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This episode was recorded at the West Midlands ADCS Network, Innovate and Grow Conference and explores some exciting innovations happening across West Midlands region. The episode is packed full of guests, with Hannah and Matt joined by Sandeep Virk and Lizzie White to tell us a bit about the West Midlands ADCS Network and the Innovate and Grow Conference; Jane Dunne and Sophie Carter speaking about problem solving approaches with Coventry and Warwickshire Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC); Jo Minife and Eleanor Hedges discuss how they support parents who have had their children removed at Breathe, Trust, Connect, Birmingham Trust; George Davies and Charlotte Bell from Trees, Shropshire, talk about their work with young people at risk of exploitation; Jude Nash chats about how she is supporting the use of AI in the special educational needs and disabilities field; Jayne Stevens talks to us about parents participation in Telford and Wrekin; Lizzie Jones and Becky Steele from the National House Project, and Chloe and Rey, talk about the Care Leavers National Movement, and finally Mike Hayward from Solihull reflects on the importance of the region coming together to share practice through Innovate and Grow.

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This week Hannah and Matt are joined by Scott Mair, Founder and Director of Fatherhood Solutions and advocate for neurodiverse families and father-inclusive practice. This episode explores the perception of services being designed with mothers in mind, and how this may unintentionally make fathers feel excluded. Scott shares ideas for father inclusive practice, and the impact that this has had through the work of Fatherhood Solutions.

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In this episode Matt and Hannah are joined by Dr Neil Thompson, social work academic, award winning author and educator. This episode explores the importance of theory in social work practice, and the concept of theorising practice, rather than applying theory to practice. Neil talks about the PCS Analysis that he developed, its relevance in contemporary social work, and the importance of anti-oppressive practice and allyship.

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In this episode Matt and Hannah are joined by Chloe Grant, Director of Services, and Matt Blow, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, at Become. This episode explores the work that Become does as an organisation, participation, what the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill means relation to care leavers and leaving care teams, and importance of the role of Personal Advisors.

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In this episode Hannah and Matt are joined by Michelle John, child to parent abuse expert by experience and the founder of PEGS. This episode explores what child to parent abuse is, its prevalence, research into child to parent abuse, and what support there is for children, young people and parents.

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It's the first episode of Series 5! We are kicking off the series with an episode that was recorded with a live audience at Compass Jobs Fair in London. Hannah and Matt are joined by Lisa Hackett (Director and Chief Social Worker at Frontline), Jerome Harvey-Agyei (Youth Participation Lead at The Mayor of London's Violence Reduction Unit), and Kam Kaur (Programme Developer and Consultant at The Parting Apart Programme) to consider the Families First social care reforms, with a particular focus on multi-agency child protection teams. This episode explores the importance of relationships within families, between children, families and practitioners, and between agencies, and if relational practice is possible with child protection intervention.

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It’s our Christmas Special and Producer Arin has a mic and is in charge! This episode is nothing like our other episodes, with minimal discussion about social work. However, it does have a Christmas quiz and a Christmassy(ish) story read by Hannah, Matt and Producer Arin.

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It’s a The Relational Social Work Podcast first, with this episode being recorded in a broom cupboard. Hannah is joined by Jerome Harvey-Agyei, Co-Founder of The Tope Project and Youth Participation Lead at The Mayor of London’s Violence Reduction Unit. This episode explores the importance of love and human connection, the beauty which can come from pain, and how Jerome shares stories of love, rather than stories of suffering. Hannah is joined by Matt for the intro and reflections, where they have an impromptu (and very unofficial) audition to be the next hosts of Strictly Come Dancing and Matt shares his very exciting news.

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