The Social Matters Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

FINAL EPISODE OF THE SEASON!!!!! 

We've come to the end of another road. Our 6th season goes out with a bang! In this episode, your favourite trio of social workers talk about how Introducing Difference can help to create change. This episode is full of fun, laughter, intrigue and hopefully some helpful knowledge for you.

Thank you for your support this season. We hope you've enjoyed our content. Have a great summer and we'll be back again in the autumn with some brand new conversations for you all!

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You can also watch the episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjoTfKwtL-8

In this episode, your favourite trio of social workers are joined by the brilliant Emma Slade Edmondson. Emma is the co-author of a brand new book 'The Half Of It'. Emma is a London-base creative strategist, journalist and recent TEDx speaker - she specialises in social change and sustainability. 

In her debut book, along with co-author Nicole Ocran, Emma explores race and identity through the lens of the mixed race experience. Emma joined us to share her thoughts, reflections and perspective on writing this book. 

Pre-order the book here: https://amzn.eu/d/0GVq0Ws
Learn more about Emma: https://www.emmasladeedmondson.com

Tune in to watch/listen to this powerful and enlightening conversation. If you enjoy then please share with your friends, leave a review and follow The Social Matters Podcast on X, Instagram and Facebook. The handle is @matterspodcast. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel! Remember to continue these conversations in your networks!
 
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Informative, powerful, inspirational, fun and an important listen! Just some of the words we’d use to describe this episode.

Nadia, Fran and Eugene were privileged to be joined by Craig Pinkney. Craig Pinkney is a nationally and internationally recognised Criminologist, Urban Youth Specialist, and esteemed CEO of several organisations, including SOLVE: The Centre for Youth Violence and Conflict and SOLVE Housing, a provider of Ofsted-Registered Children's Homes based in the West Midlands. With over two decades of hands-on experience, Craig has carved out a reputation as one of the country's leading experts in tackling youth violence, gang-related issues, and social conflict.

In this episode, Craig shared his wealth of experience and knowledge on Addressing Violence and Conflict with Young People. The challenges for young people are more than ever.  Young people are a part of a wider system created by adults, so adults need to be at the forefront of making the change! 

You can follow Craig and SOLVE via the links below

-          Instagram: @streetacademicsuk and @solve_cyvc

-          Website: craigpinkney.com

-          YouTube: SOLVE: The Centre for Youth Violence and Conflict

If you enjoy this episode then please share with your friends, leave a review and follow The Social Matters Podcast on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. The handle is @matterspodcast. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel! Remember to continue these conversations in your networks!
 
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Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social issues from their front room. In the second of a two part series, Nadia, Eugene and Fran have a discussion about the importance of Endings in social work. Whether it's meeting new families, entering family homes or starting relationships with the professional network, how we end is significant for the people we work with and also for us. How do you do endings in your personal life and professional life? Come and join the discussion, laughter and random singing. Listen until the very end as there is a bonus clip :)

 As always, let them know your thoughts and share with your networks! 

Stay tuned for part 2 where they'll be discussing Endings!

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social issues from their front room. In the first of a two part series, Nadia, Eugene and Fran have a discussion about the importance of beginnings in social work. Whether it's meeting new families, entering family homes or starting relationships with the professional network, how we begin is significant in shaping the future working relationship. Come and join the discussion, laughter and anecdotes! As always, let them know your thoughts and share with your networks! 

Stay tuned for part 2 where they'll be discussing Endings!

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social issues from their front room. In this episode Nadia, Eugene and Fran have a discussion about the power of language in social work and how it contributes to constructing meaning. Join the discussion, laughter and routine singing! Like, share and continue conversation.

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social work issues from their front room. Following on from the diversity discussion in episode 4, Nadia, Eugene and Fran expand the conversation to discuss the notion of Reflexivity in social work. This involves thinking about who they are as people and what they bring to their social work. This all makes for another interesting conversation with laughter and some pretty low quality levels of singing. Sorry in advance! 

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social issues from their front room. In this episode Nadia, Eugene and Fran have a discussion about diversity using the 'Social GGRRAAACCEEESSS' (Gender, Geography, Race, Religion, Age, Ability, Appearance, Class, Culture, Education, Ethnicity, Employment, Sexuality, Sexual Orientation, Spirituality) an acronym developed by John Burnham and Alison Roper-Hall to help us think about aspects of difference. In this episode Nadia, Eugene and Fran discuss the 'Social GGRRAAACCEEEESSS' in relation to themselves and their social work practice. 

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social issues from their front room. In this episode Nadia, Eugene and Fran have a discussion about the notion of Contextual Safeguarding in social work. Contextual Safeguarding is an approach to protecting children and young people from harm which may take place outside of their homes. If you want to find out more then click the link below and look up the work of Dr Carlene Firmin.

https://contextualsafeguarding.org.uk 

Three friends that happen to be social workers discuss current social issues from their front room. In this two-part episode Nadia, Eugene and Fran firstly discuss how social workers are represented in the media and how this may differ from their reality of social work. In the second half Nadia, Eugene and Fran discuss the rise of knife crime in London. These all make for some interesting and intriguing discussions.