Social Work Shorts

Insights #14 In this Episode Stephen talks to Barbara Starn about mindfulness and her book The Mindful Social Worker: Living Your Best Social Work Life published by Critical Publishing Available here https://www.criticalpublishing.com/the-mindful-social-worker and here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mindful-Social-Worker-Living-social/dp/1915080355/

Jamie, George and Stephen are joined by Joe Hanley in the role of Marley as Social Work is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future! Festive fun and delights!

In this episode of the podcast Stephen talks to Faith Walkwell about her role as a Social Prescriber to find out just what that is and what the role sets out to achieve. Stephen and Faith worked together in practice as Social Workers in Sunderland City Council in the Older Peoples Service before moving into other roles. If you wanted to read more there's a Kings Fund article here

Jamie, George and Stephen - three friends - delve into some philosophical ideas and think about the impact on them as social workers and on social work practice. This time they are joined by Freya Scorer as they talk about Social Work as a job, an art and a science, and try to decide which it is!

They're at it again - the Beers and Ideas amigos - Jamie, George and Stephen - three friends delve into some philosophical ideas and think about the impact on them as social workers and on social work practice. This time it's Adorno and the Yale lock - capitalism, revolution, and social work!

In this episode Stephen looks at the dirty word that is Resilience. Having spotted on Twitter that someone was outraged that their wife had been told to 'bake a cake' as this would help build resilience Stephen wanted to explore resilience and try to promote the positive aspects of resilience building and resilience in general... noting however that baking a cake results in no more than having a cake that you've baked. Resilience is dependent on two things - yes - what we do ourselves but also the environment we then have to do what we do in.

In this episode of the podcast Stephen talks to George Bull, Social Work Shorts writer, looking at his latest article Social Work Change, Priti Patel and Gauss Linear and non-linear Problems. You can find the article here http://www.socialworkshorts.co.uk/2022/06/16/social-work-change-priti-patel-and-gauss-linear-and-non-linear-problems/ And here are some links to things that get mentioned in the podcast and the article! Gauss the prince of maths (In our TIme) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09gbnfj Lorenz - In Our Time Chaos theory https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00548f6 Strange attractor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjP90rwpBwU Butterly effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGlmJ6ZXBds Status Quo Match Stick men !!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huybJRdzyNk

In this episode of the podcast Stephen talks to Angela Kirwin author of 'Criminal: How Our Prisons Are Failing Us All' about the reality of being 'behind the wall'. You can find out more about Angela here - https://www.angelakirwin.com/ You can buy her book here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Criminal-How-Our-Prisons-Failing/dp/1398705837 and from other places

In this episode of the podcast Stephen talks to fellow Social Work Shorts writer George Bull about his latest article "Churning the soil - Caring Professions - and Madonna". You can find the article here - George explores how, like soil, when a work force is depleted it can't function to do its job.

In the latest episode of the Social Work Podcast Insights series Stephen talks to Matt Graham Senior Lecturer in Social Work at UCLAN and co-author of A Practical Guide to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 about some aspects of the Mental Capacity Act You can buy Matt's book here If you want to join us it would be good to have a discussion over on our Discord Server which you can link to at this link Social Works Shorts brings you Social Work UK on Discord You will need to download the app and/or create an account

In the latest episode of the Social Work Podcast Insights series Stephen and George talk about risk in light of the murder of Arthur and the media response to the Social Work Profession. There are show notes here We acknowledge this is a difficult topic and that there may be a range of views. It would be good to have a discussion over on our Discord Server which you can link to at this link Social Works Shorts brings you Social Work UK on Discord You will need to download the app and/or create an account

Social Work Shorts brings you Insights into social issues In this Episode I talk to @SingleDadSW about his Food is Care campaign #FoodisCare

Social Work Shorts (Episode 23) Presents The October Sessions 2 of 3 'Beers and Ideas - Philosophy and Social Work' - The Trolley Problem One night - 3 podcasts! Here's the final one of the three where three friends delve into some philosophical ideas and think about their impact on them as social workers and on social work practice. This one is all about the Trolley Problem

Social Work Shorts (Episode 22) Presents The October Sessions 2 of 3 'Beers and Ideas - Philosophy and Social Work' - Adam Smith One night - 3 podcasts! Here's the second of the three where three friends delve into some philosophical ideas and think about their impact on them as social workers and on social work practice. This one is all about the ideas of Adam Smith (or one of his ideas at least!)

Social Work Shorts (Episode 21) Presents The October Sessions 1 of 3 'Beers and Ideas - Philosophy and Social Work' - Karl Popper One night - 3 videocasts! Here's the first of the three where three friends delve into some philosophical ideas and think about their impact on them as social workers and on social work practice. This one is all about the ideas of Karl Popper (or one of his ideas at least!)

Social Work Shorts brings you Insights into social work practice. In this Episode I talk to Chris Walker about Children's Social Work in Schools

Social Work Shorts brings you Insights into social work practice. In this Episode I talk to Dan Lawson about 3 Conversations

Social Work Shorts brings you Insights into social work practice. In this Episode I talk to Kayleigh Rose Evans about Social Work Identity

Social Work Shorts brings you Insights into social work practice. In this episode Rob Mitchell - one of the authors of the excellent Social Work, Cats and Rocket Science - and a Principle Social Worker - reflects on Assessments and Practice, and the political dynamic that we are required to sit in in statutory social work.

Social Work Shorts brings you Insights into social work practice. In this episode Jamie Scorer explores poverty in adults - and just what do we mean by poverty

Social Work Shorts brings you Insights about social practice. In this episode George Bull talks about the failure to often identify the role that poverty plays as a fundamental underpinning problem in the circumstances social workers come across in work with children and their families.

Beers and Ideas - Politics, Philosophy and Social Work (recorded on 8th May 2021 - in the news was Council Elections and Labour's resounding defeat in Hartlepool and Boris Johnsons costly wallpaper). In Beers and Ideas three friends delve into some philosophical ideas and think about their impact on them as social workers and on social work practice. Completely unscripted, this could go anywhere, and probably will. Have a watch and please comment. Feel free to disagree and challenge, or nod sagely. That's what philosophy is about. Thinking about difficult ideas and working through them together. So, enjoy, and let us know what you think!

Beers and Ideas - Monkey: The Journey to the West In Beers and Ideas three friends delve into some philosophical ideas and think about their impact on them as social workers and on social work practice. Completely unscripted, this could go anywhere, and probably will. Have a watch and please comment. Feel free to disagree and challenge, or nod sagely. That's what philosophy is about. Thinking about difficult ideas and working through them together. So, enjoy, and let us know what you think!

Beers and Ideas - Kierkegaards clown who shouted fire In Beers and Ideas three friends delve into some philosophical ideas and think about their impact on them as social workers and on social work practice. Completely unscripted, this could go anywhere, and probably will. Have a watch and please comment. Feel free to disagree and challenge, or nod sagely. That's what philosophy is about. Thinking about difficult ideas and working through them together. So, enjoy, and let us know what you think!

Beers and Ideas - Plato's Cave

Beers and Ideas - Wittgenstein's Lion In Beers and Ideas three friends delve into some philosophical ideas and think about their impact on them as social workers and on social work practice. Completely unscripted, this could go anywhere, and probably will. Have a watch and please comment. Feel free to disagree and challenge, or nod sagely. That's what philosophy is about. Thinking about difficult ideas and working through them together. So, enjoy, and let us know what you think!

Beers and Ideas - Descartes and the Barrel of Apples In Beers and Ideas three friends delve into some philosophical ideas and think about their impact on them as social workers and on social work practice. Completely unscripted, this could go anywhere, and probably will. Have a watch and please comment. Feel free to disagree and challenge, or nod sagely. That's what philosophy is about. Thinking about difficult ideas and working through them together. So, enjoy, and let us know what you think!

In this 4th Short Short Stephen talks about mindfulness, creative thinking, and creating order out of chaos

In this 3rd Short Shorts Stephen looks at the Calendar Effect, and multitasking - let's bust those myths about productivity!

So what motivates you? In this episode Stephen talks about intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and creating flow. Enjoy! Leave a message!

Self Care is a priority and necessity, not a luxury, in the work that we do. In Season 2 of Social Work Shorts Stephen presents some Short Shorts - about 10 minutes of bite-sized information - on self care and productivity. In the first episode he explores what the HCPC has to say, what stress looks like, and what its impact is. In this episode he mentions the following book'Flow' by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi ....and highly recommends it!

Here is the fifth edition of the Social Work Shorts Podcast!Stephen talks about the calendar effect, hump day, learning, earning and yearning and thinks about motivation - what keeps you going... being autonomous, competent, and related it turns out! Please give it a share! Stephen Mordue is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Sunderland UniversityHe has a passion for sharing ideas about productivity, self care, ...and Social Work

Here is the fourth edition of the Social Work Shorts Podcast!Stephen talks about self care and productivity in relation to Social Work.... more on exercise and parkrun, prioritising using the ABCDE method, and learning stuff from his speed awareness course. Please give it a share! Stephen Mordue is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Sunderland UniversityHe has a passion for sharing ideas about productivity, self care, ...and Social Work

Here is the third edition of the Social Work Shorts Podcast!Largely unscripted (!) Stephen talks about self care through exercise, the impact of growing up in Thatcher's Britain in the 80's, mindfulness, Liam Neeson, and discrimination... all in just over half an hour! Please give it a share! Stephen Mordue is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Sunderland UniversityHe has a passion for sharing ideas about productivity, self care, ...and Social Work

Here is the second edition of the Social Work Shorts Podcast!Discover more productivity tips! I'll tell you about David Allen's 2 minute rule and 'Do it, Defer it, Delegate it, or Delete it'! I'll tell you about managing emails... and we'll think about how to 'Eat that Frog'! Please give it a share! Stephen Mordue is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Sunderland UniversityHe has a passion for sharing ideas about productivity, self care, ...and Social Work

Here it is! The first Social Work Shorts Podcast!Discover productivity tips and have a think about how you sleep! Please give it a share! Stephen Mordue is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Sunderland UniversityHe has a passion for sharing ideas about productivity, self care, ...and Social Work