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- Youth Justice - The Importance of Relationships: Matthew Haynes & Paul Joyce
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In this weeks’ episode Matt and Hannah are joined by Paul Joyce (Chief Superintendent, West Midlands Police) and Matt Haynes (Youth Justice Operational Lead, Coventry City Council) to talk about Youth Justice. Conversations explore the importance of relationships within partnerships, adultification, taking a child first approach, disproportionately, and exploitation.
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Visit Our Website and Subscribe to our mailing list: www.therelationalsocialworkpodcast.com54 min - Relational practice, relational leadership and relational endings: Dez Holmes, Roselyn and Bayley
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We’re back for Series 7! This episode was recorded at Coventry’s Children’s and Education Services Conference, where Matt, Hannah and Arin were joined by some of the speakers from the day. Our first guest is Dez Holmes, Director of Research in Practice and Deputy Chief Executive at the National Children’s Bureau, who chats to Hannah and Matt about the importance of relational systems and leadership to enable relational practice. We are then joined by Roselyn and Bayley, two care experienced young people, for a discussion about the importance of good endings for children, what this looks like, and how Lifelong Links can enable relationships to continue rather than end.
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Visit Our Website and Subscribe to our mailing list: www.therelationalsocialworkpodcast.com1 hr 1 min - Fostering reforms - will these help the drive for 10,000 new foster carers? Niketa Sanderson-Gillard & Luke Rodgers
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We might be officially out of a season but this episode was too important to wait, so we thought we better have a summer special! This week we are joined by Niketa Sanderson-Gillard (Founder and CEO of Why Care) and Luke Rodgers (Founder and CEO of The Care Leaders) to discuss the Department for Education’s consultation on updating Fostering Standards and Guidance, for which Niketa is the lead drafter and Luke is the engagement lead. This episode explores why fostering reforms are needed, what this means for children and for foster carers, and how relationships are being put at the centre of these reforms. The consultation is open now and this episode explains what is being proposed and how you can be part of the consultation. So have a listen and then head over to https://consult.education.gov.uk/looked-after-children/updating-foster-care-standards-and-guidance/ to get involved!
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It is the last episode of the season, and this week starts with Matt and Hannah reflecting on the social media ban for under 16s. Hannah and Matt are then joined by Bridget Blanchard (BookTrust’s Proposition Development Manager), Emma Norry (Author) and Debbie (Kinship Carer). This episode explores how reading with children can build connection, the importance of representation in books, and what BookTrust do as an organisation to support more adults and children to read together.
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This week Hannah and Matt are joined by Lisa Harker, Director at Nuffield Family Justice Observatory. This episode explores innovation and change in family justice. Discussions focus on families who experience public and private proceedings, child focussed courts, and the disproportionate representation of children from the global majority subject to care proceedings.
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In this episode Matt and Hannah are joined by Kyla Chandler (Co-Chair, the Association of Care Experienced Social Workers) and Mike Starr (one of the founding members of the Association of Care Experienced Social Workers). This episode explores why the Association of Care Experienced Social Workers was formed. We discuss the dual identity of care experienced and social worker, and some of the complexities, nuances and paradoxes that this brings. Conversations explore stigma, unconscious bias and shame, and the importance of relationships.
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This episode starts with Hannah and Matt discussing the recent Family Finding announcement from the Department of Education. Care experienced social worker and previous podcast guest, Jonny Hoyle, then drops us a message about the importance of relationships for children in care, and keeping brothers and sisters together. Matt and Hannah are then joined by Lorraine Cavanagh KC, Barrister and Head of the Family Group at St John’s Buildings. This episode explores the role of lawyers in the Family Courts, the importance of relationships, and discusses some of the key learning which can be taken from the children and families cases which Lorraine has been involved in. We explore ethical dilemmas, how legal status has a welfare consequence for children, and how the Courts examine legal arguments to reach difficult decisions, where there is often no easy answer.
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Matt and Hannah are joined by Coventry colleagues, Chris Heeley (Strategic Lead and Families First Sponsor, Children’s and Education Services), Louise Kelman (Headteacher and Families First Education Lead) and Kat Blake-Smith (Lead Nurse for Families First). This episode explores the Families First Partnership Programme, what this looks like in Coventry and across the U.K., and what these reforms mean for children, families and professionals. Discussions focus on the importance of relational practice, family-led decision making, partnership working and the opportunities and challenges of implementing these reforms.
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Any long term listeners of The Relational Social Work Podcast will know that Hannah, Matt and Producer Arin love The Traitors so this weeks’ episode is a real treat for us as super fans! Hannah and Matt are joined by mother and daughter, and stars of The Traitors, Judy and Roxy Wilson. Roxy was adopted as a child by Judy, and this episode explores some of Roxy’s experience of being fostered and then being adopted by Judy.
Roxy and Judy have used their platform to promote the importance of fostering and adoption and we chat about why this is important to them. As well as talking about fostering and adoption we naturally cannot resist talking about Judy and Roxy’s experience of being on The Traitors, so as well as some important messages for social work, this episode is full of behind the scene insights from the castle!
Following our chat with Roxy and Judy we are joined by Nat O’Brien (Catch 22/ National Leaving Care Bench Marking Forum) and Victoria Odude (Young People’s Bench Marking Forum) to hear about the United for Change for Care Leavers event which is taking place in November. You can get your tickets for the event here: https://leavingcare.org/united-for-change-for-care-leavers/
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This week Hannah and Matt are joined by Professor Katriona O’Sullivan, psychologist and author of her memoirs, ‘Poor’ and ‘Hungry’. This conversation took place on the set of Poor (adapted for theatre) at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry with a live audience. Conversations explore Katriona’s lived experience, and key messages for professionals in relation to working with children and their families growing up in poverty, with a focus on the impact that professionals can have on the lives of children (both positively and negatively).
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About The Relational Social Work Podcast
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The Relational Social Work Podcast is aimed at child and family social workers. Relationships are central to social work practice and this podcast focusses on the importance of connection and…
relationships in social work ‘with’ children, young people and their families, exploring this through meaningful conversations with inspiring leaders from across the sector. The podcast will celebrate excellent and innovative practice ‘with’ amazing children, young people and families, and have honest conversations about some of the struggles which we can face in children and family social work. There will be a minimum of one episode released every month.
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Matt Clayton
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Matt Clayton
Matt has led and developed a number of services within Coventry primarily around children in care and care leavers. Matt has a reputation for innovative practice with young people at the center. This has included leading on the BAFTA nominated documentary Superkids and follow up Channel 4 show Kids, piloting the first automatic water bill discount to care leavers and the rollout Lifelong Links in Coventry. Matt is passionate about the importance of maintaining and promoting loving relationships for children in care and has had strategic oversight of Coventry’s reunification work as part of this. Matt was recently invited to write the foreword to the NSPCC and Action for Children joint national report: Home again: reunification practice in England. Matt is the ADCS member of the Family Justice Council and Vice Chair of the National Leaving Care Benchmarking Forum steering group. Matt also Chairs the Adoption Central England Executive Board. After 20 years of neglecting himself, Matt has rediscovered his teenage love of being active outside, having just complete couch to 5k! When Matt isn’t working or running, he enjoys watching football and supports Liverpool.
Hannah Bedford
Hannah qualified as a social worker in 2013, following in her father’s footsteps. Hannah has a passion for practice and practice leadership and has held several roles with a focus on practice development, both in practitioner and management roles. This has including being involved in the development of Coventry’s Social Work Academy, being a Child Sexual Abuse Practice Lead and most recently leading on Coventry Family Valued; a whole-system culture change programme in Coventry, which has led to the safe reduction of the number of children in care in Coventry, against rising numbers of looked after children nationally. Hannah is passionate about restorative practice and has led on the development of Coventry’s practice approach; with a focus on working ‘with’ children and their families, rather than doing ‘to’ or ‘for’ them. Apart from being a proud social worker, Hannah loves dungarees, loves cats and dogs (equally), and supports Liverpool F.C.