The social worker I'd like to be

Learning Objectives

After considering this resource, you should be able to begin to reflect on your future development as a social worker.

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This activity by Barry Cooper and Maggie Pickering encourages you to explore some of your own views about yourself as a social worker and your aspirations. Originally published as ‘The Commemorative Trophy for Good Works', it will be useful at any time in your training, particularly when you feel you have a sense of 'the social worker I would like to be' developing.

It can be completed alone but is usually more powerful when completed in dialogue with someone else. It is one of a number of Professional Identity and Values Organisation Tools (or PIVOT) - you can source the others via the weblink in the references.