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Social Work Sessions

Social Work Sessions is a podcast which provides information through discussions with people in social work, from the front line, academia and elsewhere. Hosted by Carolyn Smith, Principal Social Worker for Adult Social Care in Somerset Council. Please get in touch with us with feedback or requests for future episode topics: SWSPodcast@somerset.gov.uk

  1. 11/17/2024

    Somerset Council's Adult Safeguarding Team - The Social Work Sessions

    Jess Manu, Becky Frounks and Loveness Chimombo join Carolyn Smith to talk about the vital and complex work of the Safeguarding Team from Adult Services in Somerset.

    30 min

  2. 09/16/2024

    Michael Preston-Shoot Part 1 - SARs

    In this episode of the Social Work Sessions, Michael Preston-Shoot talks about the role of SARs in adult social care, including research findings and case examples

    47 min

  3. 03/18/2024

    Wellbeing tips for Social Workers

    In this special episode to mark Social Work Week, Carolyn Smith talks to two of Somerset Council's Advanced Practitioners, Amanda Rae and Jana Taylor about Wellbeing and the transformative role social workers play in people's lives. But we need to look after ourselves.

    39 min

  4. 02/08/2024

    Relational Activision and Co-design, with Tim Fisher

    Tim Fisher has been a social worker for over 15 years and is currently a service manager in London's Camden Council. Tim's Masters Degree research focussed on empowerment models in social work and he has published academic writing on community approaches. He has collaborated with organisations to develop restorative practice, under the banner To Love is to Act. This encourages people towards Relational Activism, which means taking action in the everyday and making change happen through personal and informal relationships.   @familygroupmeet

    51 min

  5. 01/18/2024

    Mental Capacity and the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, with Chris Hamilton

    Chris Hamilton is an experienced social worker and leader of Somerset's Mental Capacity and DoLS Team. Carolyn Smith talks to Chris about his past and his work in Somerset. Chris speaks passionately about communicating decisions so that non-professionals can understand them and what 'best interest' actually means for people and their families.

    37 min

  6. 01/04/2024

    Social work with older people, with Dr Phoebe Beedell

    Dr Phoebe Beedell is a Senior Research Associate in the School for Policy Studies at Bristol University. In this episode of the Social Work Sessions, Dr Beedell talks to Carolyn Smith about her recent research project into social work with older people (SWOP), undertaken with the Universities of Birmingham and Bristol, and Effective Practice , funded by the NIHR School for Social Care Research. For more information, please go to: https://swopresearch.wordpress.com/

    34 min

  7. 12/21/2023

    Legal Literacy with Professor Michael Preston-Shoot

    In this episode of the Social Work Sessions, Professor Michael Preston-Shoot talks to Carolyn Smith about legal literacy; the ability to connect relevant legal rules with ethical and rights-based practice; and how legal literacy informs defensible decision-making.

    46 min

  8. 11/29/2023

    Social Work England - Philippa Geddes on the work of the Social Work regulator

    Philippa Geddes, from Social Work England, talks to Carolyn Smith on the work of the Social Work regulator.

    44 min
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Social Work Sessions is a podcast which provides information through discussions with people in social work, from the front line, academia and elsewhere. Hosted by Carolyn Smith, Principal Social Worker for Adult Social Care in Somerset Council. Please get in touch with us with feedback or requests for future episode topics: SWSPodcast@somerset.gov.uk

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  • Creator
    The Social Work Sessions
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    17
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © The Social Work Sessions
  • Show Website
    Social Work Sessions

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