Bermuda Health-Abets
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Bermuda Health-Abets
Many Paths, One Purpose: The Many Roles of Social Workers in Bermuda
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Dear Listeners,
March is National Social Work Month. This is years theme is "Uplift. Defend. Transform (National Association of Social Workers, 2026)." The purpose of this observance is to highlight the positive impact of social work in the community, to raise awareness and to emphasize the need to enhance human wellbeing by meeting basic needs, advocating for and empowering vulnerable people, and transform the lives of people they work with. From a Bermuda context we have social workers in several aspects of the community including medical environments like BHB, or community environments like Child & family services or Department of Health, and more. With in these environments our social workers strive to embody and model the components of this years theme through the work they do everyday. This I do not imagine is an easy task and yet, they do it. Bermuda, as we acknowledge and celebrate the Social Workers in Bermuda and worldwide, let's remember what they do for our community.
This episode of Bermuda Health-Abets, a podcast where we discuss everything from A to Z on healthy living, is dubbed Many Paths, One Purpose: The Many Roles of Social Workers in Bermuda. #EmpoweringInformingandMotivating Bermuda residents to live well.
Our guests this episode are Dr. Donna Outerbridge, Community Social Work, Ministry of Health and Shawnae Brangman Social Work, Child & Family Services. During this episode Dr. Outerbridge and Ms. Brangman talk about their current roles as social workers and what led them there. They talk about the different professional pathways social work can take, what a typical day as a social worker in their areas looks like, how responsibility are similar or different in different roles, the characteristics required to be a good social worker, challenges and limitations related to social work, and why social work is important to our community. Listeners as you tune into this episode consider the positive impact social work has on our community, and for those still pondering career choice consider if this is the direction for you.
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