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Reflecting on the Podcasting Experience | The Grumpy Social Workers | Episode 6
In this episode, Soyeb and Siobhan reflect on the experience of making the podcast and look back at the themes, conversations, and questions that have shaped the series. They consider what they had hoped to achieve through the podcast and how the process has helped them revisit their own thinking about social work, learning, reflection, and professional identity.
The conversation explores the importance of critical friends and the value of creating spaces where social workers can think out loud together. Soyeb and Siobhan reflect on wanting to recreate something they valued early in their careers: the opportunity to listen in to more experienced social workers talking honestly, critically, and thoughtfully about practice.
They also reflect on their own learning from the podcasting process, including the different styles they each bring to the conversations and the importance of making time to pause, review, and wonder. The episode touches on the Wareing model of reflection, using ideas of me, my, more, and must as a way of thinking back over what the series has opened up for them.
The episode returns to themes from earlier conversations, including anti-oppressive practice, trauma, leadership, professionalisation, and the relationship between politics and social work. Soyeb and Siobhan consider how safe people feel when discussing difficult topics and the need for honesty, humility, and accountability when talking about oppression, race, privilege, and power.
The conversation also reflects on leadership in social work, togetherness, and the importance of social workers coming together rather than becoming isolated or silenced. They ask whether professionalisation can sometimes be used to limit challenge and consider how social work can remain connected to its political, relational, and collective roots.
It is an episode about reflection, learning, and the value of continuing conversations that are unfinished. It invites listeners to think about what they have taken from the series and whether there is more to say about the things social workers are still grumpy about, including leadership, continuing professional development, funding pressures, and the future of the profession.
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By Soyeb Aswat and Siobhan MacleanIn this episode, Soyeb and Siobhan reflect on the experience of making the podcast and look back at the themes, conversations, and questions that have shaped the series. They consider what they had hoped to achieve through the podcast and how the process has helped them revisit their own thinking about social work, learning, reflection, and professional identity.
The conversation explores the importance of critical friends and the value of creating spaces where social workers can think out loud together. Soyeb and Siobhan reflect on wanting to recreate something they valued early in their careers: the opportunity to listen in to more experienced social workers talking honestly, critically, and thoughtfully about practice.
They also reflect on their own learning from the podcasting process, including the different styles they each bring to the conversations and the importance of making time to pause, review, and wonder. The episode touches on the Wareing model of reflection, using ideas of me, my, more, and must as a way of thinking back over what the series has opened up for them.
The episode returns to themes from earlier conversations, including anti-oppressive practice, trauma, leadership, professionalisation, and the relationship between politics and social work. Soyeb and Siobhan consider how safe people feel when discussing difficult topics and the need for honesty, humility, and accountability when talking about oppression, race, privilege, and power.
The conversation also reflects on leadership in social work, togetherness, and the importance of social workers coming together rather than becoming isolated or silenced. They ask whether professionalisation can sometimes be used to limit challenge and consider how social work can remain connected to its political, relational, and collective roots.
It is an episode about reflection, learning, and the value of continuing conversations that are unfinished. It invites listeners to think about what they have taken from the series and whether there is more to say about the things social workers are still grumpy about, including leadership, continuing professional development, funding pressures, and the future of the profession.