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I'm Sharon, I'm a Social Worker
in the Mental Health Team here in Gwynedd.
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My day to day role is quite varied.
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I work with people from 18 years old upwards
who suffer with mental illness,
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I work with people with quite severe mental illness
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where risks might be slightly higher.
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My work entails visiting people, mainly in their homes,
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or if they've had access to hospitals
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I just keep an eye on people,
support them if they've had a difficult patch.
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I make sure everyone is still ok
and I react to any signs of deterioration.
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I think sometimes it can be that people have some sort of
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maybe a preconception about Social Workers
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even though I work in the Mental Health Team,
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sometimes people can get a little nervous or anxious
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wondering why they have been assigned a Social Worker.
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There is an image sometimes isn't there
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thanks to the press and so on,
people do think the role is a negative one.
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But overall, I feel people are pretty positive
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once they understand what we actually do
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and when they get the opportunity
to build a relationship with us.
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It's a very interesting job in terms of
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it's very varied, no two days are the same,
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you get to meet people from different background, different ages.
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Just people that have sometimes
experienced awfully difficult situations
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And no two days are the same.
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Quite often it's just a privilege being able to support people
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and to co-work with people and get to know them better.
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Working in a Mental Health field
can be very interesting in terms of
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coming across all sorts of situations.
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But it's a job that can be very challenging at times
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in terms of getting into contact with people who are going through
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very difficult events in their lives or are dealing with
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quite serious illness.
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And that can difficult, it can
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test people in terms of their resilience.
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But it is also something that can be very rewarding too,
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when someone comes out the other side.
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