Helpful Social Work Podcast

This podcast is on the topic of emotional containment and support for social workers. We look at the theory and evidence around how to help social workers to understand, process and learn from the emotional aspect of their work.

In this podcast we discuss how social workers can collaborate and thrive as one profession, despite differences, in the context of reform and scarce resources.

In this podcast we take a look at what makes a helpful social work colleague and how groups can work well together. We offer a model for discussion to help avoid group think and power issues.

We talk about recording and the myth that 'if it isn't written down, it didn't happen.' We look at how recording can empower people and support accountable social work practice.

We take a look at the evidence around how best to manage social work caseloads. We also look at the impact of targets, and the importance of measuring outcomes rather than outputs.

In this podcast we talk about how hotdesking can affect social work practice. We look at how we can ensure there are appropriate spaces for reflection, and appropriate peer and emotional support for social workers.

This podcast looks at the ethics, theory and evidence about social work environments. We look particularly at the atmosphere and spaces that social workers work in, and how we can control and influence the places we work.

In this podcast, we talk about how social workers make critical reflection happen, despite the pressure and busyness of our work.

In this podcast, we explore the theory and evidence around using critical reflection in social work, and offer a model for doing good reflection in practice.

In this podcast, we talk about the importance of stories in social work, how they affect us, and how we can create and tell empowering stories about what social workers do.