{"id":5733,"date":"2023-05-09T10:21:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T09:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/workingfordevon\/?post_type=wd_case_study&#038;p=5733"},"modified":"2024-10-30T16:24:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T16:24:00","slug":"rodney","status":"publish","type":"wd_case_study","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/workingfordevon\/casestudy\/rodney\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodney"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p dir=\"auto\">When I started my role as an overseas social worker in December 2022, everything was blurry. I questioned myself if I would manage the work and felt anxious about this role in a new country with different systems compared to South Africa. However, I now feel confident and believe that I am capable of executing my job responsibilities. I&#8217;ve received great support from my Line Manager, Nathalie, the Assistant Team Manager, Doris, and the entire Children and Families team. My manager follows the overseas transition workers&#8217; guideline for a protected caseload during probation, which is key to my learning.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The support and welcoming warmth of my colleagues in the team played a critical part in my settling into the social worker role. I am grateful to have found a supportive team because one of the worries one has as a black person is issues of discrimination and institutional racism, which I have not experienced at this stage. The truth is that there is more work to be done in social work, but I believe that with great support from managers and the team, it makes things manageable.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">I recommend that other overseas social workers consider joining Devon, mainly due to the social work academy and the beautiful scenery of this Devon county.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"casestudy_category":[48],"class_list":["post-5733","wd_case_study","type-wd_case_study","status-publish","hentry","wd_casecat-overseas-transition-programme"],"acf":{"job_title":"Experienced Social Worker","area_of_work":"Children and Families team- Exeter"},"category_details":[{"id":48,"name":"Overseas Transition programme","slug":"overseas-transition-programme","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/workingfordevon\/casestudy\/category\/overseas-transition-programme\/"}],"featured_image":false,"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/workingfordevon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/casestudy\/5733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/workingfordevon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/casestudy"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/workingfordevon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wd_case_study"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/workingfordevon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/casestudy\/5733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5757,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/workingfordevon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/casestudy\/5733\/revisions\/5757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/workingfordevon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wd_casecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/workingfordevon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/casestudy_category?post=5733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}