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🚀 START HERE
Welcome to the Socialworkaholic Academy. If you're here, there's a good chance you've experienced moments in social work that felt difficult to explain. The difficult conversation that stayed with you. The family that didn't respond the way you expected. The feeling that there were unspoken rules everyone else seemed to understand. That's exactly why this community exists. Social work has a hidden curriculum—lessons, patterns, and realities that are rarely taught in school but shape the work every day. Before exploring the rest of the Academy: Step 1 Complete: 👉 START HERE: The Things You Feel But Can't Explain This free training will help you begin recognizing the hidden patterns that influence your work. Step 2 Introduce yourself in the Community tab. Tell us: - Your role - Years in the field - What brought you here Step 3 Explore the Academy and save any lessons that resonate with you. There is no rush. The goal isn't to consume everything. The goal is to begin seeing things differently. Welcome to the Academy. — Peter Nguyen Socialworkaholic
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What was your “nobody warned me about this” moment?
I remember realizing pretty early in social work that some of the hardest parts of the job weren't necessarily the things I learned about in school. It was the little things. Figuring out how to have a difficult conversation without making someone defensive. Walking into a situation where you don't have all the answers, but everyone is looking at you like you should. Learning when to speak up, when to listen, and when to trust your gut. And sometimes just sitting in your car for a few minutes after a difficult day before going home. Those were the moments that made me realize there's an entire side of this profession that you mostly learn by living it. So I'm curious: what was your first “nobody warned me about this” moment in social work? It can be serious, funny, frustrating, awkward — whatever comes to mind. I'll share one of mine in the comments too.
Jul 8 •
Student social worker
Hi everyone, it’s great to be a part of this community. I am an older student social worker in my first placement within a government organisation, and I’m loving the learning. I’m from New Zealand and some would describe my small town of Invercargill as being at the bottom of the world. I’m looking forwarded to learning from all you more experienced professionals, as much as I can, as quickly as I can because the number 50 is right round the corner 😆😅
Jun 7 •
Introductions from New Zealand
Hi everyone! I’m in my 60’s with a career in social work and counselling, leadership, training, mentoring, supervision and governance - I have been working in elder abuse and family violence for the last decade and am extremely fortunate to work in and NGO that really does work to live its values
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