How these strengths-based questions transformed my social work practice

by Sophie Baker
This is the eleventh instalment in Sophie Baker’s ‘What I wish I had known…’ series, where she reflects on her approach to practice when she started out – and what she would tell her younger self now.
I still remember the day I first met Savannah and her three young children.
Despite the warm morning, the curtains in the small lounge were drawn tight, leaving the room dark and airless. Savannah was sat on a thin mattress on the floor, silently