Why we became social workers (and why we stayed)

Every social worker has a story about how they got here. Some of us take winding paths through other careers, while others stumble into social work almost by accident.
In this first episode of our 10-part collaboration series, I sit down with Ashton Hayes (host of Becoming an AMHSW) to share our journeys into social work.
We talk about:

• The meandering, non-linear paths that led us into social work
• How travel, life experience, and curiosity shaped our choices
• The breadth of social work, from policy to practice, and everything in between
• Why the profession can be so hard to define…