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How to best prepare social work students for practice Dec 09, 2022

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In this week's episode, host Vince Peart joins co-host and social worker Tilly Baden as they reflect on this controversial opinion column, published this week by The Secret Social Worker on www.mysocialworknews.com

Join the pair as they share what they both agree and disagree with the article's author on, discuss how best to prepare social work students for practice, reflect on their own experiences as students and on placements, and explore how universities and employers can better work together.

Created by social workers, for social workers, Social Work News has a global audience, sharing the voices and experiences of those working on the frontline.

10 signs your social work manager is toxic Dec 02, 2022

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In this week's episode, host Vince Peart joins co-host and social work manager Tilly Baden as they explore what makes a toxic social work manager - whether it's taking credit for your ideas, not respecting your boundaries, or breaching confidentiality and gossiping behind your back.

Join the pair as they work their way through the list - inspired by Tilly's article of the same name - and see if they raise any red flags for you.

Created by social workers, for social workers, Social Work News has a global audience, sharing the voices and experiences of those working on the frontline.

The 10 regrets of the dying Nov 25, 2022

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In this week's episode, host Vince Peart is once again joined by co-host and social worker Tilly Baden, as they delve into another difficult topic - the regrets of the dying - inspired by the book of the same name, by Georgina Scull.

Join the pair as they work their way through the list, reflecting on their own experiences - both personal and professional - and each answering the question nobody wants to think about: 'what would you do if you had one year left to live?'

Created by social workers, for social workers, Social Work News has a global audience, sharing the voices and experiences of those working on the frontline.

Can we stop parents from killing their own children? Nov 18, 2022

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In this episode, host Vince Peart - an independent social worker, and content editor of Social Work News - is once again joined by co-host and social worker Tilly Baden, as they discuss the question asked by all social workers at one time or another: Can we stop parents from killing their own children?

Follow their discussion as they examine risk factors, explore blame culture, and revisit tragic cases that made media headlines across the globe.

Relevant Links:

- CDC's Risk and Protective Factors

- National Library of Medicine's Early identification of Risk of Child Abuse Fatalities: Possibilities and Limits of Prevention

- Child Welfare Information Gateway's Risk Factors of Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities

Created by social workers, for social workers, Social Work News has a global audience, sharing the voices and experiences of those working on the frontline.

Behind the scenes at The Social Worker of the Year Awards 2022 Nov 10, 2022

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This week Social Work Radio host Vince Peart walks co-host Tilly Baden through a night of glitz, glamour, and golden awards, with behind the scenes interviews from The Social Worker of the Year Awards 2022, held in London last Friday (watch our VIDEO here!)

Social Work News chatted with host Ashley John-Baptiste, chief social worker Lyn Romeo, chair of the board of trustees Peter Hay, BASW's Vava Tampa and Ruth Allen, and lots of lovely award winners!

Created by social workers, for social workers, Social Work News has a global audience, sharing the voices and experiences of those working on the frontline.

Why are 67% of social workers considering leaving the profession Nov 03, 2022

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In our pilot episode, join host Vince Peart - an independent social worker, and content editor of Social Work News - as he chats to co-host and social worker Tilly Baden about why 67% of social workers are considering leaving the profession.

Settle in as they lift the veil on the reality behind the social care headlines, examine the pressures facing the profession, share how they've maintained their love for the work...and land on the figure they think social workers should really be paid!

Plus there's some chat about kittens. Obviously.

Created by social workers, for social workers, Social Work News has a global audience, sharing the voices and experiences of those working on the frontline.

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