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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Kim Thomas

‘My motivation is being able to see the change’: the multidisciplinary team giving targeted support to families in Medway

A Muslim Mother sits with her daughter as she teaches her from the comfort of their own home. The young girl is seated on a sofa while the mother sits across from her on a chair with a clipboard in her hands. She is testing the young girls memory and recording her answers.
Changes at Medway aim to focus more closely on the needs of children. (Picture posed by models.) Photograph: FatCamera/Getty Images

Eighteen years after qualifying as a social worker at Medway council, Melesha Devine is still full of enthusiasm for the role. Now a senior practitioner, she’s part of a multidisciplinary team – made up of different specialists – to provide coordinated support for families where there are issues of neglect.

“My motivation is being able to help families and being able to see the change,” says Devine. “This is definitely the job for me and it always has been.”

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