Scottish RCC Workers Podcast

In this interview I talk to Arlene Kyle who is director of Roots & Wings Social Care. We cover lots of ground starting off by hearing about Arlene's own journey into social care . We then consider the importance of a supportive environment & how support and supervision is important .

We also consider topics such as what the main challenges are for the sector and whether a place exists for profit making enterprises within residential childcare.

In this episode I talk to Shumela Ahmed who is managing director of the social enterprise 'Resilience Learning Partnership'.

We cover lots of ground & amongst other things we look at the importance of using lived experience ethically . We also talk about areas such as the continued roll out of the promise & the use of the residential child care sector in Scotland .

Please have a listen and share if you can.

Thank you to Shumela , I really enjoyed speaking with you.

In this episode I talk to Thomas Seisay who has started up a hairdressing training academy for care experienced people. We hear about what motivated Thomas to start the academy alongside hearing about some of the barriers that he has experienced along the way .

We also hear about Thomas's thoughts about barriers faced by care experienced people & what needs to be done to make society a more equitable one .

In this episode I speak with Professor Mark Smith , head of social work at Dundee University about his point of view about residential childcare in Scotland .

Themes discussed include:

The changing landscape of residential care

Positive developments in residential care

Challenges & misconceptions

The role of education & social pedagogy

plus much more ...

In this episode I speak with Declan Andrews . Declan works for an organisation called 'Our Promise'. Declan speaks about his point of view about pertinent issues such as recruitment, boundaries , physical restraint , culture & 'The Promise' plus much more .

In part two we explore Evelyn's point of view about areas of practice in relation to worker education , the Promise , physical restraint as well as exploring what we could learn from other countries in relation to good practice .

In this episode I talk to Abbi Jackson who is an independent