Maybe you feel frustrated.
You feel like you were thrown in the deep end after graduating from university. No one ever taught you:
- how to cope with the never-ending paperwork
- how to deal with the emotional trauma of social work
- how to deal with difficult colleagues
- how to find a sense of purpose in the bureaucracy you find yourself in
- how to ask (and get) a pay rise
There was all that focus on theories, and emotions. But little focus on the practical aspects of social work.
The myth in social work is that many think it’s all about the people. But we forget that much of social work is also about the paperwork and the process-work.
Without understanding how to cope with that, you will remain drowning.
That’s why Becoming Better focuses on:
- how to remain focused, even with a million to-dos on your task list
- why you would be better monotasking, rather than multi-tasking
- how to stop wasting time in meetings, and actually get things done
- why working better with teammates may sometimes involve you working less with them
People like Dr Tony Evans have described social workers as street level bureaucrats. Not without good reason. Because today, you have to work with government systems to protect the most vulnerable.
If you’re not a pro at pushing papers, you’ll never be a pro at the deeper peoplework. I know.
It’s sad to hear, but it’s a reality you and I have to deal with.
But you can still find hope whilst doing that.
Becoming Better will connect you to that deep sense of passion and purpose that first brought you into the sector, and will help you to stay in the sector.
Get it now.
John