Should social workers be doing a lot more for our clients?
Should social workers be doing more for our clients? This week on Social Work Radio, hosts Vince and Tilly explore what - if anything - social workers could do to help more. What additional skills, tr...
2 Feb 202446min
The heartbreaking case of Bronson Battersby
This week on Social Work Radio, our hosts examine the heartbreaking death of Bronson Battersby, dissecting the known timeline, the actions of Bronson's social worker, and examining the public's drive ...
26 Jan 202448min
The harm (and good) that being a social worker does to your own family
Has being a social worker made you a better or worse partner? Has it made you a better or worse parent? If they could choose, would your partner and children want you to do a different job entirely? T...
19 Jan 202438min
Social workers are far more valuable than we believe ourselves to be
Do social workers value themselves? Are they valued by their employers, government, and society? Are they supported by their union and professional association? As vacancy rates continue to climb, hos...
12 Jan 202445min
A 2023 social work review
Happy New Year social workers! Put 2023 to bed as our hosts Vince and Tilly walk you through a year of some of our most well-read social work stories. Did you hear the one about the social worker bar...
5 Jan 202438min
Merry Christmas social workers!
Merry Christmas social workers! Once again, this week, our host Vince is joined by fellow Social Work News columnist Matt Bee for this special Christmas episode, as they discuss everything from what i...
22 Dec 202342min
We need a kinder way of inspecting social workers and our services
This week, our hosts touch on the outcome of the inquest into the death of headteacher Ruth Perry, which concluded last week. After explaining how investigations of services work in adults and childre...
15 Dec 202350min
Did you choose social work, or did social work choose you?
This week - inspired by this opinion column published over at mysocialworknews.com - our hosts are asking one another the question: Did you choose social work, or did social work choose you? Vince and...
1 Dec 202349min
