Social Work Sessions

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https://rewritingsocialcare.blog/
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https://hoardingdisordersuk.org/clutter-image-ratings/
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Wellbeing tips for Social Workers

Monday, March 18, 2024 • Duration 39:17

In this special episode to mark Social Work Week, Carolyn Smith talks to two of Somerset Council's Advanced Practitioners, Amanda Rae and Jana Taylor about Wellbeing and the transformative role social workers play in people's lives. But we need to look after ourselves.

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Relational Activision and Co-design, with Tim Fisher

Thursday, February 8, 2024 • Duration 50:47

Tim Fisher has been a social worker for over 15 years and is currently a service manager in London's Camden Council. Tim's Masters Degree research focussed on empowerment models in social work and he has published academic writing on community approaches.

He has collaborated with organisations to develop restorative practice, under the banner To Love is to Act. This encourages people towards Relational Activism, which means taking action in the everyday and making change happen through personal and informal relationships.

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Making Safeguarding Personal with Professor Michael Preston-Shoot

Monday, July 17, 2023 • Duration 53:07

In Episode 4 of the Social Work Sessions, Somerset’s Principal Social Worker, Carolyn Smith, speaks to Professor Michael Preston-Shoot.

Michael is an Emeritus Professor of social work at the University of Bedfordshire and is the current Chair of Somerset’s Safeguarding Adults Board.

In this conversation, which ranges from the medieval to the modern, Michael sets out the legal, ethical and moral case for making safeguarding personal.

If you have any comments about this podcast, or have ideas for new episodes, please get in touch with us via swspodcast@somerset.gov.uk.

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Reflections on the ASYE with Holly Stockdale and Sue Richardson

Monday, July 3, 2023 • Duration 36:53

Somerset Council's Principal Social Worker for Adults, Carolyn Smith, speaks to social workers Holly Stockdale and Sue Richardson about their respective roles in the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment. Holly is a Learning & Development Advanced Practitioner and Sue is a recent graduate from our ASYE scheme.

If you have any comments about this podcast, or have ideas for new episodes, please get in touch with us via swspodcast@somerset.gov.uk.

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Commissioning in social work with Paul Coles

Season 1 · Episode 2

Friday, June 16, 2023 • Duration 37:54

Paul Coles, Assistant Director for Commissioning in Somerset Council's Adult Services, talks about his career in social work and the importance of good commissioning.

Social Work Sessions - Trailer

Season 1

Tuesday, June 6, 2023 • Duration 00:27

Carolyn Smith, Principal Social Worker for Somerset Council's Adult Services, introduces the new podcast series Social Work Sessions.

The Subject of self neglect with Professor Michael Preston-Shoot

Season 1 · Episode 1

Thursday, May 18, 2023 • Duration 50:07

Carolyn Smith, Principal Social Worker for Adult Social Care in Somerset Council talks to Professor Michael Preston-Shoot about his career and his role in safeguarding, specifically around self neglect.

As promised in the podcast, here are the links to:

the Clutter Image Rating Scale: https://hoardingdisordersuk.org/clutter-image-ratings/
Keith's Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhmfptpwNZc&t=3s

Please get in touch with us with feedback or requests for future episode topics: SWSPodcast@somerset.gov.uk

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Mental Capacity and the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, with Chris Hamilton

Thursday, January 18, 2024 • Duration 36:57

Chris Hamilton is an experienced social worker and leader of Somerset's Mental Capacity and DoLS Team. Carolyn Smith talks to Chris about his past and his work in Somerset. Chris speaks passionately about communicating decisions so that non-professionals can understand them and what 'best interest' actually means for people and their families.

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Social work with older people, with Dr Phoebe Beedell

Thursday, January 4, 2024 • Duration 33:35

Dr Phoebe Beedell is a Senior Research Associate in the School for Policy Studies at Bristol University. In this episode of the Social Work Sessions, Dr Beedell talks to Carolyn Smith about her recent research project into social work with older people (SWOP), undertaken with the Universities of Birmingham and Bristol, and Effective Practice , funded by the NIHR School for Social Care Research.

For more information, please go to: https://swopresearch.wordpress.com/

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Legal Literacy with Professor Michael Preston-Shoot

Thursday, December 21, 2023 • Duration 46:26

In this episode of the Social Work Sessions, Professor Michael Preston-Shoot talks to Carolyn Smith about legal literacy; the ability to connect relevant legal rules with ethical and rights-based practice; and how legal literacy informs defensible decision-making.

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