CP SW here. I'm in a frontline assessment team. We're visiting all of our children at home / in school. It's a statutory requirement to see all CP / CLA / CIN children face to face in my LA. We are all wearing PPE and social distancing where possible.
All meetings eg. Case Conferences, LAC reviews, CIN reviews etc are held via Microsoft Teams, as are our team and site meetings.
I'm a PE with a student on 2nd placement at the moment. I check in with her daily and we have face to face supervision weekly. She's been a bit wobbly and is feeling overwhelmed and lacking in confidence at the moment. I think it's hit her that she finishes in 6 weeks and she doesn't feel ready. I think she'll be brilliant in her ASYE year but she doesn't believe it yet.
Get stuck in, don't let you PE / OSS let you be used for work no one else in the team wants to do. You're there to learn to be a SW, not a contact supervisor (though this is good for linking theories such as attachment into practice). Be honest if you can't juggle everything or if you need help and support.
Be honest about your feelings, it's a really tough job at the best of times. Covid is making it even harder. Morale is low, caseloads are high and stress levels through the roof. Make sure your PE / OSS give you the minimum levels of supervision. This is important as you will see and hear some horrific things. Talk about it before you leave work. Every single day. Remember the only silly question is the one that isn't asked.
You'll get to meet some amazing families and will learn loads from the people you work with. Remember that we're all human and people make mistakes. Be kind and compassionate, you'll get more out of clients that way. I always imagine how I'd feel with a SW knocking on my foot and try to be kind and put people at ease.
Don't leave your reflective logs until the last minute, they'll come and bite you on the bum when your Uni link wants to see them!
Good luck, it's a demanding but amazing job!