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Let’s Talk Social Work is a space for conversation—discussion with social workers, the individuals they support, and colleagues working in related professions.
We consider the key matters affecting social workers as we explore contemporary issues with a focus at the local, national and global levels.
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New episodes are released monthly and are available to stream on all major podcast platforms or via the links provided in our Episode Library menu below.
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Episode Library
2026
Our Pets are our Family – Discussing the emergence of Veterinary Social Work in the UK
Ending the Cliff Edge for Care Leavers
I’m not Invisible: Supporting children living with a parent in prison
Who you gonna call? - The BASW/SWU Advice & Representation Team
Exploring the relationship between supervision and practice with children and families
Centenary Episode: In Conversation with Baroness Lister CBE
“I am the Safeguard, and I am Alone” - Carers, Nearest Relatives, and the Reality of the Mental Health Act
Scotland and Wales Decide
What does the future hold for social work and BASW?
2025
The Impact of Domestic Abuse on Babies and Infants
Can we go higher? Opportunities for further education in social work
Beware of the Dog - how should social workers manage encounters with dogs?
The Handover
Solidarity Forever: exploring the role of social work in promoting international solidarity and human rights
Discussing the state of dementia training for social workers and social care workers
Exploring what the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill could mean for social work
2024
Brain Injury, Social Work and Human Rights
Cultural Capability in Social Work
Exploring Artificial Intelligence in Social Work—Ethics, Opportunities and Risk
Exploring the experiences of Indigenous Peoples—resilience, social justice and lessons for social work
What does the Labour landslide mean for adult social care in England?
Operation Encompass
Reflective Supervision
Wake Up Call—a conversation exploring first-hand accounts of living in the care system, as detailed in the anthology, ‘Free Loaves on Fridays’
School Social Work
Poverty is a political choice
A Change Would Do You Good—Exploring BASW’s 2024 General Election Manifesto
My Way: exploring independent social work
‘Don’t park the bus’ — exploring the benefits of coaching in social work
‘Rise up with me against the organisation of misery’
Dignity, respect, empowerment: adult safeguarding explored with Dr Jeremy Dixon
Friends in high places
Responding to sibling sexual behaviour and abuse
Meet me where I’m at
2023
Promote the Vote
Social Work with Older People
A portrait of the social worker
Nothing about us without us
When the going gets tough
Self-Neglect: Exploring the Social Work Response
Age assessment of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
With a Little Help from My Friends
Half A World Away
A Ray of Light?
Let's Talk Social Work Live!
The safety net is broken: how the cost-of-living crisis is laying bare the failings of our social security system
Social work and the media
It's a family affair
Stop, collaborate and listen
M.E.
Social Work in Deeply Divided Societies
Promoting anti-racism in social work & society
Stable homes, built on air?
Beauty, confidence & understanding
Different ways of thinking
Social Work in a conflict zone
2022
Two wrongs don’t make a right
Out of the Shadows
Criminal Justice Social Work
Counterparts
The Never-Ending Story
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
University Challenge
‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’
Hunger in the UK
Why is anti-racism still crucial to social work practice?
Therapy in name only
A National Indignity
Election Special
What the tech?
Speaking Truth to Power
The hard yards: Campaigning for statutory guidance on restraint & seclusion in educational settings
Lifting the lid on family group conferences
Gold from the Stone—an interview with Lemn Sissay
The case for care, not coercion
The kids aren’t alright—how unregulated placements fail our young people
2021
Social Work, Human Rights & the Children Act — A Conversation with Lady Hale
The Cost of Living Crisis
Anti-Racist Allyship
Money Matters—What the Budget & Spending Review mean for social work
Social Work, the Climate Crisis & the Politics of Hope
Challenging Antisemitism in all its forms
The Care Review, Part 2 — Meeting the needs of Black & minoritised children in care
The Case For Banning Smacking
The Needle & the Damage Done — the relationship between problematic substance use & domestic abuse
Who Cares? — Examining the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care
Can I be honest with you?
Homes not Hospitals
Exploring intersectionality in British Asian LGBTQIA+ Communities
Ending restraint & seclusion
Anti-Racism
The Power of Politics — Election Special, 2021
County Lines—breaking chains of abuse & exploitation
Challenging the last acceptable form of racism
Ubuntu—A Solution to Populism?
The Budget
Is Universal Credit Working?
What does the Biden administration mean for social work?
Carer Aware?
Domestic Abuse
