How do you maintain a life outside of social work?
On this week’s episode of Social Work Radio, Vince and Cara ask a question many in the profession will recognise instantly: how do you maintain a life outside of social work when the job seems to take...
20 Apr 52min
Social workers talk about mental health every day, just never our own
In this episode of Social Work Radio, Vince Peart and Cara Davis take on a difficult truth in the profession: social workers talk about mental health every day, just rarely their own. Through Cara’s d...
10 Apr 47min
When everything else changes, a brother or sister can still be your anchor
In this episode of Social Work Radio, our social work hosts Vince and Cara explore why sibling relationships can be a lifeline for children in care, and why the law’s new recognition of that bond matt...
3 Apr 55min
A justice minister just said parental alienation has no scientific basis. Now what?
In this week’s episode of Social Work Radio, Vince and Cara unpack the growing fallout after a justice minister said parental alienation has no scientific basis, asking what that means for family cour...
27 Mar 1h
Social Work Week 2026: It's all about AI
In the latest episode of Social Work Radio, Vince and Cara take on one of the biggest issues facing the profession right now: the growing role of AI in social work. From algorithmic risk scores and em...
20 Mar 51min
Debunking the common myths about social workers
In this episode of Social Work Radio, Vince and Cara take on some of the most persistent myths about social workers, from the damaging child-snatcher stereotype to the idea that social work is just a ...
13 Mar 55min
Do you need trauma to be a good social worker?
In this episode of Social Work Radio, Vince and Cara take on a question that quietly sits in the background of the profession: do you need trauma to be a good social worker? They explore why lived exp...
6 Mar 51min
Duration Neglect: aka “How can you not see this?”
This week, Vince and Cara unpack the idea of duration neglect - the psychological blind spot that helps explain why social workers can see years of cumulative harm in a chronology while families exper...
20 Feb 54min
