Social workers’ migration to the United Kingdom: Comparing social networks, job and life satisfaction post-migration

Copyright © The Author(s) 2023. This study explores if and how migrating social workers’ gender, country of origin and time living in the United Kingdom relate to their job and life satisfaction, and to building a new social network post-migration. Online questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were carried out with participants from Australia, Canada, India, Romania, South Africa, the United States and Zimbabwe. We found a statistically significant connection between the length of time in the United Kingdom and satisfaction from working as social workers and living in the United Kingdom. All our participating groups were generally only mildly satisfied professionally, but satisfied with living in the United Kingdom.The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I am very grateful to my advisor Dr. Michael Shin for suggesting this wonderful topic to me and giving me appropriate guidance and freedom during my work. This thesis could not have been completed without his continued support, patience, and trust that kept me focused. I would to thank my friends and colleagues whose critical feedback and engaging arguments contributed immensely to this thesis. Finally, I would like to thank my family for their continued support and love. i