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In Experiencing Social Work: Learning from Service Users people tell their stories of positive social work and the difference it has made to their lives. The book was inspired by the knowledge of the many positive stories of social work practice and a belief that we can learn more from what goes right than what goes wrong. Follow these stories to understand good practice, reflect on the lessons learned, and to feel uplifted by social work's potential for positive change, support, and social justice.
Learning from Leone
Learning from Leone
‘You wouldn't have thought it was a children's home – it had a lounge, it had a dining room, the plates weren't green’
Home
I came from a family of four children, three girls and one boy, living in England with my mother, a black African Caribbean woman. She did not have a good relationship with my dad, who left before I was born. I was the spitting image of him and this affected her parenting of me, though I did not recognise that until I was older. There was a lot of physical abuse from my mother when I was growing up. It was scary. It was not just a smack, you are talking the belt you wear around your waist, ...
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