Our Social Responsibility

摘要

Tragic recent events in north London have turned the spotlight on the recruitment and retention of social workers. With such media vilification following the case of murdered Baby P, who would want to be - or stay being - a social worker? If only the impact of such a public outcry was restricted to the specific case. The problem is, the whole profession inadvertently gets thrown into the same pot. No social worker would defend bad practice, and they will all be devastated by what happened in Haringey. But the consequential media frenzy has the potential to make things worse.