personal and the professional in equal measure. I'm talking about the naming of social workers in the media following the Preston Davey case, why the way decisions in social work are actually made is so consistently misrepresented, and what I think our response as a profession needs to look like. I'm also getting into the social workers are sup...

People in this episode

Host: Vicki Shevlin

Topics covered

• social work
• media representation
• self-care
• professional ethics
• decision-making in social work

Keywords

• therapy
• acupuncture
• social workers
• media
• self-care
• Preston Davey
• decision-making

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