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Does the term “permanence” help or hinder outcomes for children: Family Justice Council Debate (Part 2)

Does the term “permanence” help or hinder outcomes for children: Family Justice Council Debate (Part 1)

Putting enduring relationships at the heart of reform: Jarrod Wheatley

ADCS Presidency - Passing the baton: Rachael Wardell and Ann Graham

What does the future of social work look like?: Lisa Harris, Farai Kanengoni, Mike Hayward, Kieron White and Neil Thompson

A citizen advocacy approach to supporting people with a learning disability: Clare Wightman and Mel Smith

Technology, AI and Family Law: Family Justice Council Conference

From York With Love: The Care Leaders Summit

Making Child Protection Work: Harry Ferguson

Innovative Practice in Children's Services: West Midlands ADCS Network

Engaging Fathers: Scott Mair

Theorising Practice: Dr Neil Thompson

What do the reforms mean for care experienced young people: Chloe Grant and Matt Blow

Child to parent abuse: Michelle John

Can multi-agency child protection teams be relational?: Lisa Hackett, Jerome Harvey-Agyei and Kam Kaur

Christmas Special

Jerome Harvey-Agyei: Stories of Love

Jade Barnett: Power2Prevail

Madlug Pop-Up Experience: A Celebration of National Care Leavers Month

Rachael Wardell (Part 2): Update from the President in association with ADCS

Mary Jackson: Social work leaders

Sophie Clarke, Joanne Smith and Scott Darragh (Social Enterprise UK): Rethinking residential care

Jonny Hoyle: Staying in the family business

Katia Parent: Supporting Mothers in Prison

Dr Lorna Stabler: Kinship Care Week Special

Nadia Galvani, Fran Feeley and Eugene Ogbewele: Social Matters

Rebekah Pierre: Writing records with care

The Care Leaders Fellowship: Creating lasting impact with Luke Rodgers

Summer Special

Young Person Bench Marking Forum: In Their Own Words

Reunification: Putting hope and relationships at the heart of practice

Luke Rodgers: More than a story

Lemn Sissay: Gold from the Stone – care, poetry and Christmas dinners

Catherine Gladwell: Refugee Week – Community as a superpower

Dr Lisa Cherry: Weaving a Web of Belonging

Jo Williams: Supervision and the spaces in between

Donald Forrester: From AI to difficult conversations – practice considerations for social work practice moving forwards

Cllr Pat Seaman: The role of local politics in Children’s Services

Isabelle Trowler: The future of social work according to the Chief Social Worker

Rachael Wardell: Episode brought to you in affiliation with the Association of Directors of Children's Services

Dave Linton: Make a difference luggage - can bags bring dignity to care leavers

Laurie Kilby: Weekending - reimagining fostering through the lens of relationships

The Relational Social Work Podcast Live: What role does Children’s Services have in a tumultuous world?

Diversity and Inclusion in the Family Justice System: A Family Justice Council Conference special

Ryan O'Donnell: A story fit for Hollywood - A foster carer and father fighting for reunification in a broken system

Yvette Stanley: Ofsted’s next chapter - rethinking inspection and focusing on what matters

Sue and Chloe, The House Project: Moving on in community

Dez Holmes: What role does research play in practice?

Tony Stanley: Should UK social work be aspiring to follow the Land of the Long White Cloud?

Anna Glinski: Finding hope in dark places

Josh MacAlister: Disrupting and Reforming Children's Social Care

Emily Frith: Making adoption work in the 21st Century

Katrin Bain and John Harris: Parents as citizens – ensuring they are not forgotten in child protection

Always Hope: Bringing innovative change to complex systems

Sukriti Sen: Fighting for fairness - from Bangladeshi school girl to Coventry’s DCS

Beth Vecchione: Changing lives through the arts

The Children and Families Truth Commission: Listening to voices which are hard to hear

Stories from Childhood: A World Children’s Day Special

Professor Richard Rose: Ghosts and Monsters - how our stories impact our today

Tim Fisher & Rich Devine: What is relational activism?

Hannah McCowen: What does our response to care leavers say about us as a nation?

Sian Williams: Tackling realities of financial exclusion

Pam Ledward: Putting families and kinship carers at the heart of the care system

Ian Thomas: Healing through connection

Dr. Beverley Barnett-Jones: Bringing hope into social work