Luke Goldie-McSorley is a passionate and proud Social Worker in the DBIT service in Essex, UK Children’s Social care.

Nearing 10 years as a Social Worker working in Solution Focused (SF) Edge of care & Emotional wellbeing work, with some of the most high risk, strained, oppressed, unsafe and challenging families and circumstances.

The success of Luke’s work and the incredible work of his colleagues in the DBIT service in Essex has led to the point of inspiring the small steps of SF revolution in Social Work practice. With the benefit of extensive time with BRIEF and Elliott Connie over the last 10 years, Luke has gone on to love SF in practice every day with children, young people, adults, families and in supervision.

Luke has contributed to published SF pieces, including ‘The Solution Focused Approach with Children and Young People: Current Thinking and Practice’, blogs, and a DBIT Blog Book in print. He has delivered keynote addresses at several conferences, including the UKASFP conference 2023. He consistently produces weekly SF video content on X/twitter (@SFBTEssex) and LinkedIn, with over 200 videos. Luke has a passion for teaching and supporting the development of practitioners within Essex social care and externally to partners and other organisations as part of the Essex Solution Focused Centre, providing at all levels up to the Advanced certificate.