Let's Talk Social Work
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<p>Welcome to Let’s Talk Social Work, the podcast from the British Association of Social Workers. This is a space for conversation—discussion with social workers, the individuals they support, and colleagues working in related professions. We consider the key matters affecting social workers as we explore contemporary issues with a focus at both the local and global levels.</p><br><p><strong>The views expressed in this podcast are not necessarily those of the Association.</strong></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Recent Episodes
July 1, 2026
Who you gonna call? - The BASW/SWU Advice & Representation Team
<p>Social workers sometimes need help too. Whether it’s to resolve a workplace conflict, navigate a fitness to practice referral, manage complex or difficult cases, or to seek advice on an employment matter, knowing where to turn when facing professional challenges is critical.</p><br><p>The temptation might be to go it alone, but doing so can be overwhelming, stressful and burdensome, taking a heavy toll on mental health and wellbeing. This isn’t good at any time, and especially when you’re also trying to fight for the best outcomes for those you’re supporting through your practice.</p><br><p>That’s where the BASW/SWU Advice and Representation (A&R) service comes in. A team of social work qualified professionals holding a unique array of expertise and understanding of the social work profession. They provide invaluable advice and representation for employment and regulatory issues, including workplace employment law matters and fitness to practice processes, supporting BASW and SWU members encountering unknown, worrying or difficult situations.</p><br><p>This episode is dedicated to exploring the various ways the A&R team can assist social workers across the UK. Joining Jonny Adamson is two experienced A&R Officers, Lynne Gargiulo and Lisa Fitzpatrick. They cover a host of varied areas in this one-hour episode, from workplace rights and trade unionism, to promoting better wellbeing at work, the cost-of-living pressures facing professionals, and how employers and staff can create overall healthier working environments.</p><br><p>Our thanks to James Ede at BeHeard Productions for producing the episode.</p><br><p>If you’re a BASW member, you get access to 55 guidance sheets developed by the A&R team to help you on a range of different matters – <a href="https://basw.co.uk/support/advice-representation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://basw.co.uk/support/advice-representation</a></p><br><p>If you’re not a BASW member yet, find out how joining will give you peace of mind through free access to our A&R service - <a href="https://basw.co.uk/why-join-basw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://basw.co.uk/why-join-basw</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
June 4, 2026
I’m not Invisible: Supporting children living with a parent in prison
<p>Too often, young people have been the silent victims of the justice system.</p><br><p>As our prison population gets bigger, so do the numbers of young people living with a parent incarcerated. They form one of the most overlooked groups in our society, with little known about their needs or experiences. That leads to them being forgotten about when it comes to policy-making and support networks, or even worse, dangerous assumptions, rhetoric and stereotypes formed about them.</p><br><p>This episode of Let’s Talk Social Work is dedicated to helping to bring this topic out of the shadows. With a growing body of research now being committed to spotlighting the lived experiences of children with a parent in prison, we’re proudly doing our bit to promote this issue to social workers. </p><br><p>As with any professionals, social workers may well meet young people through the course of their practice who are experiencing life with a parent in prison. This discussion will explore ways to support and build trust with young people as well as outline many of the challenges and barriers they might face, based on first-hand accounts from a recent study carried out in Australia.</p><br><p>Host Jonny Adamson is joined by one of the authors of the study, Associate Professor Catherine Flynn, Head of Social Work at Monash University, Maia Ihemeje, founder of Yung Prodigy, a youth-led organisation focused on mobilising young people affected by parental and kinship incarceration, and Dr Lorna Brookes, founder of Time-Matters UK and Associate Professor at Liverpool John Moores University.</p><br><p>They also discuss what could change at policy level to improve the lives of children living with a parent in prison and why this group has seemingly gone unnoticed in both the UK and Australia for so long.</p><br><p>Our thanks to James Ede at BeHeard Productions for producing the episode.</p><br><p>Supporting children living with a parent in prison: Learning from young people (British Journal of Social Work) - https://academic.oup.com/bjsw/article/56/3/1139/8340010</p><br><p>Yung Prodigy - https://yungprodigy.org/</p><br><p>Time Matters UK - https://www.timemattersuk.com/</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
May 1, 2026
Exploring the relationship between supervision and practice with children and families
<p>Supervision and home visits are central to social work with children and families, yet the interaction between them is rarely considered. </p><br><p>Given the importance that social workers place on them both, it seems strange that we tend only to evaluate the influence of supervision through its impact on social workers, without gathering any empirical evidence around whether it is directly improving the outcomes that it has on the families we support.</p><br><p>New research using a case study approach in two local authorities in Wales, including observations of supervisions and home visits as well as interviews with practitioners and their supervisors, is now attempting to bridge this gap. </p><br><p>While there is much discussion around social worker’s experiences of supervision and expectations of what supervision should be, this research goes a step further in questioning whether supervision is delivering what it should in theory be doing, or if it’s merely creating the illusion of effectiveness in a child protection system predicated by surveillance and procedure, thus fostering a culture of anxiety, fear, guilt and shame felt by practitioners, supervisors and families in different contexts.</p><br><p>Joining Jonny Adamson to delve into this deep discussion is the author of the doctoral thesis, Dr Lucy Treby, Associate Professor and Researcher in child protection practice and emotions, Matthew Gibson, and early career Children and Families Social Worker, Laura Harper.</p><br><p>They break down the study to consider many of its findings with the aim of solving the ultimate question – does good supervision correlate with better outcomes for children and families, or is that too simple an equation in what is a complex, pressurised and largely unpredictable system?</p><br><p>Our thanks to James Ede at BeHeard Productions for producing the episode.</p><br><p>The link to the research can be found here: <a href="https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/149545/2/1470101%20Lucy%20Treby%20DSW%20thesis%20FINAL%20April%202022.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/149545/2/1470101%20Lucy%20Treby%20DSW%20thesis%20FINAL%20April%202022.pdf</a> </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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<p>Welcome to Let’s Talk Social Work, the podcast from the British Association of Social Workers. This is a space for conversation—discussion with social workers, the individuals they support, and colleagues working in related professions. We consider the key matters affecting social workers as we explore contemporary issues with a focus at both the local and global levels.</p><br><p><strong>The views expressed in this podcast are not necessarily those of the Association.</strong></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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