Building emotional resilience as a social work team manager

Farrah is the principal social worker at Leeds City Council’s children and families service. After working in early years and the third sector for many years, she qualified as a social worker in 2002 and has worked in children’s services in a variety of roles ever since. She co-chaired the Principal Children and Families Social Work Network from September 2020 to September 2022. She has a particular interest in tackling inequalities, poverty aware practice and restorative practice. She is a member of the national Anti-Racist Steering Group and of the Workforce Race Equality Standard core group in Leeds.

Nyoka Fothergill is a qualified social worker with 27 years’ experience working across children’s and adult social care services in Leeds. She has experience as a frontline practioner as well as being an experienced senior leader. In her current role, she is responsible for the delivery of adult social care services at a neighbourhood level. Before that she was head of business change within the adult social care service for seven years.