Social Work Research Podcast

50. Results to practice

Professor Christa Fouche discusses creative ways to help social work research to have an impact on practice in a special episode recorded live at an international confere

49. Strengths-based approaches

James Caiels discusses his scoping review of strengths-based approaches in social work and social care.

48. Social work professional identity

Dr Bernadette Moorhead discusses her study of social work professional identity in the early post-qualification period

47.Contextual safeguarding

Professor Carlene Firmin discusses the implementation of contextual safeguarding in five local authority areas: what works well, and where more work is needed.

46. Discretion in child protection social work

Dr Ciarán Murphy explores how social worker discretion can contribute to creating a 'child-centred' child protection system.

45. Violence during adolescence and mental health

Professor Helen Fisher discusses the impact of experiencing violence during adolescence on mental health at the transition to adulthood.

44. Mental health of young carers

Ludmila Fleitas-Alfonzo and Tania King discuss their systematic review of papers reporting the association between mental health and caring in young people.

43. Relationship-based supervision

Liz Beddoe and Lisa Warwick discuss the importance of relationship-based supervision for the retention of experienced practitioners in social work.

42. Teaching and learning communication skills

Emma Reith-Hall and Paul Montgomery discuss their systematic review of the teaching and learning of communication skills in social work.

41. Physical activity for disabled people

Professor Brett Smith discusses the Moving Social Work Project which is co-producing training and resources for social workers to support people with a disability to be m

40. Social workers’ experiences of bureaucracy

Dr Katheryn Margaret Pascoe explores social workers' experiences of bureaucracy. Yes, it's not a happy story, but someone's got to tell it!

39. Timebanking in adult social care

Dr Ruth Naughton-Doe explores the potential for timebanks in adult social care - and their challenges.

38. Preventing child sexual abuse

Mengyao Lu unpacks child sexual abuse prevention programmes to make it easier to set up one that can be effective.

37. Migration of social workers

Dr Yohai Hakak explores the experiences of social workers who migrate and provides an insight into why there is a crisis in the retention of social workers in the UK.

36. Small talk in social work

Dr Clara Iversen discusses how small talk about weather can be an effective communication tool in social work to establish norms and communicate essential messages to peo

35. Supporting older carers

Dr Stacey Rand discusses the importance of considering older carers and service users as a dyad, both of whom often support each other.

34. Parents’ views of social workers

Dr Mary Baginsky asks parents about their relationship with their social worker and provides an insight into where resources are required to make improvements.

33. Kinship care

Dr Paul Shuttleworth talks about his research on children's recognition of family life in kinship care arrangements.

32. Overcoming barriers to engagement

Dr Louise Newbould on how best to support people with cognitive impairments or mental health needs to engage with care and support provided in their own homes.

31. Breaking bad news

Marte Tonning Otterlei discusses her research on breaking bad news to parents during child care proceedings