Research in Practice Podcast: Recent Episodes
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At Research in Practice, we bring together academic research, practice expertise and the experiences of people accessing services. We then apply this knowledge to develop a range of resources and learning opportunities, as well as delivering tailored services, expertise and training.
We work closely with professionals across the children, families and adult sectors to ensure our work is truly sector-led and responds to the most pressing issues.
This third clip, from a series of three linked podcast clips, looks at 'why we need to think about the impact of trauma on organisations'.Georgina Chetwynd, Senior Research and Development Officer at Research in Practice, speaks to Dr Sheena Webb and Dr Danny Taggart. These clips explore organisational approaches to embedding trauma-informed approaches and draws out key themes from the strategic briefing ‘Beyond the slogan: The reality of building trauma-informed social care organisations’.https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/content-pages/podcasts/beyond-the-slogan-the-reality-of-building-trauma-informed-social-care-organisations/
This second clip, from a series of three linked podcast clips, explores 'why we need to understand the way trauma can impact on frontline practice settings'.Georgina Chetwynd, Senior Research and Development Officer at Research in Practice, speaks to Dr Sheena Webb and Dr Danny Taggart. These clips explore organisational approaches to embedding trauma-informed approaches and draws out key themes from the strategic briefing ‘Beyond the slogan: The reality of building trauma-informed social care organisations’.https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/content-pages/podcasts/beyond-the-slogan-the-reality-of-building-trauma-informed-social-care-organisations/
In this first clip, from a series of three linked podcast clips, we think about 'what we mean by trauma'.Georgina Chetwynd, Senior Research and Development Officer at Research in Practice, speaks to Dr Sheena Webb and Dr Danny Taggart. These clips explore organisational approaches to embedding trauma-informed approaches and draws out key themes from the strategic briefing ‘Beyond the slogan: The reality of building trauma-informed social care organisations’.https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/content-pages/podcasts/beyond-the-slogan-the-reality-of-building-trauma-informed-social-care-organisations/
This podcast looks at research that explores what ‘care’ looks like for unaccompanied children seeking asylum. Senior Research and Development Officer Georgina Chetwynd meets with Professor Sarah Crafter and Kirstie Baughan to hear how learning from the ‘Children Caring on the Move’ study and other research can help social care practitioners critically reflect on their role in caring relationships with separated children.https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/children/content-pages/podcasts/exploring-separated-children-and-caring-relationships/
This podcast takes a look at youth violence through a public health lens - exploring what that really means in practice. Phil John, Technical Support Coordinator at Research in Practice, is joined by Prof. Alistair (Ali) Fraser, Criminologist, and Raquel Vieth, Senior Innovation and Development Lead at Research in Practice, as we talk about how we can work together across services, listen to young people’s voices, and build safer, more hopeful communities. View the accompanying reflective questions: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/children/content-pages/podcasts/understanding-youth-violence/
In this podcast Phil John talks to Gavin Moorghen from Social Work England about why continuing professional development (CPD) matters. CPD is at the heart of social work. It involves reflection and learning to maintain skills and knowledge needed to support people who draw on care throughout their lives. View the accmopanying reflective questions - https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/content-pages/podcasts/the-impact-of-reflection-on-cpd/
The emerging use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is changing the way social workers produce case recordings and make use of information. There are many benefits to using generative AI, such as saving time and reducing administrative burden, however, these benefits come with risks and ethical challenges.
This podcast explores good decision-making in adult social care and highlights the key themes. It also introduces the recently updated good decision-making resource, providing practitioners with guidance on navigating the new resource and advice on implementing it effectively. View the accompanying reflective questions: www.researchinpractice.org.uk/adults/con…cial-care/
Lambeth Early Action Partnership (LEAP) team talk us through 10 Years of LEAP in their presentation 'Developing an Outcomes Framework for Early Years Services: Using integrated data to inform design, reach, quality and performance'.
Sarah Rothera, a Research in Practice Associate, talks to Gill Bawler from Somerset County Council. We hear about their ongoing journey to develop a single digital view of the child and how they are supporting others to do the same.
Sarah Rothera, a Research in Practice Associate, talks to Gary Davies from Somerset County Council. We hear about their ongoing journey to develop a single digital view of the child and how they are supporting others to do the same.
Dez Holmes talks to Meera Spillett about the key elements of anti-racist systems leadership. They reflect on an excellent briefing authored by Meera that has been published by Research in Practice. Meera is a former Director of Children’s Services and social worker, with over 40 years’ experience in social care, education and public sector partnerships. Part two looks how we can do the work necessary to combat racism without placing the burden on those who experience racism. . View the accompanying reflective questions: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/content-pages/podcasts/anti-racist-systems-leadership/
Dez Holmes talks to Meera Spillett about the key elements of anti-racist systems leadership. They reflect on an excellent briefing authored by Meera that has been published by Research in Practice. Meera is a former Director of Children’s Services and social worker, with over 40 years’ experience in social care, education and public sector partnerships. Part one looks at terminology, the roots of racism and whether the steps of progress have the unintended impact of making people think the problem is solved. View the accompanying reflective questions:https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/content-pages/podcasts/anti-racist-systems-leadership/
This podcast discussion on health and wellbeing and going beyond the soundbytes of such words to explore how the implementation of exercise can make a real difference to social workers and those they work with.
In this two-part podcast, Donald Forrester, Professor of Child and Family Social Work at Cardiff University and Richard Devine, Consultant Social Worker, join Susan Ridpath, Research and Development Officer at Research in Practice to share their insights into working with parents in child and family social work.Part two starts by further exploring the reasons why a parent may be reluctant to have social services in their lives. What is meant – and importantly not meant - by the term ‘resistance’ and how is understanding resistance useful for practice? View the accompanying reflective questions: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/children/content-pages/podcasts/working-with-parents-in-children-s-social-care/
In this two-part podcast, Donald Forrester, Professor of Child and Family Social Work at Cardiff University and Richard Devine, Consultant Social Worker, join Susan Ridpath, Research and Development Officer at Research in Practice to share their insights into working with parents in child and family social work. Part one's focus is the context of social work with parents and the power practitioners hold. Richard and Donald unpack some of the dilemmas and tensions of practice and reflect on the emotional landscape for practitioners and family members. View the accompanying reflective questions: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/children/content-pages/podcasts/working-with-parents-in-children-s-social-care/
A conversation between Philip Anderson, Strategic Director for External Affairs at the National Children's Bureau and Gerry Nosowska, Director of Effective Practice and former chair of the British Association of Social Workers. The focus is ten years of the Care Act 2014, its development, delivery and unrealised potential.View the accompanying reflective questions: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/adults/content-pages/podcasts/ten-years-of-the-care-act-2014/
Emily Smith, Research in Practice Research and Development Officer, delves deeper into the topic and reflects on how practitioners might develop their practice.View the accompanying reflective questions: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/content-pages/podcasts/what-is-professional-curiosity/
A podcast discussing what social work students and newly qualified social workers need to know about joining the Social Work England register, recording CPD and how organisations can support this.View the accompanying reflective questions: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/content-pages/podcasts/cpd-and-registration-joining-the-social-work-england-register/
In this podcast, Alison Domakin from Research in Practice, talks to Duc Tran and Priya David co-chairs of the BASW Diaspora Special Interest Group. Duc and Priya are international social workers who have worked in England for many years.
In our final podcast Lys Eden, Evidence and Evaluation Officer at Foundations, talks about what recent research undertaken by Foundations can tell us about the national picture when it comes to supporting care leavers’ mental health and wellbeing, where the gaps are and what good practice looks like.
In our fourth podcast, we hear from to Sarah Sturmey, Founder and CEO of Pure Insight, a voluntary sector organisation which delivers support services for care experienced young people. Sarah shares the focus and reach of Pure Insight, providing insights into the support offered to care experienced young people around mental health and wellbeing.
In our third podcast we hear from to Carey-Ann Baisden, Leaving Care Specialist Nurse in Newham Council’s Leaving Care Team. Carey-Ann shares outlines the mental health and wellbeing support available to care leavers in Newham and shares learning and insights from this work.
These linked podcasts explore the mental health support available to care leavers. In the second podcast we hear from Northamptonshire's Children's Trust Leaving Care Team about their views and experiences.
These linked podcasts explore the mental health support available to care leavers. In the first podcast we hear from care leavers about their views and experiences and in the second we speak to a researcher about findings from some recent research examining mental health support for care leavers.
This podcast explores how we conceptualise culture and what this means for the way that we support people from a range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds.View the accompanying reflective questions: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/content-pages/podcasts/supporting-work-across-cultures/
Alison Domakin, Senior Research and Development Officer at Research in Practice shares tips, tools and techniques for how we ensure truly reflective supervision.View the accompanying reflective questions:https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/content-pages/podcasts/the-importance-of-reflective-supervision/
This podcast is a conversation between Phil John, Technical Officer at Research in Practice and two of the authors of the Equity Change Project, Dr Clenton Farquharson and Gerry Nosowska. For the past two years they, alongside Suryia Nayak, have been working on the Equity Change project, exploring how the lens of intersectionality can increase equity in adult social care.View the accompanying reflective questions: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/adults/content-pages/podcasts/using-intersectionality-to-increase-equity-a-discussion-about-the-equity-change-project/
Understanding how we can work alongside children, young people and families to develop approaches to information gathering and use.
Claire Williams, a Research and Development Officer at Research in Practice delves into materials and resources on organisational resilience and wellbeing and how they can be used in practice.View the accompanying reflective questions: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/content-pages/podcasts/organisational-resilience/
This podcast highlights key messages from recent research exploring the identity needs of minoritised children and young people in care. The discussion focuses on the dynamic nature of identity and how practitioners can explore what ethnicity and religion means to children and young people.
Jeanette Sutton talks to Anna Severwright about co-production and the recent Research in Practice Evidence Review that was co-produced with Social Care Future, which outlines the changes that are needed to make life better and equal for those who draw on social care.View the accompanying reflective questions: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/adults/content-pages/podcasts/talking-about-co-production-and-evidence-with-social-care-future/
How better use of Children’s information, data and voice can be used to improve the lives of children and families.
Laura Bracey from Research in Practice speaks to Aurio about his experience of working with the Journey project in Leeds, a project set up to support fathers from a Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic background. They are joined by Marcus, who leads the Journey project. In this podcast, Marcus discusses how he set up the Journey project and how he works to support fathers. Marcus and Aurio reflect on their own experience of working together, and on the importance of understanding someone’s cultural identity, listening and sharing emotions. View the accompanying reflective questions: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/children/content-pages/podcasts/working-with-men-in-leeds-journey-project/
Kate Metcalf from Social Work England talks about the role of reflection in learning, writing an effective CPD record, and upcoming projects.
View the accompanying reflective questions: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/content-pages/podcasts/a-cpd-conversation-with-social-work-england-reflecting-on-learning/
Dez Holmes, Director of Research in Practice, explains what evidence-informed practice is, why it’s of particular relevance to the social care sector and what it means for practice and leadership.
View the accompanying reflective questions: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/content-pages/podcasts/what-is-evidence-informed-practice/
In this podcast, Dr Kesia Reeve, a dedicated housing researcher, and Leanna Fairfax, a PhD student with lived experienced of homelessness and social care, explore these issues from a family’s perspective. They discuss some of the challenges families may face and how services can best support them.
In this podcast Meg Elizabeth, Keeley Howard and Evie Poingdestre, three members of the Young Researchers’ Advisory Panel (YRAP), talk about how young people’s participation in services and research can be protective at an individual level and for young people more widely.View the accompanying reflective questions: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/children/content-pages/podcasts/participation-as-protection/View the model: https://www.beds.ac.uk/media/jqjk3bvc/participation-as-protective-poster-web-3000-72dpi.jpg
This podcast explores what discriminatory abuse is and considers official statistics and wider research findings. It discusses how we can recognise potential discriminatory abuse, how discriminatory abuse features in Safeguarding Adult Reviews and what this means for developing our practice.View the accompanying reflective questions:https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/adults/content-pages/podcasts/discriminatory-abuse-developing-practice-responses/
In this podcast, Research and Development Officers Claire Williams and Luciann Blake talk to Laura Pritchard-Jones and Tony Anyaegbu about interpreting and applying case law in practice.The podcast explores how effective practice should be underpinned by good and up-to-date knowledge of relevant case law. The conversation contains messages relevant to practitioners working with children and families, young people and adults. The cases and pieces of legislation mentioned throughout are linked below.View the accompanying reflective questions: www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/conten…-practice/
Laura Bracey from Research in Practice speaks to Matt Tattersley, Project Manager for the Caring Dads programme within Leeds City Council.Matt reflects on the journey that Leeds City Council has been on to improve its support to fathers and his hopes for the future. He shares examples of positive practice with fathers, and advice for social workers looking to work more effectively.This podcast is the first in a series of three podcasts about the journey that Leeds City Council is taking to develop work with men.View the accompanying reflective questions: www.researchinpractice.org.uk/children/content-pages/podcasts/working-with-men-in-leeds-caring-dads/
Laura Bracey from Research in Practice speaks to Matthew Tattersley, Project Manager for the Caring Dads programme within Leeds City Council.Matthew reflects on the journey that Leeds City Council has been on to improve its support to fathers and his hopes for the future. He shares examples of positive practice with fathers, and advice for social workers looking to work more effectively.This podcast is the first in a series of three podcasts about the journey that Leeds City Council is taking to develop work with men.View the accompanying reflective questions: www.researchinpractice.org.uk/children/c…rom-leeds/
Hannah Scott, Georgina Chetwynd and Vicky Hart reflect on the ongoing role and responsibilities of Social Work England, and discuss Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for social workers.
Hannah Scott, Research and Development Officer at Research in Practice and qualified social worker, speaks to Rebecca, a mother who has experienced care proceedings and talks about how this felt. She also discusses her experiences of mother and baby placements, social work relationships, kinship care assessments and disclosing domestic abuse. (pseudonym used)
View the accompanying reflective questions: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/children/content-pages/podcasts/a-parent-s-experience-of-court-and-pre-proceedings-rebecca/
Georgina Chetwynd speaks with Gerry Nosowska about her updates to the Good Assessment handbook. Written primarily for social care practitioners completing assessments under the Care Act 2014, the handbook provides detailed practice guidance to support practitioners explore and reflect on good assessment practice, the capabilities of a good assessor and the support that assessors need.
Hannah Scott talks to Amy, Kahlil and Imogen from the Family Justice Young People’s Board (FJYPB) about their experiences of working with Childrens Services, the Family and Criminal courts. (pseudonym used)
The Family Justice Young People’s Board (FJYPB) are a group of more than 70 children and young people aged between eight and 25 years old, who live across England and Wales. All members have either had direct experience of the family justice system or have an interest in children’s rights and the family courts. Their overall aim is to support the work of the Family Justice Board, which aims to deliver improvements to the family justice system so that it provides the best result for children who come into contact with it.
View the accompanying reflective questions: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/children/content-pages/podcasts/young-people-s-experience-of-court-and-pre-proceedings/
Katy Shorten, Research and Development Manager at Research in Practice talks to Georgie Steele about the power of storytelling.
Georgie shares her experience of being a parent carer and how storytelling has helped her to gain perspective on her situation, including what has happened and how she copes in her caring role. She describes how stories can help remind us of the ‘main character’ in the story, and to keep the person receiving care and support at the centre of things. This is reinforced when Georgie shares the experiences of other parent carers who took part in ‘Lockdown Cinderella’, a project which used the familiar format of fairytales to make sense of their carer experiences – resulting in carers feeling ‘heard’ and able to process experiences, and even finding solutions to situations they were experiencing at the time.
Shownotes are available at https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/adults/content-pages/podcasts/storytelling-and-social-care/.
Lizzie Hills, Practice Lead at Norfolk County Council, talks about Norfolk County Council’s approach to life story work and the importance of making sure that children’s life stories, and how they understand them, is at the centre of all direct work with them.
Listen on our website: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/children/content-pages/podcasts/ensuring-childrens-life-stories-are-at-the-centre-of-direct-work/
Dez Holmes, Director of Research in Practice, talks to Jo Todd Chief Executive of Respect, Kyla Kirkpatrick Director of the Drive Partnership and Dr Olumide Adisa Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Abuse Research at the University of Suffolk about the evidence base around domestic violence and abuse, perpetration and the interface with children’s social care.
Listen on our website: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/children/content-pages/podcasts/the-evidence-base-around-domestic-violence-and-abuse/
Mary Robson, Research and Development Officer at Research in Practice speaks to Liz about her experience of living at LILAC (Low Impact Living Affordable Community), a multi-generational co-housing project in Leeds.
This conversation offers unique insight into what it’s like to live in multi-generational co-housing, highlighting the untapped potential and opportunities of more innovative and under-utilised models of housing.
Listen on our website: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/adults/content-pages/podcasts/ageing-well-housing-options-and-alternative-modes-of-living-for-later-life-multi-generational-co-housing/
Dr. Jess Wild from Research in Practice discusses Doncaster Children’s Services Trust’s approach to domestic abuse with Alicia Lee, who manages a small specialist team that works with the whole family as a response to domestic abuse. Alicia gives a sense of how the council approach work with families where there is a perpetrator of domestic abuse. Listen on our website: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/content-pages/change-project-dva/practice-leaders-reflect-on-working-with-domestic-abuse-and-violence/episode-five-doncaster-childrens-services-trust/
Dr. Jess Wild from Research in Practice discusses Bedford Borough Council’s approach to child protection work with Harmesh Bhogal, who is the Chief Officer and Assistant Director for Children’s Services at the council. Harmesh talks about his experiences of the Domestic Abuse Change Project and how he and his teams approach child protection work where domestic abuse is a concern.
Dr. Jess Wild from Research in Practice discusses Bedford Borough Council’s approach to child protection work with Harmesh Bhogal, who is the Chief Officer and Assistant Director for Children’s Services at the council. Harmesh talks about his experiences of the Domestic Abuse Change Project and how he and his teams approach child protection work where domestic abuse is a concern. Listen on our website: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/content-pages/change-project-dva/practice-leaders-reflect-on-working-with-domestic-abuse-and-violence/episode-three-bedford-borough-council/
Dr. Jess Wild from Research in Practice discusses Salford City Council’s approach to child protection work with Claire Baddley, who is the Domestic Abuse Lead for Children’s Services at the council. Claire shares how the council works with families where there is domestic abuse or where domestic abuse is a concern. Listen on our website: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/content-pages/change-project-dva/practice-leaders-reflect-on-working-with-domestic-abuse-and-violence/episode-two-salford-city-council/
Dr. Jess Wild from Research in Practice discusses Bath and North East Somerset Council’s approach to domestic abuse with Becky Wills, who works as part of the local authority’s intervention team. Becky shares the council’s approach to working with families where someone is causing harm or domestic abuse is an issue of concern. Listen on our website: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/content-pages/change-project-dva/practice-leaders-reflect-on-working-with-domestic-abuse-and-violence/episode-one-bath-and-north-east-somerset-council/#
Dr Jessica Wild, from Research in Practice, speaks to Ali about her experiences as a woman parenting her children while experiencing domestic abuse from her partner, and about her involvement with children’s social care. In this third episode, Ali discusses the fear of children’s social care and the complexities of leaving. Listen on our website: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/content-pages/change-project-dva/rethinking-children-s-social-care-responses-to-domestic-abuse-and-violence/episode-three-the-role-of-social-care-in-holding-perpetrators-to-account/
Dr Jessica Wild, from Research in Practice, speaks to Ali about her experiences as a woman parenting her children while experiencing domestic abuse from her partner, and about her involvement with children’s social care. In this first episode, Ali discusses being referred to children’s social care and pre-birth assessment. Listen on our website: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/content-pages/change-project-dva/rethinking-children-s-social-care-responses-to-domestic-abuse-and-violence/episode-one-an-introduction-to-alis-story/
Dr Jessica Wild, from Research in Practice, speaks to Ali about her experiences as a woman parenting her children while experiencing domestic abuse from her partner, and about her involvement with children’s social care. In this second episode, Ali discusses what good social work can look like and ideas for new ways of working. Listen on our website: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/content-pages/change-project-dva/rethinking-children-s-social-care-responses-to-domestic-abuse-and-violence/episode-two-the-complexities-of-being-in-an-abusive-relationship/#
Mary Robson, Research and Development Officer at Research in Practice speaks to Alison and Betty (and Ebony the cat) about their experiences of living together as home sharers.
They provide a unique insight into their experience of and journey to living as home sharers, highlighting the untapped potential and opportunities of more innovative and under-utilised models of housing.
Listen on our website: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/adults/content-pages/podcasts/ageing-well-housing-options-and-alternative-modes-of-living-in-later-life-home-sharing/
Hannah Scott, Research and Development Officer at Research in Practice and registered social worker, talks to Social Work England’s Regional Engagement Lead, Catherine Witt, who is also a registered social worker. In 2020, as the first renewal period opened with Social Work England as the new regulator for social workers, we recorded a podcast with Social Work England to discuss what the changes meant for social workers, particularly in relation to continuing professional development (CPD).
Hannah and Catherine look back at Social Work England’s first year as regulator, how the renewal process went in 2020, findings from a public consultation with the sector, and what the ongoing expectations for social workers are as we enter the 2021 renewal period.
Listen on our website: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/content-pages/podcasts/a-discussion-with-social-work-england-cpd-and-re-registration/
Katy Shorten, Research and Development Manager for adults’ services and Dyfrig Williams, Head of Learning discuss available and upcoming Research in Practice resources on digital social care. Katy examines the learning that we can draw from new ways of working and shares useful resources that can inform practice. Listen on our website: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/adults/content-pages/podcasts/digital-social-care/
Hannah Scott, Research and Development Officer at Research in Practice and qualified social worker speaks to Kerry Chatterje who works as an Intermediary for an organisation called Triangle. They discuss the role of an intermediary and how it is not uncommon in social work to be involved without the social worker present. Listen on our website: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/children/content-pages/podcasts/the-role-of-an-intermediary-in-family-and-criminal-proceedings/
Mary Robson, Research and Development Officer at Research in Practice, speaks to Hedi and Hilary from Older Women’s Co-housing (OWCH). They talk about the experience of living as part of a co-housing community at New Ground, a new purpose built block of 25 self-contained flats in North London.
This conversation offers unique insight into their experience of and journey to living in specialist housing, highlighting the untapped potential and opportunities of more innovative and under-utilised models of housing. Listen on our website: https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/adults/content-pages/podcasts/ageing-well-housing-options-and-alternative-modes-of-living-in-later-life/
Dez Holmes, Director of Research in Practice and Wayne Reid, BASW England’s Professional Officer, Social Worker and Anti-Racism Visionary discuss the key issues highlighted by Wayne in a presentation on promoting anti-racism in social work. Listen on our website: www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/content-pages/podcasts/racism-intersectionality-privilege-power-fragility-and-allyship/
Julie Wilkinson, Senior Research and Development Officer at Research in Practice, speaks to Wayne and Diane about their experiences of working with Love Barrow Families. They talk about what it was about Love Barrow Families that helped them to make changes in their lives. They discuss the importance of kindness, compassion, honesty, accepting people as they are and being non-judgmental.
Katy Shorten, Research & Development Manager at Research in Practice, talks to Dr Danny Taggart, Principal Psychologist, Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse and Academic Director Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, University of Essex.
They consider why it is important to be thinking about the experience and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic through a trauma lens – especially as the possibility of emerging from multiple national lockdowns becomes more real. They also explore ideas for supporting people who have been affected by grief, loss and trauma throughout the pandemic, and finally thinking about practitioners themselves and how to recognise and respond to their own personal experiences.
Susannah Bowyer, assistant director at Research in Practice, talks to colleagues from the NSPCC about what they’ve learned from supporting children and families during the pandemic. They share their experiences of responding to the immediate needs of children and families when the first national lockdown was announced, and what they’ve learned since, from providing their services using virtual and digital methods alongside face-to-face work where possible.
Miriam Antcliffe, Research in Practice Research and Development Officer, speaks to John-George and Darren who share their personal stories of accessing their care files as adults. Part two makes recommendations to practitioners about good recording.
Miriam Antcliffe, Research in Practice Research and Development Officer, speaks to John-george and Darren who share their personal stories of accessing their care files as adults. In part one, they describe the emotional journey of accessing their care file as an adult.
Claire Williams, Research in Practice Research and Development Officer, speaks to Clenton Farquharson. Clenton is Chair of Think Local Act Personal Partnership board, a Trustee of the race equality foundation, an Ambassador for disability rights and he has lived experience of social care services.
They talk about co-production and how the discussion around it is still quite theoretical. Clenton explains how it can work in organisations, and what it really means for people with lived experience of services and practitioners.
In this podcast Fidelma Hanrahan, Senior Research Officer at Research in Practice, speaks to Kirsten Asmussen, Head of What Works, Child Development at the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF), about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the implications for public health and children’s social care.
Julie Wilkinson, Research in Practice Associate, speaks to Trina Robson, one of the Directors at Love Barrow Families. This episode looks at how Love Barrow Families has developed over time, maintained core values and responded to change.
Julie Wilkinson, Research in Practice Associate, speaks to Trina Robson, one of the Directors at Love Barrow Families. This episode discusses how Love Barrow Families started work with the community in Barrow in Furness. It highlights how they provided a sense of belonging and trust for families and the importance of an ethos that values and promotes the strengths, assets and skills of individuals in the community.
Amanda Richards and Hannah Scott, Research and Development Officers at Research in Practice, talk to Ahmina Akhtar, Regional Engagement lead for Social Work England, Yorkshire and the Humber. They reflect on the importance of continuing professional development (CPD) for registered social workers, the aims of Social Work England and provide some top tips.
Talking points
This podcast looks at:
- The aims of Social Work England as an organisation; how the organisation is different from The Health and Care Professionals Council; what the main challenges have been since taking over and Social Work England’s objectives for the next three years.
- The benefits to social workers of having their own framework of regulations and standards and what this means for accountability, practice, personal development and better outcomes for people they support.
- Top tips of how social workers have integrated CPD into their work and how this has helped them develop good habits; ideas of how social workers can bring feedback in from those who access services and how CPD be used to help social workers as a tool to help support their own self-care and manage wellbeing.
Susannah Bowyer, Assistant Director at Research in Practice in conversation with Prof. Kate Morris of the University of Sheffield, and Prof. Brid Featherstone of the University of Huddersfield. In this podcast Brid and Kate talk about their powerful body of research and their radical vision for social work with children, young people and families around poverty, inequality and neglect. Talking Points • The strong association between a family’s socio-economic circumstances and the chances that children in those families will experience child abuse and neglect. • Evidence from across the four nations of the UK that offer alternative approaches to working with families affected by poverty. • The complex interactions between deprivation and ethnicity. • How social work can engage with the community, and the co-production of approaches with people who have lived experiences. • How senior managers can apply messages from this body of research in their work.
Sara (a pseudonym) speaks to Research in Practice Assistant Director Susannah Bowyer about her experience of being a family member of someone who is being criminally exploited. This episode focuses on barriers to leaving and exiting and what needs to be overcome. It talks about how threats and violence hold young people in the county lines gang. It talks about how societal drug use facilitates county lines exploitation. Sara reflects on the role of professionals and systems and puts forward suggestions of what might work. This is the final episode in a series on county lines.
Sara (a pseudonym) speaks to Research in Practice Assistant Director Susannah Bowyer about her experience of being a family member of someone who is being criminally exploited. This episode focuses on how county lines is a business model and how it increasingly took over her brother’s life. It gives more detail about how the operation is run and how there is a tight schedule for those involved. It talks about how family life was affected, what would have helped, being a victim and a perpetrator as well as what rewards there were for him including the role of ‘power’. This is the second episode in a series on county lines.
Sara (a pseudonym) speaks to Research in Practice Assistant Director Susannah Bowyer about her experience of being a family member of someone who is being criminally exploited. This episode addresses why Sara thinks her brother was exploited in terms of push and pulls factors. It talks about his early life and how he was exploited and groomed both at the beginning and as it progressed. We also come to understand how her brother doesn’t fit the media stereotype. This is the first episode in a series on county lines.
Julie Wilkinson, Associate Research and Development Manager at Research in Practice speaks to Becky Higgins, Cornwall Council's Early Help Hub VCS Engagement Coordinator and Lead for the Community Development Worker Project.
They discuss the role of community development workers across Cornwall and the ethos and benefits of the approach for children and families, the community and the council. Becky also describes how the approach has been adapted in the context of COVID-19 and how this could be developed further in the future. This is the second in a series of podcasts on the topic of community development.
Talking points Becky and Julie discussed:
The work of community development workers The origins and ethos of the approach The co-location of community development workers in the Early Help Hub How previous work has enabled the council to better deal with the impact of COVID-19 The key benefits of the approach for individuals, the community and the local authority Advice for others wanting to do similar work.
Related resources Dartington: Research in Practice. Godar, R. (2020) ‘Enabling community capacity during COVID-19 Dartington: Research in Practice. Sutton, J. (2018) ‘Assets-based work with communities: Leaders' Briefing’ Dove, B.(2020) ‘Someone to watch over me’ Social Work 2020 under Covid-19 Magazine.
Dyfrig Williams, Learning Events Co-ordinator at Research in Practice speaks to Becca Dove, Head of Family Support and Complex Families, and Tim Fisher, service manager for Family Group Conferencing and restorative practice at Camden Council.
They talk about the council’s role in community development, relational activism, and how the strength of the community has helped to mitigate the impact of COVID-19. This is the first in a series of podcasts on the topic of community development.
Talking points Becca, Tim and Dyfrig discuss:
How a community is defined The origins of Camden Council’s community development approach The council’s role in community development Re-distributing power How previous work has enabled the council to better deal with the impact of COVID-19 The key challenges that COVID-19 has posed and how they have been overcome Advice for others wanting to do similar work.
Resources mentioned in this podcast Lawrence, J. (2019) ‘Me, Me, Me: The Search for Community in Post-war England’ Oxford University Press. Dove, B. and Fisher, T. (2019) ‘The personal is the political: Relational activism and social justice’ Transforming Society, Bristol University Press. Haraway, D. (2015) ‘Anthropocene, Capitalocene, Plantationocene, Chthulucene: Making Kin’ Environmental Humanities. Klein, N. and Roy, A. (2020) ‘A Global Green New Deal: Into the Portal, Leave No one Behind’ Haymarket Books. Barnett-Jones, B. and Fisher, T. (2020) ‘Breaking virtual bread with Tom Shakespeare’ The Relational Soup Podcast.
Related resources Dove, B.(2020) ‘Someone to watch over me’ Social Work 2020 under Covid-19 Magazine. Dartington: Research in Practice. Godar, R. (2020) ‘Enabling community capacity during COVID-19 Dartington: Research in Practice. Sutton, J. (2018) ‘Assets-based work with communities: Leaders' Briefing’
Sally Nieman, Professional Social Work Educator and Research in Practice associate, speaks to Shabnam Ahmed, trainer and practice educator from the London Borough of Camden. They explore the benefits and challenges associated with virtual supervision from the perspective of a supervisor.
Kate Kayley, Learning and Development Officer at Research in Practice for Adults, continues to talk to Greater Manchester’s Complex Safeguarding lead Jayne Horan and Detective Sergeant Deborah Hurst of Programme Challenger in the Modern Slavery Unit.
We hear about Greater Manchester’s approach to tackling criminal exploitation and cuckooing. Jayne and Debbie talk through some of their experiences and how this led to innovative multi-agency interventions. They also highlight the possible anxieties and impact this work may have on practitioners’ wellbeing. This is the second Podcast in a series of two.
Kate Kayley, Learning and Development Officer at Research in Practice for Adults, speaks to Greater Manchester’s Complex Safeguarding lead Jayne Horan and Detective Sergeant Deborah Hurst of Programme Challenger in the Modern Slavery Unit.
Relevant to both rural and urban areas, they discuss definitions of cuckooing, criminal exploitation and county lines in the context of what the issues look like in Greater Manchester. They consider what the harm can look like to young people and adults who are exploited, how to see those who are exploited as victims and not just perpetrators, and begin to outline the system-wide shifts needed to tackle exploitation and offer support. This Podcast is the first in a two part series.
Lead author Carlene Firmin (University of Bedfordshire) and Research in Practice Director Dez Holmes discuss the Safeguarding and exploitation – complex, contextual and holistic approaches: Strategic Briefing. They reflect on the holistic approach needed to protect children and young people who are, or who are at risk of, being exploited. The current system is arguably not designed to meet the needs and risks that young people face outside the family home. They explain the rationale behind complex, contextual, transitional and holistic safeguarding approaches and how they overlap and complement each other. Looking at a case example, they outline how the child protection system needs to adapt strategically and operationally in order to respond to the harm that this young person faced. They also discuss the importance of working with parents as partners and the need to work with communities to enable an effective safeguarding response for young people facing harm outside of the home.
Katy Shorten, Research and Development Officer at Research in Practice for Adults, talks to Lydia Guthrie, author of our latest Frontline Briefing. They explore the experience of writing on a topic where there are polarised views and approaches, drawing parallels with practice and discussing reflections about how to keep the person at the centre of support in this context.
This Podcast provides a useful introduction to our new publication Person-centred approaches to adult mental health.
Tish Elliott, registered social worker and practice educator, reflects on the different models used to support practitioners, including Appreciative Inquiry and solution-focused brief therapy. She considers how they fit within a strengths perspective and suggestions for their use in strengths-based conversations with people accessing services and their carers.
This Podcast is the third in a series exploring strengths-based conversations.
Dez Holmes, Director of Research in Practice and Research in Practice for Adults talks to Dr Nick Axford from the University of Plymouth. They consider the evidence underpinning early intervention, the challenges of commissioning and implementation, and the need for nuanced understanding.
This is the third Podcast in a series exploring the subject of risks, rights and the role of the state.
Tish Elliot, registered social worker and practice educator, outlines the process of sourcing new information about an individual’s strengths and community assets. She considers the effect this may have on people accessing services and explores the common challenges to strengths-based working. As part of the episode, Mick Ward, Chief Officer of Transformation and Innovation at Leeds City Council provides a summary of asset-based community development and how this works in practice.
This is the second in a series of Podcasts to explore the subject of strengths-based conversations.
Tish Elliot, registered social worker and practice educator, introduces some of the theories that underpin a strengths-based approach and reflects on the art of having strengths-based conversations. As part of this episode, Lyn Romeo, Chief Social Worker for Adults, provides an overview of her Roundtable report: Strengths-based social work practice with adults.
This Podcast is the first in a series to explore strengths-based conversations.
Lisa Smith, Assistant Director of Research in Practice for Adults, talks to Lydia Guthrie, author of our Frontline Briefing. They explore the impact of our own values and ethics when we are working with people, particularly when we are considering working with risk.
This Podcast provides a useful introduction to our publication Risks, rights, values and ethics.
Dez Holmes, Director of Research in Practice and Research in Practice for Adults talks to Professor Danielle Turney from the University of Bristol. They discuss grounded professional judgement, the work that Danielle has done internationally on the subject and more.
This Podcast is the second in a series on the subject of risks, rights and the role of the state.
Dez Holmes, Director of Research in Practice and Research in Practice for Adults talks to Danielle Turney and Beth Tarleton, the authors of our recent Strategic Briefing: Supporting parents with learning difficulties. They discuss working with parents who have a learning disability, how understanding has changed over time and what effective practice might look like.
This Podcast is the first in a series on the subject of risks, rights and the role of the state.
Research in Practice and Research in Practice for Adults have published their Delivery Programmes for 2018-19, which detail their upcoming publications, resources, workshops, webinars, conferences and much more over the next twelve months.
In this podcast, Susannah Bowyer Assistant Director for Research in Practice, and Lisa Smith, Assistant Director for Research in Practice for Adults discuss the topics that feed into these programmes, including strengths based working, mental health and transitions.