Monday 21 November 2016

Vicarious Trauma in helping professionals - a social worker's story

"Today I realised that I have given almost a decade of my working life to supporting children and families. Most of this time has been spent in child protection, looked after or adoption teams. I worked out the other day that in my time I must have worked with nearly 500 children and families. I hope that I made a better life for some of them.
They say that the burn out rate for social workers is now seven years. I’m three years beyond this and have had to admit to myself that I am now past my sell by date".....
From
http://socialworktutor.com/given-my-all-to-social-work/ accessed 21-11-16