• Professor Richard Rose: Ghosts and Monsters - how our stories impact our today
    Nov 11 2024

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    In this episode Professor Richard Rose speaks with Matt and Hannah about therapeutic life story work and the importance of helping children and young people make sense of their stories, and how this can support healing from trauma.

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    47 mins
  • Tim Fisher & Rich Devine: What is relational activism?
    Nov 4 2024

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    In this episode Matt and Hannah chat with Tim and Rich about the meaning of relational activism, what this looks like in the context of child protection practice, and how family group conferences, connecting with the community, and parents participation and peer advocacy are key to relational practice.

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    58 mins
  • Hannah McCowen: What does our response to care leavers say about us as a nation?
    Oct 28 2024

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    To mark National Care Leavers Week 2024, in this episode Matt and Hannah chat with Hannah McCowen, National Leaving Care Benchmarking Forum Manager at Catch 22 about some of the challenges that care leavers face in the UK, some amazing work which is happening with care leavers across the country, and how as a society we need to do more, to support care leavers to flourish.

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    47 mins
  • Sian Williams: Tackling realities of financial exclusion
    Oct 20 2024

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    In this episode Sian Williams, CEO at Switchback, talks about the the importance of financial inclusion to build a fairer and more just society. The power of co-production in designing services is explored, as well as the importance of trusting relationships in supporting young men leaving custody to move towards their future aspirations.

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    54 mins
  • Pam Ledward: Putting families and kinship carers at the heart of the care system
    Oct 10 2024

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    To mark Kinship Week 2024, in this episode Pam Ledward, Principal Social Work Adviser at Family Rights Group talks with Matt and Hannah about working ‘with’ families, in their widest sense, including how Family Rights Group champions kinship carers, and changes that the organisation would like to see in how kinship carers are supported.

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    54 mins
  • Ian Thomas: Healing through connection
    Sep 26 2024

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    "With relational trauma we need relational healing, and relational healing happens when we make a legitimate connection". Episode 2 features Ian Thomas, a social worker with a master’s degree in criminology, who brings a wealth of both lived and professional experience in trauma, addiction, criminal justice, and the children in care sector. In this episode, Ian shares his story, what is meant by trauma, the impact of trauma, and the importance of being trauma informed. This episode explores the importance of meaningful connection and authentic relationships, to support relational healing.

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    54 mins
  • Dr. Beverley Barnett-Jones: Bringing hope into social work
    Sep 19 2024

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    Episode 1 featuring Dr. Beverley Barnett-Jones, Associate Director for System and Impact at the Nuffield Justice Observatory. This episode will introduce you to the podcast hosts, Matt Clayton and Hannah Bedford, and explore how to create hope and support change with families, recognising the struggles which families face, balancing when the state needs to intervene in the lives of children, young people and families, considering the stress which state intervention can cause for families, balancing this with the need to safeguard children and young people from significant harm, and considering how to support those families who do require children’s social care involvement to feel safe, enabling social workers to effectively work ‘with’ families.

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    57 mins