tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700844588832100937.post7033675278109444284..comments2024-02-18T11:38:13.709+10:30Comments on Social Work Challenges: Reflections of 2013Tony Tonkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16326771390487094463noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700844588832100937.post-88641308841974452302014-03-24T13:29:08.467+10:302014-03-24T13:29:08.467+10:30It's a pity you're in Australia. As a pare...It's a pity you're in Australia. As a parent that recently moved to the UK (and quite worried about social workers being randomly involved in our lives) your blog is a breath of fresh air an hope that there are actually are social workers that really think about children, parents, and families rather than targets, paperwork, and their careers. Thank you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04599949978418662432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700844588832100937.post-17244789867883026442013-12-31T20:59:11.786+10:302013-12-31T20:59:11.786+10:30I like you thoughts. I am also an older student fi...I like you thoughts. I am also an older student finishing their MSW(Q). I undertook social work to give those pretentious snobs who have graduated from a school of social work the one finger salute. It has been my experience few understand what it means to be a social worker, they seem to confuse class and gender values with ethics. Hence if one does not conform to these they are viewed as deviant therefore not suitable to be a social worker. Very few have a real understanding of ethics and practice standards.<br />There are some schools of social work that perhaps are no longer relevant and perhaps should be no longer accredited. Perhaps if the AASW was to place greater emphasis on the quality rather than the quantity of social work education in Australia, then perhaps some of the issues the occupation is facing would not be there. Brian Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16557063795110719509noreply@blogger.com