Social Work Radio

Managing professional boundaries in social work

This week, hosts Vince and Tilly reflect on two recent news stories published at www.mysocialworknews.com about social workers crossing the professional boundaries with clients, and discuss the difficulties of being human, empathetic, and caring, while not opening yourself up to the potential to cross professional boundaries.

They ask, what is more important, true love or success at work? How often do we think social workers develop feelings for clients but never act on them? How often do we think social workers have relationships and friendships with clients, but never get found out?

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Surviving your first year as a social worker

This week, hosts Vince and Tilly each look back on their first year in social work, reflecting on the lessons learned, the mistakes made, and the advice they would give to their younger selves. They also reveal their messages of advice and encouragement for NQSWs starting their careers now, and discuss how universities and employers can better support new social workers.

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How to ’social work’ yourself

This week, join our hosts, Vince and Tilly, as they carry explore the idea of 'social working' yourself, discuss whether the responsibility for 'care' should lie with the individual or the employer, and - rather hilariously - indulge in a bit of roleplay as they carry out a social work assessment of one another...

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A social worker can do the job of two women (literally)

Following this popular news story at mysocialworknews.com this week - about a social worker barred from the profession after it was discovered she was holding down two full-time jobs with two different local authorities - our Social Work Radio hosts ask: can one social worker really do the job of two? Is there any justification for what Ms N did? Did her actions really warrant being struck off? And is this an isolated incident, or are there likely to be other social workers out there getting away with this?

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Social workers are all hypocrites

This week on Social Work Radio, our hosts, Vince and Tilly, ask the question - are all social workers hypocrites - guilty of not practising what they preach? 

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Ask me anything: social work edition

This week on Social Work Radio, our hosts, Vince and Tilly, tackle YOUR questions about social work.

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Should social workers do fewer hours?

This week on Social Work Radio, our hosts and experienced social workers, Vince and Tilly, explore the subject of how many hours social workers should really be working, whether shift work, condensed hours, or a four-day week can ever really work for this particular profession, and answer the dreaded question: are we workaholics?

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Dealing with people who lie to social workers

This week's podcast episode explores how to deal with people who lie to social workers, and follows on from Vince's guide of the same name, which was published this week at www.mysocialworknews.com

In the same week that MP Stella Creasy revealed a malicious troll had reported her to children's services because he disagreed with her 'extreme views,' leading to an investigation of her family, Social Work Radio co-hosts, Vince and Tilly, reflect on the idea of criminalising false complaints to social services, and discuss moments in their own practice where they were lied to or misled - either by clients, or other professionals.

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The murder of Finley Boden

The mood is sombre this week as Social Work Radio co-hosts, Vince and Tilly, turn their attention to the murder of 10-month-old Finley Boden, at the hands of his parents.

As the pair examine what is known about Finley's too-short life, they reflect on parallels with other infamous cases of child deaths where social workers were involved, discuss the public's reaction and media narrative of the case, and ask: how can social workers balance strengths-based practice, and wanting to keep families together, with avoiding misplaced hope and too much optimism?

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Three years of Covid

Days after Tory MP Flick Drummond said "social workers stayed at home" during the pandemic, Social Work Radio co-hosts, Vince and Tilly, looks back on three years of Covid.

The duo remember the impact of that first lockdown on the workforce, the clients, and the profession, and examine the impact Covid continues to have to this day.

Was the effort of social workers during Covid truly acknowledged? Join the discussion, every Friday, with your preferred podcast provider.

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