Social Work Radio

About Social Work Radio

Social Work Radio brings you interviews and discussions on the issues that matter to social workers in the real world. From politics and policies to dating and ethical dilemmas, there’s something for everyone.

Publisher

Social Work Radio

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Nov 2022

Latest episode

20 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

6 of 156 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   20 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   How do you maintain a life outside of social work?

   On this week’s episode of Social Work Radio, Vince and Cara ask a question many in the profession will recognise instantly: how do you maintain a life outside of social work when the job seems to take everything you have? From dark evenings that once gave cover for doing nothing, to abandoned hobbies, emotional depletion, and friendships reduced to tired messages and unrealised plans, they unpack the slow way social work can erode the parts of you that exist beyond the role. Honest, funny and painfully relatable, this episode explores what happens when you bring your sharpest self to work and your emptiest self home, and why building a life beyond the job is not a luxury but part of surviving it.Created by social workers, for social workers. Join the conversation every Friday morning.

2. 

   10 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Social workers talk about mental health every day, just never our own

   In this episode of Social Work Radio, Vince Peart and Cara Davis take on a difficult truth in the profession: social workers talk about mental health every day, just rarely their own. Through Cara’s deeply personal account of living with an eating disorder while working in frontline practice, and Vince’s reflections on what that silence costs the workforce, the conversation explores stigma, disclosure, workplace culture, and the unspoken hierarchy of which mental health struggles feel “acceptable” to admit. It is an honest, challenging episode about vulnerability, recovery, and why social workers are not failing when they struggle, but revealing something profoundly human. Created by social workers, for social workers. Join the conversation every Friday morning.

3. 

   3 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   When everything else changes, a brother or sister can still be your anchor

   In this episode of Social Work Radio, our social work hosts Vince and Cara explore why sibling relationships can be a lifeline for children in care, and why the law’s new recognition of that bond matters so deeply. From the emotional reality of separation to the political battle that finally gave sibling contact stronger statutory footing, they unpack what this change could mean in practice, why it has taken so long, and what still needs to happen to make it real for the thousands of children still living apart from their brothers and sisters. Created by social workers, for social workers. Join the conversation every Friday morning.

Inside a recent episode

How do you maintain a life outside of social work?

Published 20 Apr 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So then because of that, I tend to gravitate towards two groups of friends. A group of friends that have nothing at all to do with social work, and I'm incredibly grateful they don't because we don't talk about work at all. And a group of friends who are social workers, surprise, surprise, Cara, all you and I do is talk about work. Okay, that's the difference. But I think that we can end up, if we do end up in those social work friendship groups, I think those friendship groups can in times. I've been in group chats that have been basically reduced to tired emojis and unread voice notes. And I think that, you know, friends who used to do fun things like festivals, pottery classes, park run, whatever you're into, you can end up neglecting those friends because you end up with social work friends who are more like a support group than an active friendship group. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

3.9 / 5

68 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

33 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 36 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

34

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

95

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