Absent fathers? Yes and No. 

Dr Georgia Philip speaks with us about her ongoing research into the realities of father's experience of child protection and care proceedings. 

Reports: 

- Counting Father's In: Understanding Men's Experience of the Child Protection System

- Up Against It: Understanding Father's Repeat Appearance in Local Authority Care Proceedings

Article: 

"I Had No Hope, I Had No Help at All”: Insights from a First Study of Fathers and Recurrent Care Proceedings

Georgia also mentions the work of The Fatherhood Institute.

And research by Professor Karen Broadhurst and Colleagues at Lancashire University into the experience of mothers and recurrent loss of children to care.

What do children living in Kinship Care have to say about their situation? 

What matters to them and how can we best listen to and support them?

Dr Paul Shuttleworth chats with Natasha and Cassian about his PhD study- how he engaged with and listened to the children who took part, what they had to say, and what it means for both research and practice.

If you would like to know more about other researchers mentioned in this episode...

Professor Gillian Ruch - https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p165646-gillian-ruch/publications 

Professor Harry Fergusson - https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/social-policy/ferguson-harry.aspx 

Long Term Foster Care, The Secure Base Model, and the impact of research on practice.

Emeritus Professor Gillian Schofield OBE joins Natasha and Cassian to discuss her career in social work research. 

Find more information and links to Professor Schofield's research and publications here.

Music by Serge Quadrado

Discussing mental health support across the contexts of phd study, health and social care practice, and community support programmes, Dr Bryony Porter joins Natasha and Cassian for a wide ranging episode that reveals an pervading need for human connection and its importance to our mental health. 

Projects discussed within this episode are 

The Courage Project - https://www.uea.su/postgraduate/courage/ 

The Men's Shed - https://menssheds.org.uk/

Music by Serge Quadrado 

Bukola Oyinloye is a PhD researcher at the Open University researching parental perceptions of formal education in rural Nigeria. She joins Natasha and Cassian to discuss her research so far and some innitial reflections on what she is finding out. 

Bukola's own podcast exploring education research in Africa, The EdRA Lounge, can be found at 

https://open.spotify.com/show/0yq3C0t5u0oQjbUCKBMYDb?si=kQi7_9qFTn-g3FeNL_-Avw 

The often traumatic personal histories of young offenders living in care requires attentive support and a trauma informed approach. Dr Donna-Maree Humphery joins Natasha and Cassian to discuss her study of professional youth offending practice when working with female offenders who also live in care.

Music by Serge Quadrado