The Social Work Community Podcast

By: Community Care
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  • Summary

  • This is a new podcast by Community Care!

    The Social Work Community podcast is where social workers come to discuss the key issues affecting their profession. Whether you are a student or an experienced social worker - whether you are frontline or management, this podcast is for you. You will hear direct from social workers in your community about their successes and their challenges.
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  • #6 Ask The Experts: How do you go about recovering confidence after a placement breakdown?

    #6 Ask The Experts: How do you go about recovering confidence after a placement breakdown?
    May 5 2025
    In this episode, hear from Dame Lorna Boreland-Kelly, Claire Barcham and Kayleigh Rose Evans respond to a question we received asking how to secure a new job after receiving a negative reference, and where to access help.

    Read the transcript here.This episode is hosted by Kirsty Ayakwah, senior careers editor at Community Care.

    If you have a question you’d like our experts to answer or if you felt the advice has helped you secure your next social work role, we want to hear from you.

    Send us an email at: careersadvice@markallengroup.com

    You can follow all the Ask The Experts questions and responses on: www.thesocialworkcommunity.com

    Read past questions from social workers with a career question and read the responses here.
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    11 mins
  • A day at Fatima Whitbread's One Voice Summit

    A day at Fatima Whitbread's One Voice Summit
    Apr 29 2025
    Listen to Sharmeen Ziauddin's (career editor at Community Care) report from the One Voice Summit which was held at the London Guildhall on 24 & 25 April 2025.

    The summit, was organised by Olympian Fatima Whitbread’s charitable organisation Fatima’s UK Campaign. The main aim of the charity is to ‘create a safer, happier, and healthier environment for children, ensuring they can read their full potential’.

    The One Voice Summit brought together many different organisations and individuals involved in the care system. This included charities, social enterprises, politicians, local authorities, academics and care-experienced people.

    Here are some of the links mentioned in this episode:
    Fatima's backstory and her day with social workers.
    Coram Voice's report
    Creation of the Child Protection Authority
    Listen to Take My Hand
    News story on Community Care

    If you liked this episode do rate and review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you are listening to this on. And do follow us on Instagram - we are @CommunityCareOfficial
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    22 mins
  • Podcast: from independent domestic violence advocate to social work

    Podcast: from independent domestic violence advocate to social work
    Apr 28 2025
    In this episode of the Social Work Community Podcast, senior careers editor Kirsty Ayakwah speaks to specialist domestic abuse social worker Jenifer Lamadrid who started her career as an Independent Domestic Violence Advocate.We find out why they made the move, what core skills they’ve been able to take from their former profession into social work and what keeps them in the sector.

    Read the transcript of the interview here.About the podcastThe Social Work Community Podcast explores the issues that matter to social work practitioners in their working lives.

    Kirsty and fellow host, careers editor Sharmeen Ziauddin, interview experienced and inspiring guests, including frontline social workers who speak from the heart about their jobs, the sector and society.

    The first season went down a storm and was nominated in the 2024 British Association of Social Workers (BASW) Social Work Journalism Awards.

    We have since launched season two, during which we have covered whether we need more men in social work and interviewed a practitioner with 47 years’ experience about what keeps her in the profession.

    Although the podcast is available on major podcast platforms, Social Work Community members will get special early access to each episode.

    So sign up to the Social Work Community to be among the first to catch each episode and to connect with fellow practitioners in a safe space.Otherwise, check out the Social Work Community Podcast on the following:
    • Spotify
    • Apple Podcasts
    • Spreaker
    • Audible (Amazon)
    Click ‘follow’ or ‘subscribe’ on your podcast app so you know when a new episode is published.And don’t forget to follow us on Instagram.
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    38 mins

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