The Portal Podcast: Linking Research and Practice for Social Work – Details, episodes & analysis

In this episode, Sarah and Lesley reflect upon and chat about Season 3 of The Portal Podcast. We consider some of the key threads that have run through each of the conversations and reflect on the key messages for practice.

Transcripts are available on the Portal Podcast Website: https://wp.sunderland.ac.uk/portal-podcast/

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In this episode, Sarah and Lesley spoke with Sigrid Mairhofer about her research exploring social work with older people in rural and urban areas of Germany. We learned about how social work operates in Germany, as well as some of the challenges social workers face in supporting older people. 

About our guest:

Sigrid Mairhofer is a Professor of Community and Organisational Development at the Munich University of Applied Sciences.

Transcripts are available on the Portal Podcast Website: https://wp.sunderland.ac.uk/portal-podcast/

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In this episode, Sarah and Lesley speak with Dr Louise Harvey-Golding and Carrie Phillips (both University of Sunderland) about their research exploring the experiences of Eastern European women. Whilst the research did not set out to explore domestic abuse, it came up as an important area of concern, particularly in relation to a lack of access to services for Eastern European women. In this episode, Louise and Carrie talk to us about their research findings and recommendations for practice. 

Transcripts are available on the Portal Podcast Website: https://wp.sunderland.ac.uk/portal-podcast/

You can read more about their overall work via their two research reports. You can access part one here: ‘A survey for Eastern European women’ and part two here: ‘An exploration of discrimination experienced by Eastern European Women’: https://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/14580/

In the episode they also make reference to their project partners, ICOS, which stands for International Community Organisation of Sunderland. 

The music is called “Together We’re Stronger” by All Music Seven (All7 Studios) (you can listen to their music here).

Production and editing by Paperghosts.

The Portal Podcast is funded by the University of Sunderland.

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In this episode, Lesley and Sarah speak with Dr. Angie Wilcock (University of Sunderland) about two areas of research. The first was about help seeking in response to domestic abuse. The second area was about the experiences of Thai women living in the UK in relation to domestic abuse.  

Transcripts are available on the Portal Podcast Website: https://wp.sunderland.ac.uk/portal-podcast/

Within the conversation, Angie makes reference to a number of writers, as noted below. 

• Professor Liz Stanley and Professor Sue Wises’s work, particularly in relation to consciousness raising. 
• Professor Martin Denscombe’s work on research practice. 
• Kristin Blakely’s work on the role of emotion in feminist research. 
• Girl Guiding and their work on safeguarding and domestic abuse. 

The music is called “Together We’re Stronger” by All Music Seven (All7 Studios) (you can listen to their music here).

Production and editing by Paperghosts.

The Portal Podcast is funded by the University of Sunderland.

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In this episode, Sarah and Lesley speak to Dr Sarah Martin-Denham (University of Sunderland) about her research on domestic abuse. The conversation covers emotionality and safe practice in research and practice, stigma and labels, support and education. Sarah’s work explored services for male perpetrators of domestic abuse, as well as services for women who had been victims/survivors of domestic abuse and uncovers some important messages for social workers which are discussed in the podcast episode.  

Transcripts are available on the Portal Podcast Website: https://wp.sunderland.ac.uk/portal-podcast/

The music is called “Together We’re Stronger” by All Music Seven (All7 Studios) (you can listen to their music here).

Production and editing by Paperghosts.

The Portal Podcast is funded by the University of Sunderland.

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In this episode, Sarah and Lesley speak with Paula McCormack and Darren McGee from the Wallsend Children’s Community and Emma Aggar from University of Sunderland about the work of the Children’s Community and findings from a recent project which uncovered financial consequences of domestic abuse. 

In this conversation, Paula, Darren and Emma spoke to us about some research they did to explore the Wallsend Children’s Community’s Emergency Response Grants. Within this work, domestic abuse emerged as a key theme in the data and this is the focus of the podcast episode. You can read more about the overall work in this report: ‘An exploration of the Wallsend Children’s Community’s Emergency Response Grant as an Emerging Necessity’.  

Transcripts are available on the Portal Podcast Website: https://wp.sunderland.ac.uk/portal-podcast/

The Wallsend Children’s Community believes that to improve outcomes for children and young people living in the area, it needs to be able to provide them with the same offer as those in more advantaged areas. You can find out more here: Wallsend Children’s Community. 

The music is called “Together We’re Stronger” by All Music Seven (All7 Studios) (you can listen to their music here).

Production and editing by Paperghosts.

The Portal Podcast is funded by the University of Sunderland.

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In this episode, Sarah and Lesley introduce the new series of The Portal Podcast. In this series we have focused on domestic abuse and in each episode we speak to a different researcher about their work on domestic abuse and what social workers can learn from their research to inform their practice.

Transcripts are available on the Portal Podcast Website: https://wp.sunderland.ac.uk/portal-podcast/

The music is called “Together We’re Stronger” by All Music Seven (All7 Studios) (you can listen to their music here).

Production and editing by Paperghosts.

The Portal Podcast is funded by the University of Sunderland.

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In this second season of The Portal Podcast, we have a range of guests joining us to talk about domestic abuse. The nature of this topic means that we cover content that some listeners may find distressing. Lesley and I discuss this within the audio below.

Transcripts are available on the Portal Podcast Website: https://wp.sunderland.ac.uk/portal-podcast/

If you are affected by any of the issues discussed within this podcast series you can access help and support from a range of services available across the UK. These include:

• National Domestic Abuse Helpline: 24/7 service: 0808 2000 247
• Refuge: provides specialist services to survivors of domestic abuse
• Women’s Aid: domestic abuse support for women and children
• Men’s Advice Line: domestic abuse support helpline for men: 0808 8010327
• Rape Crisis: support after sexual violence
• NSPCC: helping to rebuild children’s lives and support families
• Galop: support for LGBT+ people who have experienced abuse and violence
• Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation (IKWRO): support for victims of forced marriage, ‘honour’-based abuse and FGM
• Southall Black Sisters: support for Black and minoritised women and children experiencing abuse
• Karma Nirvana: support for ‘honour’-based abuse and forced marriage: 0800 5999 247
• Forward: African women-led organisation working to end violence against women and girls
• Paladin: support for victims of stalking in England and Wales
• SignHealth: provide a specialist domestic abuse support service for Deaf adults and children
• Respect: working with domestic violence perpetrators, male victims and young people

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In this episode Sarah and Lesley reflect upon and chat about the episodes from this first series of the Portal Podcast. We consider some of the key threads that have run through each of the conversations and reflect on the key messages for practice.

Transcripts are available on the Portal Podcast Website: https://wp.sunderland.ac.uk/portal-podcast/

The music is called “Together We’re Stronger” by All Music Seven (All7 Studios) (you can listen to their music here). Production and editing by PaperGhosts.  

The Portal Podcast is funded by the University of Sunderland. 

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In this episode Sarah and Lesley speak to Dr Nicola Roberts and Miss Demi Price about their paper ‘Gendered Perceptions of Domestic Violence: how young females are more likely than young males to know controlling domestic violence behaviours’ (click here to read the paper). Nicola and Demi’s paper (and this podcast episode) focuses on the views that young people hold about domestic violence (sometimes referred to in the podcast as DV). Nicola and Demi’s research shows that females consider a broader range of behaviours as domestic violence and in this podcast episode we discussed why this might be the case, what could (or should) be done about this, and what role social workers can play.

Transcripts are available on the Portal Podcast Website: https://wp.sunderland.ac.uk/portal-podcast/

During the conversation some references were made to other material, including Jeff Hearn’s (1998) book The Violences of Men and Evan Stark’s work on domestic violence.

In this episode Nicola is introduced as a Senior Lecturer at University of Sunderland, but since the episode was recorded has become an Associate Professor. In the conversation we discussed some of Nicola’s other work on bystander interventions. Click here to view Nicola’s profile and find links to her other research and publications.

The music is called “Together We’re Stronger” by All Music Seven (All7 Studios) (you can listen to their music here). Production and editing by PaperGhosts.  

The Portal Podcast is funded by the University of Sunderland. 

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