Foster Care, Residential Homes and Why We Need to Talk About Money: A Conversation with Trevor Elliot
In this episode I'm joined by Trevor Elliott MBE, founder of Children We Care For and director of three residential children's homes in London, who became a foster carer at 24. Trevor is one of the mo...
13 Aug 55min
Finding Joy in Social Work: 4 Things I'm Committing to This Month
July was heavy. Court, honest feedback on my book, and the quiet weight of watching decisions unfold in family courts. In this honest, veryyyy unfiltered episode I talk through why August needs to be ...
6 Aug 37min
Age Assessment, the SAEF Framework and What Social Work Values Have to Do With It: A Conversation with Jo Schofield
In this episode I'm joined by my friend and colleague Jo Schofield, Director of Immigration Social Work Services and one of the leading experts on age assessment in the UK. Jo has spent her career wor...
6 Juli 43min
Research, Evidence and What We Share Online: A Conversation with Dez Holmes
In this episode I'm joined by Dez Holmes, Director of Research in Practice for a conversation that went in more directions than either of us planned and was better for it. We talk about Dez's career a...
29 Juni 53min
Naming Social Workers in the Media and Taking Care of Yourself
In this episode I'm back after a quieter month, off Instagram, in therapy, having acupuncture, and thinking about a lot of things. This one covers the personal and the professional in equal measure. I...
28 Juni 32min
From Youth Work to Safeguarding: Practice, Power and the So What Question, with Sean Monaghan from SaferNow
In this episode I'm joined by Sean Monaghan, founder of Safer Now, whose route into safeguarding practice started in a youth centre in North Birmingham and took him through community violence interven...
6 Maj 1h 8min
Why are home visits invisible from Statutory Guidance? and how does it affect social work
Home visits are the main site where social work happens. And yet they are barely mentioned in Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026 or any version of Working Together before it. In this episode ...
29 Apr 18min
Should we still be talking about ACE's? What Social Workers Need to Know
ACEs - adverse childhood experiences - is one of the most referenced phrases in social work and safeguarding. But how many of us have actually questioned whether we are using it correctly? In this epi...
22 Apr 12min
