The Social Matters Podcast

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social/social work issues from their front room via Zoom.  Your favourite trio of social workers are back again for a reflective discussion on 2020 and to think forward about a hopeful 2021. In this episode, Nadia, Fran and Eugene highlight the challenges of the last year but also reflect on some positives to take fro...

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social/social work issues from their front room (and over Zoom at times).  Your favourite trio of social workers are back again for a conversation about uncertain times. It goes without saying that we are living in uncertain times.  Uncertainty can be present in wider society and in our own personal networks.  In this episode Nadia, Fr...

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social/social work issues from their front room (and over Zoom at times).  Your favourite trio of social workers get together once again to have a conversation about the importance of fostering and the role foster farers play.  Nadia, Fran and Eugene discuss this topic with Linda Hill and Kate-Marie Travis from LiKa Family Fostering Ag...

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social/social work issues from their front rooms (via Skype).  Your favourite trio of social workers are separated by the lockdown but connected in the virtual realm! Nadia, Fran and Eugene are back for and episode looking at what Systemic Social Work, in practice, looks like.  The team were lucky enough to get the views of Child Prote...

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social/social work issues from their front room (and over Zoom at times).  Your favourite trio of social workers get together once again to have a conversation about the importance of being trauma-informed.  Nadia, Fran and Eugene are joined by the brilliantly knowledgeable Dr Karen Treisman, MBE, for this very informative episode. Dr...

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social/social work issues from their front room (and over Zoom at times).  Your favourite trio of social workers get together once again to have a conversation about Power. Power is present in all parts of society and in social work. Power can be located in an individual and enacted in relationships. The notion of having power can brin...

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social/social work issues from their front room.  Guess who's back. Back again! That's right. They're backkkkkk! Your favourite trio of social workers are back again with a brand new season of topical discussions. In the first episode of Season 3 Nadia, Fran and Eugene talk about the last four/five months since the end o...

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social/social work issues from their front rooms (via Skype). Your favourite trio of social workers are separated by the lockdown but connected in the virtual realm! Nadia, Fran and Eugene are back for the final episode of season 2 aka "the season finnaaale". It's been a season full of discussions, reflections, special g...

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social/social work issues from their front rooms (via Skype).  Your favourite trio of social workers are separated by the lockdown but connected in the virtual realm! Nadia, Fran and Eugene are back for the penultimate episode of season 2. With Covid-19 present in everyone's lives, the trio decided to use this space to have a conv...

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social/social work issues from their front room (via Skype).  Your favourite trio of social workers are separated by the lockdown but connected in the virtual realm! Nadia, Fran and Eugene are back for another thought provoking episode where they discuss the impact of Covid-19 on Black and Minority Ethnic people. In the past few weeks,...

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social/social work issues from their front room.  This is one from the SMP locker. Recorded before the Covid-19 lockdown, Nadia, Fran and Eugene got together to discuss working directly with children. Direct work can be anxiety provoking, awkward, fun, enriching and everything in between! In this episode, the trio have a conversation a...

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social/social work issues from their front room.  Your favourite trio of social workers are separated by the lockdown but connected in the virtual realm! Nadia, Fran and Eugene are back for another thought provoking episode where they discuss the impact of Covid-19 on social work.  In the space of a few months, our worlds and the world...

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social/social work issues from their front room. Your favourite trio of social workers get together once again and are joined by special guest Kim Scott. Nadia, Fran and Eugene were very keen to have a guest on the podcast who was not from a social work type background and Kim definitely fits the bill! Kim Scott is the author of the Ne...

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social/social work issues from their front room. Your favourite trio of social workers get together once again and are joined by special guest Dave Tapsell. Dave is a Social Worker, Systemic Psychotherapist and jointly wrote the article titled 'Seeking permission: an interviewing stance for finding connection with hard to reach fa...

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social/social work issues from their front room.  Your favourite trio of social workers get together once again to have a conversation about poverty. Poverty is such a significant factor for many people in society but do we, as social workers, have enough conversations about the impact of poverty? How often is this in the forefront of...

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social/social work issues from their front room.  Your favourite trio of social workers get together once again to have a conversation about the topic of 'Shame'. Shame is an invisible force that effects every person. It is present in our emotional, cognitive and physical selves but is this talked about as much as it should b...

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social/social work issues from their front room.  Your favourite trio of social workers get together once again to have a conversation about active listening. Listening sounds like quite a simple task but are we actually actively listening? As a part of their roles as social workers Nadia, Fran and Eugene do a lot of listening to peopl...

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social/social work issues from their front room.  Your favourite trio of social workers are back with a thought provoking and revealing conversation about mental health. In this episode Nadia, Fran and Eugene discuss how they talk about mental health in their professional and personal lives. Society has progressed over the past decades...

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social/social work issues from their front room.  Your favourite trio of social workers are back with episode eight of season two. In this episode Nadia, Fran and Eugene talk about the notion of Curiosity and what this looks like in the context of their work and every day lives.  Nadia, Fran and Eugene discuss curiosity as a stance or...

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social/social work issues from their front room.  Your favourite trio of social workers are back with episode seven of this new season. In this episode Nadia, Fran and Eugene talk about Mentalization, a technique used in social work practice. The ability to understand your own mind and the mind of others sounds like a complicated task!...

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social/social work issues from their front room.  Your favourite trio of social workers are here with episode 6 of season 2.  In this episode Nadia, Fran and Eugene are joined by social worker, family therapist and author Nick Pendry to have a conversation about Race. Nick has years of experience working with people from different raci...

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social/social work issues from their front room.  Your favourite trio of social workers are here with episode 5 of season 2.  In this episode Nadia, Fran and Eugene have a conversation about their relationship with celebrations in their personal and professional lives with a particular focus on celebrating social work. They interview s...

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social/social work issues from their front room.  Your favourite trio of social workers are here with the fourth instalment of season 2.  In this episode Nadia, Fran and Eugene have a conversation about Attachment in social work. In this episode there is a special feature from Attachment theory expert Professor David Shemmings who brin...

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social/social work issues from their front room.  Your favourite trio of social workers are back with the third instalment of this new season. In this episode Nadia, Fran and Eugene talk about 'asking questions' in social work. Questions can be used to gather information, to increase understanding and to help create change. E...

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social/social work issues from their front room.  Your favourite trio of social workers are back again with the second instalments of season 2.  In this episode Nadia, Fran and Eugene have another conversation about Contextual Safeguarding but this time they are joined by their very first guest; Contextual Safeguarding guru Dr Carlene...