Social Work Radio

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Episodes: 162

Jenny
 May 19, 2020

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Social Work Radio brings you interviews and discussions on the issues that matter to social workers in the real world. From politics and policies to dating and ethical dilemmas, there’s something for everyone.

Episode Date
How do you maintain a life outside of social work?
Apr 20, 2026
Social workers talk about mental health every day, just never our own
Apr 10, 2026
When everything else changes, a brother or sister can still be your anchor
Apr 03, 2026
A justice minister just said parental alienation has no scientific basis. Now what?
Mar 27, 2026
Social Work Week 2026: It's all about AI
Mar 20, 2026
Debunking the common myths about social workers
Mar 13, 2026
Do you need trauma to be a good social worker?
Mar 06, 2026
Duration Neglect: aka “How can you not see this?”
Feb 20, 2026
Jeffrey Epstein isn't the whole story
Feb 13, 2026
Does it really take a village to raise a child?
Feb 06, 2026
Is it lonely at the top for social work managers?
Jan 30, 2026
The Maria Coto bill and what it means for social worker safety
Jan 23, 2026
social work preview of 2026
Jan 16, 2026
A social work review of 2025
Jan 09, 2026
Welcome to the Social Work Radio Christmas party!
Dec 19, 2025
The killing of hospital social worker Alberto Rangel
Dec 12, 2025
Teens turning to TikTok therapy
Dec 05, 2025
Sara Sharif: What the serious case review tells us
Nov 28, 2025
Social Work England: Can trust be rebuilt?
Nov 14, 2025
More children in need, fewer needing Protection: What’s really going on?
Nov 07, 2025
Domestic abuse is the everyday business of the family court
Oct 24, 2025
Caring about the world without losing your mind
Oct 17, 2025
The reality of 'No Further Action'
Oct 10, 2025
Social Vampires and Social Workers
Oct 03, 2025
Why are we all so sick?
Sep 26, 2025
Charlie Kirk
Sep 19, 2025
Josh MacAlister: 7 priorities to follow in his new Children and Families role
Sep 12, 2025
Why is someone working three jobs at the same time?
Sep 05, 2025
Is DASH reliable?
Aug 22, 2025
Social work side hustles
Aug 15, 2025
Social workers deserve 'a little treat'
Aug 08, 2025
Is Social Work England fit for purpose?
Aug 01, 2025
Psychological safety in social work
Jul 25, 2025
What's more important, money or happiness?
Jul 18, 2025
Reform teenagers in charge of adult and children’s services
Jun 13, 2025
Boomer parenting habits that would terrify social workers in 2025
Jun 06, 2025
Social work on the cusp of radical change
May 30, 2025
Changing the social work script
May 23, 2025
Should we be more open to recruiting social workers with a criminal history?
May 16, 2025
How social work makes your world a little brighter
May 09, 2025
Does being a social worker change your view of the world?
May 02, 2025
Sex and The Supreme Court
Apr 25, 2025
Friend, friend, social worker friend...
Apr 11, 2025
Five years on from lockdown: A social work retrospective
Apr 04, 2025
How the 'Let Them' approach can make you a happier social worker
Mar 28, 2025
How to spring clean your personal and professional life
Mar 21, 2025
Disbelief at social work caseload reductions
Mar 14, 2025
Another social work riot?
Mar 07, 2025
Social Work: Code Black
Feb 28, 2025
The Social Work England fee increase
Feb 21, 2025
Are too many children subject to social services intervention?
Feb 14, 2025
The appeal of the fictional 'bad boy'
Feb 07, 2025
Abusing and exploiting your children for social media clout
Jan 31, 2025
Naming and shaming social workers”
Jan 24, 2025
Elon Musk
Jan 17, 2025
The January Blues
Jan 10, 2025
A social work review of 2024
Dec 27, 2024
Sara Sharif
Dec 20, 2024
The Assisted Dying Bill
Dec 13, 2024
MasterChef, McGregor, Men & Misogyny
Dec 06, 2024
Should we allow profit in social work?
Nov 29, 2024
The Social Worker of the Year Awards 2024
Nov 15, 2024
Trump triumphs: What does this mean for social workers?
Nov 08, 2024
Dating as a social worker
Nov 01, 2024
Will AI completely change the way we do social work?
Oct 18, 2024
Could you be a social worker AND a foster carer?
Oct 11, 2024
What’s going wrong with Social Work England?
Oct 04, 2024
How to find the perfect social work job for you
Sep 27, 2024
Expecting social workers to walk through water and not get wet...
Sep 20, 2024
Is hybrid working helping or hindering social workers?
Sep 13, 2024
Ofsted
Sep 06, 2024
The 10 biggest stereotypes about social workers
Aug 23, 2024
Can you ever really switch off from being a social worker?
Aug 16, 2024
The UK anti-immigration riots
Aug 09, 2024
The Leeds social work riot
Jul 26, 2024
The prison system is broken - how can we fix it?
Jul 19, 2024
The rise of the far-right should terrify social workers
Jul 12, 2024
It's a Labour win: what next for social workers?
Jul 05, 2024
How to find healthier coping strategies for social workers
Jun 28, 2024
Should we bring back the national service?
Jun 21, 2024
How to give excellent supervision to social workers
Jun 07, 2024
Is it time we all went back to the office?
May 31, 2024
Are YOU a social work workaholic?
May 24, 2024
Working with children, but not wanting to have your own
May 10, 2024
Why you should always take a cup of tea if your client offers one
May 03, 2024
Child stars and social workers
Apr 26, 2024
Cats, dogs, and social workers
Apr 19, 2024
Is it okay to cry about work?
Apr 12, 2024
Spring cleaning for social workers
Apr 05, 2024
Terrible self-care ideas for social workers
Mar 29, 2024
A social worker's guide to making friends
Mar 22, 2024
Are you a perfectionist procrastinator?
Mar 08, 2024
Social work stress (and how to reduce it)
Mar 01, 2024
Ethical dilemmas in social work
Feb 23, 2024
Ten ways to improve social work retention
Feb 16, 2024
What Myers-Briggs personality types make the best social workers?
Feb 09, 2024
Should social workers be doing a lot more for our clients?
Feb 02, 2024
The heartbreaking case of Bronson Battersby
Jan 26, 2024
The harm (and good) that being a social worker does to your own family
Jan 19, 2024
Social workers are far more valuable than we believe ourselves to be
Jan 12, 2024
A 2023 social work review
Jan 05, 2024
Merry Christmas social workers!
Dec 22, 2023
We need a kinder way of inspecting social workers and our services
Dec 15, 2023
Did you choose social work, or did social work choose you?
Dec 01, 2023
10 things we really love about being a social worker
Nov 24, 2023
Do we need more men in social work?
Nov 17, 2023
The (Alternative) Social Worker of The Year Awards
Nov 10, 2023
For all the ones who didn’t make the night
Nov 03, 2023
How do you cope with the things you must do as a social worker?
Oct 28, 2023
What does it take to be a good social worker?
Oct 21, 2023
Jade’s Law: what rights should parents who murder their partners have?
Oct 13, 2023
Using social work skills to improve your relationship
Oct 06, 2023
The celebrities who really need a social work intervention
Sep 29, 2023
Am I too young/too old to be a social worker?
Sep 22, 2023
The warning signs that you’re working too hard in social work
Sep 15, 2023
The Lucy Letby baby murders
Sep 08, 2023
Knowing your worth as a social worker, and a person
Sep 01, 2023
The damage social work does to your body
Aug 25, 2023
Ask us anything! We answer your social work questions...
Aug 18, 2023
Stop leaving your children with partners you hardly know
Aug 11, 2023
How to be a more respectful social worker
Aug 04, 2023
What do your clients really think about you?
Jul 28, 2023
The dark secrets of surviving social work
Jul 21, 2023
Imposter syndrome in social work
Jul 07, 2023
Are happier social workers better social workers?
Jun 30, 2023
Managing professional boundaries in social work
Jun 23, 2023
Surviving your first year as a social worker
Jun 16, 2023
How to ’social work’ yourself
Jun 09, 2023
A social worker can do the job of two women (literally)
Jun 02, 2023
Social workers are all hypocrites
May 26, 2023
Ask me anything: social work edition
May 19, 2023
Should social workers do fewer hours?
May 12, 2023
Dealing with people who lie to social workers
May 05, 2023
The murder of Finley Boden
Apr 21, 2023
Three years of Covid
Apr 14, 2023
How do we get rid of the bad apples in social work?
Apr 07, 2023
Are social workers taken advantage of because we care too much?
Mar 31, 2023
Celebrity social workers
Mar 24, 2023
A social worker has won Love Island
Mar 17, 2023
The books that changed our lives
Mar 10, 2023
Why are social workers quitting in record numbers?
Mar 03, 2023
Social workers on ’OnlyFans’
Feb 24, 2023
Dating and relationships in social work
Feb 17, 2023
Does Hogwarts need a school social worker?
Feb 10, 2023
There’s a wounded healer inside every social worker
Feb 03, 2023
Swearing in social work
Jan 27, 2023
The things your social work manager wants you to know
Jan 20, 2023
How social work changes you as a person
Jan 13, 2023
A social work review of 2022
Dec 30, 2022
Charlotte Kirin: Just Stop Oil
Dec 16, 2022
How to best prepare social work students for practice
Dec 09, 2022
10 signs your social work manager is toxic
Dec 02, 2022
The 10 regrets of the dying
Nov 25, 2022
Can we stop parents from killing their own children?
Nov 18, 2022
Behind the scenes at The Social Worker of the Year Awards 2022
Nov 10, 2022
Why are 67% of social workers considering leaving the profession
Nov 03, 2022