‘This is Social Work’ is all about optimism. Things must be done, they can be done, and social workers are there to identify, channel, support, and spur young persons to excel in what they love and do best. The film's beauty resides in its simple effectiveness. Social workers aren't there to “create” new avenues for children. Rather, their success is in using their own skills to tease out each child’s talents, skills. Social workers champion children’s dreams and turn them into healthy ambitions. This film also shows the importance of male social workers in a world where roles founded on care are often expected to be filled by women.

Jesse’s BAFTA-nominated short film “Eyelash” encapsulates his style – it’s a visceral balance of beauty and brutality. Young love is undermined by the attritional power of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Neil Hilborn’s poem OCD provides a compelling, abstract insight into the protagonist’s state of mind. No surprise, then, that the film was nominated for or won over 20 awards, including a BFI Future Film Festival Official Selection and The Best Short Film at Thunderdance 2019. Originally from Brighton and now based in London, Jesse is a young master of combining cinematic grit and human emotion, often accompanying them with an intense physical edge, such as in his short film Bleach or his work for SkySports that captures the training regimen and state of mind of boxer Harlem Eubank. He’s come a long way since picking up a camera in his teens and documenting his friends at skateparks around his home city. “I became the one who always had a camera,” he said in an interview discussing his placement on the YDA Shortlist last year. Nothing’s changed there, then.