This is a solo episode where I highlight some news from BASW's PSW magazine: Working from home Unaccompanied minors and dangers of child exploitation Vaccines and non-vaccinated staff Peer support in Wales Wisdom from June Thoburn - Emeritus Professor UEA My email: adosylv@gmail.com Do join our facebook community @ https://www.facebook.com/groups/412169436067530 www.basw.co.uk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Social Worker Matters

SWM.44 - Short Solo ep.44

‘I came……….and never went back…….I hadn’t come to stay In today’s episode, we welcome Sharon Jennings – Deputy Delivery Lead for the Practice Supervision Development Programme aka the PSDP and an Independent Training Consultant.   Sharon came to the UK over 40yrs ago, she did not come to stay but remained in London where she worked, raised her children and has felt most at home.   She undertook a psychology degree back home, as she wanted to understand people, her interests expanded to include community and policy. As you will hear, Sharon is full of positive energy for her work and has four decades of experience in Social Work and Education.   As a mother of three daughters there were challenges, and as she quite honestly does not know how she managed to balance her professional and personal life, but she did.     Sharon reflects on her work in University settings and discusses her views and approach to education and what she aims to achieve with students, whom she continues to work with.   We go on to discuss racism, allyship and the pandemic. Sharon was another great guest who shared wisdom, insight and a fantastic sense of humour.   Ref: ‘What White people can do next’ by Emma Dabiri (2021)   Do leave a review, subscribe and drop me a line at adosylv@gmail.com   Do join our facebook community @ https://www.facebook.com/groups/412169436067530 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SWM.ep43 An insight from Sharon Jennings

Wayne Reid's substantive post is that of Professional Officer with the British Association of Social Workers BASW, in this episode of SWM, he shares details of his work and his social work journey, which included a variety of SW roles.  He talks about his most recent work in the anti-racist practice space.  Wayne is an ordinary and honest guy doing some good work - it was great hearing from him. Below are links to him and his work. Please review and share the podcast, it gets the word out, join our Facebook community where I regularly post relevant materials and invite you to do the same, just search for 'Social Workers Matter'   Links: Twitter @wayne_reid79 www.BASW.org.uk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqb8MFV3Fto my email: adosylv@gmail.com Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/groups/412169436067530   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SWM , meet Wayne Reid of BASW an ordinary guy

Welcome to another episode - this is a solo episode with a selection of stories from BASW's PSW Magazine which includes: commentary on media coverage of social work, admin Vs direct work - is it still a thing? the rise in DV cases since lockdown and a couple of book recommendations and tips on, court work. Join our Facebook community - Social Workers Matter www.BASW.org.uk My email address for comments and feedback adosylv@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Social Work in the Media, Court Work and More

Following a break in publishing, we're back, it's been hectic, busy, and full-on.  In this short solo episode, I update you on what's been happening for me as an educator during these challenging times, if you are interested in further training and education at the Tavi, do check out our website: www.tavistockandportman.nhs.uk  I am also involved with a great programme the #PSDP - Practice Supervision Development Programme - check out https://practice-supervisors.rip.org.uk  which is a  fantastic resource for supervisors and middle leaders with some excellent information. I'm looking forward to more conversations in the autumn, do join our facebook community @ Social Workers Matter with its growing membership. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're back!

Welcome to a new episode of Social Workers Matter, I hope you're safe and well. Interestingly as I post this episode, we have just had the publication of the very disappointing (UK) Race Disparity Report and we are also in the middle of the (US) trial for the George Floyd killing.  The RDR essentially undermines the work of the Equality & Human Rights Commission in its duty to tackle persistent structural race inequality as its content seems to bear little relation to the lived experiences of people from Black & Ethnic Minorities. In today's episode, Family & Systemic Therapist Tony Charles speaks about his work and the centrality of working beside families and clients so as to co-create meaning, understanding, remaining curious and above all privileging, their lived experiences. As a positive message to our community Tony shares rich material about his work, his experiences as a black male therapist and the value of therapeutic interventions.  Do leave a review as this helps gets the word out. Reference: 'Standing in the shadows - understanding and overcoming depression in Black Men'  - John Head Tony's email: tcclinicalconsultancy@gmail.com Website: tcclinicalconsultancy.co.uk Skype: tcconsultancy   My email: adosylv@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tony Charles - Family & Systemic Psycho therapist

Welcome to another episode of SWM.  Since the last podcast, there has been positivity and sadness -  recently the Practice Supervision Development Programme https://psdp.rip.org.uk/ completed wave three and a huge celebratory online conference took place which was a great event with such rich feedback from participants and powerful evidence of a real contribution to the sector. The sadness includes more loss of colleagues, friends and relatives to COVID-19. I wish to convey sincere sympathies to the families, friends and colleagues of those we have lost during this difficult and challenging time. In today's episode, we meet my colleague Tim Kent - Director of Adult and Forensic Services at the Tavistock & Portman Nhs Trust.  He shares aspects of his early career, his love of music, his transition to qualifying as a Social Worker, and whilst he went onto complete training as a Psychotherapist - where he learned much about himself in relation to others - he remains committed to his Social Work roots and identity.  Tim shares his thoughts and insights about our current climate and context and toward the end of our discussion he shares some words of wisdom for those entering the profession and peers in senior positions. Thanks for visiting, do leave a review and subscribe, this helps to get the word out. Let's meet Tim. https://tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/ My Email: adosylv@gmail.com Join  our SWM Private Facebook Group @ https://www.facebook.com/groups/412169436067530 My Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB6IJzP9UzJn2B5oXclbnOw         See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tim Kent - Director of Adult & Forensic Service and more

Welcome to episode 35 of SWM, today we meet Mrs Delia Cuffy-Weekes, an educator, an agriculturalist and a social worker.  Delia is based in the Caribbean, The Commonwealth of Dominica where she has lived all her life with periods away for vacations and study leave.  She shares with us the varied tapestry of her rich and diverse career, which has been and continues to be rooted in the centrality of relationships, humility, honesty, clarity of purpose and a strong desire to help and support those who need her and are vulnerable.  We learn something of the challenges in Caribbean society and the necessity to operate at many human levels as a practitioner to engage and gain the trust of whomever she is trying to help, from a farmer to women suffering domestic violence, to parents suffering the loss of a baby. Delia is committed,  passionate, enthusiastic and tenacious which are all traits required for our work, she is also a lot of fun, so let's meet this phenomenal woman.  Delia refers to her association with the following groups, here are the links FYI: Dominica National Council of Women www.ngocaribbean.org Dominica Association of Persons with disabilities www.dapd.weebly.com Dominica Cancer Society www.dominicacancersociety.org/ Dominican Council on Ageing www.dcoainc.org Lifeline Ministries Dominica www.lifelinedominica.org My Email: adosylv@gmail.com Join  our SWM Private Facebook Group @ https://www.facebook.com/groups/412169436067530 My Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB6IJzP9UzJn2B5oXclbnOw See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Phenomenal Caribbean Woman

Our guest this episode is my dear colleague Clare Parkinson - Clinical Lecturer & Senior Social Worker at The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Clare has led the MA in Social Work programme for the past 6 ½ years alongside her other activities in the trust. She shares some of her rich career in social work and social work education, where it started and how over the years she progressed and found her way to the Tavistock which was where she was meant to be. Clare cares deeply about the programme and as she makes her way toward stepping away from her leadership role, it is clear she has more to contribute and will continue to do so by her ongoing contact with Doctorate students, as an external examiner and of course she will make time to write and has some projects in mind. Working alongside Clare has been a real pleasure, she is motivating, encouraging and has certainly helped me at times of challenge, I wish her a long and rewarding retirement, she deserves it.  Well done Clare, you made it! For information on a wide range of training courses, check out:  https://tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/ My email: adosylv@gmail.com or SSmith@Tavi-Port.nhs.uk Join us on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/groups/412169436067530 My Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB6IJzP9UzJn2B5oXclbnOw See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Social Work Educator's Career - Clare Parkinson

Welcome to the first episode of SWM for 2021, in this episode, I am in conversation with my colleague Jo Williams.  Jo is a Senior Lecturer and Development Lead for the National Practice Supervisors Development Programme delivered by education partners and the Dept for Education. Jo shares her career journey - she started out as a chef and found her way to a long career in Social Work and Social Work Education.  Jo shares her thoughts and passion for our work and is particularly passionate about Good Practice Supervision, and believes the work in this area is essentially about 'bringing back the feeling' to social work practice and keeping relationships alive.  She talks about her vision for the work she would like to promote at the Tavistock and what she can bring to the Social Work discipline. Jo is keen to create safe spaces for thinking, dialogue and learning on challenging issues such as racism.  She remarks on our current context and rather than think too far ahead, we can think in terms of an 'extended presence', listen out for what she means.   Please leave a review and share the podcast as this will ensure the word gets out. For more information on the PSDP programme and a wealth of resources please visit:  https://practice-supervisors.rip.org.uk/   Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust: https://tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/ Join our safe space on Facebook @ facebook.com/groups/412169436067530 My email address adosylv@gmail.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB6IJzP9UzJn2B5oXclbnOw  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jo Williams - Safe Spaces for Thinking, Dialogue and Learning

Welcome to another episode of SWM.   We have a lovely interview with Integrative Psychotherapist Delores McPherson. I met Delores when I attended one of her support groups for 'Black Mature Women' aka BMW.  Delores shares aspects of her career and her current therapeutic work with young people in receipt of Youth Offending Services (YOS). Delores also has a private practice and undertakes consultancy work.  In today's interview, she shares thoughts on the value of self-care and the perils of self-neglect.  She speaks about how she needed to take time out to look after herself and now makes self-care central to her emotional health and wellbeing.  She also shares some tips on how we might manage our professional boundaries more effectively in relation to our demanding roles. Delores has embarked on supporting Black Mature Women and in the new year has exciting plans to offer Black men a safe space to share and express themselves and their issues - on Thursday 11th Feb 2021 Delores and her colleague Tony will facilitate a virtual 6-week group programme entitled 'Black Men real talk'. For further information contact Tony on 07525 841 816 or Delores on 07535 020 339 Why not share the podcast, leave a review and share - this helps to grow our audience and get the word out. You are welcome to join our safe Fb community at https://www.facebook.com/groups/412169436067530 You can also drop me a line at adosylv@gmail.com with suggested topics or interviewees. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Delores McPherson - Integrative Psychotherapist

In this episode, we hear from my guest social psychologist Anita Nayyar, she shares the findings from some interesting research into how we are coping with COVID-19.  In particular, her research reveals how members of BAME communities are not expressing the full range of trauma responses for fear of stereotyping - this cannot be a good thing - Anita started her career in marketing, she now works for herself and has extended the range of her work, she shares details of her work with Girls in Gangs, counter-narrative and her therapeutic work. Twitter: @coping_the Facebook: https://facebook.com/coping/ YouTube: Coping Mechanism https://youtube.com/channel/UCG_zOLxCtr-9o5pFPFWtNmg… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzJisjJD3_Y SWM Fb group:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/412169436067530   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anita Nayyar

In this episode I am in conversation with Raymond Douglas. Ray is an Executive Trainer, Facilitator & Enabler, he is seen as one of today’s leading thinkers and doers around reducing Gang & Serious Violence. In today’s episode, he shares some of his personal and professional background and history – he shares so many nuggets of self-knowledge and his perspectives on the impact of his experiences as a child, young adult and the man he is today. He has interesting things to say about Youth Violence and our roles as frontline workers, educators and community activists. He is passionate about ‘teaching what we know’ and is extremely active in the field and is a staunch advocate of the community public health model to tackle violence in our communities. He delivers groundbreaking interventions in schools. YOT's, Children’s Secure Units and Prisons, his vision of reducing youth violence took his work regionally Nationally and Internationally. This is a long episode and I suggest you listen in a couple of sittings if you’re unable to hear it all in one go; it’s certainly worth the effort. Raymond’s LinkedIn Profile:linkedin.com/in/raymond-douglas-505b844a Email: info@antiyouthviolence.com Twitter: @Gangology My email: adosylv@gmail.com SWM Fb Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/412169436067530/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ray Douglas' perspective on Gang Violence & more

Another solo episode - how are you coping with the new COVID-19 situation? What's your morning routine? What's Reflective Supervision - brainstorm. email: adosylv@gmail.com Fb: https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=social%20workers%20matter&epa=SEARCH_BOX Please leave a review and share.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reflective Supervision, Morning Routines & Coping

Welcome to another SWM - today's episode is another solo, I share some update on my current activities in the education space and run through some bits from BASW's PSW magazine.  Please help to get the word out. My Email: adosylv@gmail.com Book: Black children in care: health, hair and skin by Denise Lewis & Flora Awolaja See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What's Happening Education

Welcome to Social Work Matters with Dr Sylvia Smith, where we explore the realities and celebrate the successes of social work practice, management and education. A few words from Dr. Sylvia on her background and Social Worker Matters I began my social work career at 16yrs old when I embarked on my first training course in social care.  I now have over 35yrs of experience in social work; practice, leadership/management and education.Bringing a wealth of knowledge, skills and passion to my work and I want to convey these attributes in my Social Worker Matters podcast. I am passionate about 'reclaiming social work' and will be exploring the realities and celebrating the successes in this profession.  I invite you to join my guests and me for insightful discussions, sharing of professional experiences and much, much wisdom in all things social work. If you're thinking about joining the profession, are newly qualified practitioners or a seasoned professional, this podcast is for you.

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