Episodes
Friday Feb 09, 2024
What Myers-Briggs personality types make the best social workers?
Friday Feb 09, 2024
Friday Feb 09, 2024
This week on Social Work Radio, Vince puts co-host Tilly through her paces as she undertakes the Myers-Briggs personality test live on the show, before they discusses how each of their personality types impact them as social workers. Take the test along with them to reveal your own personality type.
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Friday Feb 02, 2024
Should social workers be doing a lot more for our clients?
Friday Feb 02, 2024
Friday Feb 02, 2024
Should social workers be doing more for our clients?
This week on Social Work Radio, hosts Vince and Tilly explore what - if anything - social workers could do to help more. What additional skills, training, and services could help us offer more to our clients - and how often do we really go outside our remit to help?
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Friday Jan 26, 2024
The heartbreaking case of Bronson Battersby
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Friday Jan 26, 2024
This week on Social Work Radio, our hosts examine the heartbreaking death of Bronson Battersby, dissecting the known timeline, the actions of Bronson's social worker, and examining the public's drive to apportion blame.
How DO we balance our safeguarding duties with people’s rights to a private and family life? In the words of Vince: "Would the public stand their door being broken down by police and social workers after one failed visit... two... three..?"
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Friday Jan 19, 2024
The harm (and good) that being a social worker does to your own family
Friday Jan 19, 2024
Friday Jan 19, 2024
Has being a social worker made you a better or worse partner? Has it made you a better or worse parent?
If they could choose, would your partner and children want you to do a different job entirely?
That's the question we're asking this week on Social Work Radio as Vince is once again joined by fellow columnist and social worker, Matt Bee.
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Friday Jan 12, 2024
Social workers are far more valuable than we believe ourselves to be
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Do social workers value themselves?
Are they valued by their employers, government, and society?
Are they supported by their union and professional association?
As vacancy rates continue to climb, host Vince, and fellow social worker - and Social Work News columnist - Matt Bee ask themselves, how valued are social workers - truly?
Created BY social workers, FOR social workers.
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Friday Jan 05, 2024
A 2023 social work review
Friday Jan 05, 2024
Friday Jan 05, 2024
Happy New Year social workers!
Put 2023 to bed as our hosts Vince and Tilly walk you through a year of some of our most well-read social work stories.
Did you hear the one about the social worker barred from the profession for working two jobs with two local authorities? Or the former social worker now earning five-times her previous salary on OnlyFans?
Created BY social workers, FOcR social workers. Dive in, and enjoy!
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Friday Dec 22, 2023
Merry Christmas social workers!
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Merry Christmas social workers!
Once again, this week, our host Vince is joined by fellow Social Work News columnist Matt Bee for this special Christmas episode, as they discuss everything from what it's like to be a social worker - in adult or children's services - at this time of year, their favourite Christmas movies - and the social work lessons within - to what's on their social work wish-list this festive season. Plus, an appearance by....gulp...Bad Santa... don't miss out!
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Friday Dec 15, 2023
We need a kinder way of inspecting social workers and our services
Friday Dec 15, 2023
Friday Dec 15, 2023
This week, our hosts touch on the outcome of the inquest into the death of headteacher Ruth Perry, which concluded last week.
After explaining how investigations of services work in adults and children's social work, Vince and Tilly explore the coroner's findings through a social work lens, discuss what - if any - changes they expect to see to Ofsted's approach in inspections, both with schools and local authorities, and ask if there are wider lessons to be learned.
Created BY social workers, FOcR social workers.
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Friday Dec 01, 2023
Did you choose social work, or did social work choose you?
Friday Dec 01, 2023
Friday Dec 01, 2023
This week - inspired by this opinion column published over at mysocialworknews.com - our hosts are asking one another the question: Did you choose social work, or did social work choose you?
Vince and Tilly talk us through how they each came to social work, at what point they knew it was the career for them, and whether they could imagine ever doing anything else - and if so, what?
They also tell us whether they think people can be taught the soft skills needed to be a good social worker, or whether it's something would-be social workers are simply born with, begging the question: are some people destined to become social workers..?
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Friday Nov 24, 2023
10 things we really love about being a social worker
Friday Nov 24, 2023
Friday Nov 24, 2023
This week - inspired by this article - Vince and Tilly are exploring everything that is brilliant about being a social worker, as each bring their top five reasons for loving their jobs to the podcasting table. How many of these can you relate to?
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