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Social Workers and practitioners, ever feel like you're alone in your struggles? Join us for a podcast that feels like a conversation with friends. We combine storytelling, humour, empathy, and a healthy dose of education to share practical advice.
Dr Jodie Park and Rose Mackey, two private social work practitioners with 45 years of experience between them, are your co-hosts for this podcast. They'll be bringing all that experience to the practice conversations.
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Co-Regulating the Frontline: Why We Need a "Rose" for Every "Jodie"
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May 24, 2026 |
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Relationship First: The Key to Safe DV Disclosure
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May 11, 2026 |
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Permission to be Human: Moving from Blame to Systems Thinking
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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The Mirror and the Rearview: Navigating Reflection and Reflexivity in Social Work
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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The Silent Dialogue: Why What Isn't Said Matters Most
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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The High Price of Being "Good": Appeasement as a Survival Strategy
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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Interrupting the Timeline: A Social Work Briefing on Lethality
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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High Pressure, High Stakes: Peeling Back the Curtain on Birth Family Contact
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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Parenting in a Glass House: The difference between Public and Private Parenting
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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The Wound of Connection: Navigating Relational and Complex Trauma
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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Coercive Control: A Social Work Deep Dive
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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The body really does keep score: Trauma, Regulation and the Nervous System
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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Trauma-Informed or Trauma-Ignoring? Bridging Policy and Practice for Child Safety in Family Violence Cases
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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SURVIVAL MODE: Unpacking the DMM to Crack the Code of Trauma Strategies
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Unpacking Social Work: Your Q&A with Dr. Jodie Park & Rose Mackey
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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Why Our Bodies Talk: A Social Worker's Guide to Polyvagal Theory
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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Holding Space for Grief: A Relational Approach
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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When Loss Isn't Final: Ambiguous Loss in Social Work
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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The Emotional Demands: A Frank Discussion on Social Work Resilience
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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Beyond the Glossy Brochure: A Frank Discussion on Critical Reflection
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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Nature Meets Nurture: Temperament and the Power of Socialization
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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Kinship Care: Public Parenting in a Private Family
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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More Than Just a Home: The Demands of Foster Care & Assessment
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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From Theory to Practice: Demystifying Formal Parenting Capacity Assessments
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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Beyond the Checklist: Unpacking Informal Parenting Capacity Assessments
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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More Than Just Parenting: Essential Assessment Skills for All Fields
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May 26, 2025 |
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Risky Business: a deep dive into professional judgement
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May 11, 2025 |
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Connected Practice: Supervision and Colleagues
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Beyond the Surface: Attachment and your practice (Part 2)
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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Beyond the Surface: Attachment and your practice (Part 1)
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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Whose Power is it Anyway? Role Clarity and the Social Workers Dilemma
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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Why would anyone want to listen to an episode about social work professionalism?
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Hey, welcome to our podcast
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Mar 06, 2025 |