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The Social Work Community Podcast

The Social Work Community Podcast

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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.

Follow us on Instagram to keep up-to-date with the latest news and join the Social Work Community for all things social work.Community Care Social Sciences
Episodes
  • A pathway home: how one council is helping children return safely to their families

    A pathway home: how one council is helping children return safely to their families
    Feb 19 2026

    At the end of 2025, Hampshire County Council’s children’s services introduced a new pathway plan designed to safely support the process of children safely going home to their parents.

    The Going Home Pathway uses pre-screening tools that are child centred, family focussed and backed by evidence to guide the journey in getting children back home to their families.

    In this episode, we speak to two ‘Going Home Workers’ Maharla and Tracy and senior social worker and assistant manager Sarah about how this new framework is transforming lives for children and families and creating an environment for families to view social work and social workers more positively.

    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.

    Follow us on Instagram to keep up-to-date with the latest news and join the Social Work Community for all things social work.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    43 mins
  • How digitising work in the integrated front door team has improved workforce efficiencies

    How digitising work in the integrated front door team has improved workforce efficiencies
    Jan 6 2026
    Introduced initially as a pilot in January 2025, the Council’s Integrated Front Door team tracks contacts and referrals using digital whiteboards that share live data.

    The new technology means an end to time-consuming manual recording, freeing up more hours for practitioners to focus on their work and greater opportunities for the service to invest in the workforce.

    In this episode, Laura Snell, service lead for North East Lincolnshire’s Integrated Front Door in children’s services. and Sam, deputy service director within the Integrated Front Door and Safeguarding , talk about how, almost a year on, – the IFD pilot project became a reality and a valuable resource.

    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.

    Follow us on Instagram to keep up-to-date with the latest news and join the Social Work Community for all things social work.
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    25 mins
  • How one local authority uses a community social work approach to shape support for families and children

    How one local authority uses a community social work approach to shape support for families and children
    Dec 17 2025
    North Lincolnshire Council's children and families service is committed to working collaboratively with families through its One Family Approach practice model - an approach that uses co-production to shape support for families and practitioners.

    In the final segment of this three-part mini-series in collaboration with North Lincolnshire Council, practitioners Steve and Shabnam explore the Council's community social work approach and how it embeds into the statutory service.

    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.

    Follow us on Instagram to keep up-to-date with the latest news and join the Social Work Community for all things social work.
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    17 mins
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