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Oct 2022

10m 46s

How to manage decision making and disagr...

Vicki: Social Work Sorted

About this episode

One of many challenges for new social workers: decision making and disagreement

In this episode:

Managing the pressure of decision making
Challenges from other professionals
How to deal with the responsibility of a decision making role

If this podcast helped you then please let me know!

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Thank you so much for listening.

Take Care

Vicki

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