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Dr Sally Lee and Dr Louise Oliver edited a book titled: Social Work Practice With Adults: learning from lived experience. This book is co-authored with academics, social workers and people with lived experience supporting the reader to gain new understanding and knowledge from an often seldom heard voice within academic books.

We recently held a book launch party with many of the co-authors and as an engaging activity, we co-created a poem which focused upon what this book meant to them, it reads:

We came together to write a book,

from every cranny and every nook.

We feel so proud to say it out loud,

with powerful words to inform learning.

We want to reimagine the social work role,

To give a voice to those who know.

Not just listening but hearing what is said,

putting the ‘being done to’ to bed.

To give the future a second look,

starting a new conversation through this book.

We don’t know what the future holds,

but sharing stories, being told, helps new understanding

unfold.

Sally Lee and Louise Oliver

Social Work Team (FHSS)