Messy Social Work
Welcome to the Messy Social Work podcast. The hosts are Richard Devine and Tim Fisher.
Check out our website here: https://www.relationalactivism.com/
Podcasting since 2022 • 78 episodes
Messy Social Work
Latest Episodes
Rich and Tim speak to Rhian Taylor on the tension between being and doing in social work
In this episode, we explore the tension between the fast-paced, task-driven nature of social work and the deeper need for presence, reflection, and meaning. Rhian Taylor shares insights from her recent blog on why it’s so hard for p...
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Rich and Tim speak to Nicki Pettitt, Consultant specialising in Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews
Relational Activism: https://www.relationalactivism.com/Context Counts: Improving the analysis of socio-economic context and intersect...
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Rich and Tim probe Community Care Editor, Mithran for the latest social work headlines-from foster care shortages to the future of kinship
Josh MacAlister has said he’d like children to have a choice of where and with whom they live:
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Rich and Tim speak to Dr Paul Shuttleworth on what children want you to know about kinship
In this episode of the Messy Social Work Podcast, Rich and Tim speak with Dr Paul Shuttleworth about his new book Listening to Children about Kinship Care: Child Welfare and Permanence. Drawing on powerful research and direct te...
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Rich and Tim speak to Dr Lorna Stabler about lived experience—its power, its promise, and its problems.
In this episode, we explore why lived experience has become such a dominant force in social work, and ask: what are we missing when we treat it as unquestionable truth? Dr Stabler helps us think critically about how stories are used, who ...
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