Social Work Leaders

In this episode, I spoke to Matthew Davies. Matt is a Team Manager within an early help team in South Wales and is also the Founder of the Social Work Way, an app for Social Workers bringing together practice, learning and development and social work wellbeing. Matt is passionate about ensuring the voice of the children is heard in practice and in innovation. If you would like to

In this solo episode, I shared 3 tips on leading as a social worker and aspiring manager

On this week's guest episode, I was joined by Nana. Nana is a social worker, team manager, guest lecturer, co-host of The Social Worker and the Mentor podcast alongside so many other roles. It’s also actually the 2nd time Nana has been on the podcast! We spoke about: * Who Nana is and what he does * Nana's passion for advocating for social work * Nana's time in Parli

On this week's solo episode, I shared 5 tips on how you can connect with your team as a new supervisor and/or manager. For the eBook, click here For the mailing list, click here

A solo episode talking about the importance of an induction in creating effective and confident new starters in social work

On this episode, I spoke to Suzy. Suzy is a 2nd year social work student, creator of a student platform Social Work Survival Files and an all rounded great example of what leadership as a social work student looks like. We spoke about: * Suzy's journey to becoming a social work student * Why Suzy chose to study social work * What has gone well and Suzy's biggest challenges

This week's episode is a solo episode where I share my thoughts on what PCF 9 tells us about creating the change we want to see and ultimately how the future of our profession is in our hands. I share my thoughts on how as social workers we can create change, ways to do this and the impact of us doing this. I refer to PCF 9 as referenced through BASW here. As mentioned in the e

On today's episode, I spoke to Donna. Donna is an experienced social work manager passionate about practice and the role that we have in people's lives. In addition to her practice experience. Donna is the owner of Social Work Toolkit, a platform making significant strides to support social workers in creating community and safe spaces. We discussed: * Donna's journey

Welcome to the first podcast episode of 2024! It's a solo episode from me and I share my reflections on 2023, goals for 2024 and what you can expect in 2024 from the Social Work Mentor and the Social Work Leaders podcast. I also share exciting news that I will be launching my first eBook in the next few weeks, for new managers, and I can't wait to share it. For first acces

In this episode I spoke to Tooba. Tooba is a qualified social worker and the founder of the Thrive Social Work app, a wonderful innovation built for social workers to be more productive, to have a system that works for them and supports their wellbeing. We spoke about: * Tooba's journey into social work * How Tooba balanced social work and her wellbeing in practice * How import