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Are You The Lady From The Welfare? - Alison Thompson


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Are You The Lady From The Welfare? - Alison Thompson

 
Description: ISBN 1906710538 / Genre: Politics / Society / Philosophy / Author: Alison Thompson / Paperback / 178 Pages / Book is published 2009-03-06 ... more
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Newest Review: ... giving me an impression of someone who felt genuine fondness for her clients. The book is then written in chapters, which ... more

 ... run in chronological order and dip into the most significant times of Alison's career. Rather unsurprisingly, we start with Alison's training as a social worker. A German and French graduate, daughter of an upper/middle class Southern family, she is somewhat directionless and after a meeting with a frustrated careers advisor at university, is pushed into social work and sent to Sheffield. It's quite clear from Alison's descriptions that this was a huge culture shock and dealing with poverty in 1960's Sheffield is far a...more

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Crowned Review Are You The Lady From The Welfare? - Alison Thompson: A glimpse rather than an insight. (1179 words)
by - written on 15/12/09 (Very useful, 73 readings)
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I recently went back to college with the mind to have a complete change in career. A little unsure what direction I wanted to go in, but fairly certain it would be within the health and social care field, I chose an access course, with one module being social welfare. While at my local library collecting books for an assignment I noticed amongst all the huge textbooks this little book of memoirs written by a social worker. As it's a profession that has intrigued and interested me, and had me curious if it was one I could do, I checked the book out. Alison Thompson became a social worker in the 60's firstly in Sheffield and later in rural Northern England. I ...  Read the complete review

 

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