The Social Work Tutor Podcast

In this week's episode of The Social Work Tutor Podcast, SWT and Tilly discuss... * The Government telling us that our average caseload is 16 * Grassing up your fellow social workers * Superclubs * Coming out of lockdown * And so much more...

In this week's episode of The Social Work Tutor Podcast, SWT and Tilly discuss... * Surveys * Lockdown boredom * Encouraging friends and family to become social workers * Having no answers, only questions * And so much more...

In this week's episode of The Social Work Tutor Podcast, SWT and Tilly discuss... * 2020 * How social workers adapted to the rigours of last year * Our new year’s resolutions * Hope for social work in 2021 * And so much more...

In this episode of The Social Work Tutor Podcast, SWT and Tilly discuss... * The impact of lockdown on students * Tilly's promotion * An Only Fans for social workers * Bringing the profession into disrepute * And so much more...

In the third of our US election episodes, SWT, Lea and Karen discuss... * Who is going to win, Trump or Biden? * The latest vote count and projected states * The prospect for civil unrest * Bringing people together in the aftermath * And so much more...

In this second of our US election episodes, SWT and special guest Lea discuss... * The case for Donald Trump * How a Trump presidency supports social workers and our clients * The damage and fractured society that needs healing * Why social workers should vote for Trump * And so much more...

In this special US election episode, SWT and Karen discuss... * The case for Joe Biden * Healing a divided nation * A long road to recovery from Covid-19 * Life for social workers in the election aftermath * And so much more...

Katy Else is a frontline adults social worker from Southern England who performs as The Unheard Bird. She joins me to discuss her love of spoken word performance, to share some of her pieces and to talk about the inspiration and privilege her work brings to her art. You can find her on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF3440N4t-c-sWmK8rnEWyw

Lea Wilson is a school social worker from the Midwestern USA. She joins me to talk about her social work journey, supporting Trump, toxic online political debate and becoming a furry.

Nathalie is a frontline child protection social worker from the South East of England. She joins me to speak about her experiences of racism, the current state of the social work profession and her ambitious plans for the future.

Diana Katoto is a social work student at the University of Birmingham where she chairs the social work society. She is a mental health advocate, social justice champion and trailblazing campaigner for young black social workers. You can find her video channel, Diana Katoto, on Youtube.

I'm joined by Dr Jermaine Ravalier, a reader in Work and Wellbeing Psychology at Bath Spa University, and we discuss: * Black Lives Matter * Institutional racism * Working conditions of social workers * Year 4 maths * And so much more...

In this week's episode, SWT and Karen discuss... * If becoming a parent changes you as a social worker * Regrets from earlier in our careers * Who would play us in social work movies * The added burdens placed upon women in the workplace * And so much more... (Our full podcasts will only be available on Patreon for at least the next month. Thank you for your support)

In this week's episode SWT and Tilly discuss... * The value of a social worker's life * Our new charity book project * How we are keeping ourselves entertained during lockdown * Stealing milk from doorsteps * And so much more... (As discussed on last week's show, our podcasts will only be available on Patreon for at least the next month. You can sign up and listen straight away at Patreon.com/socialworktutor)

In this week's episode SWT and Matt discuss... * How Coronavirus has changed our jobs * What is working better and what is working worse for us in lock down * The resilience of our clients * SWT's weird fantasies about Matt * And so much more... (As discussed on last week's show, our podcasts will only be available on Patreon for at least the next month. You can sign up and listen straight away at Patreon.com/socialworktutor)

In this week's episode SWT and Tilly discuss... * Tiger King * And not much more... (Please note the message at the start that all podcasts are moving to Patreon for the next few weeks until things settle down for us)

In this week's episode SWT and Tilly discuss... * Our fellow social workers celebrating the illness of Boris Johnson * Unconditional positive regard * How much our jobs are changing * Tiger King * And so much more... Support the podcast and sign up for exclusive content and rewards at Patreon.com/socialworktutor

In this week's episode SWT and Matt discuss... * How our social work leaders have abandoned us * Changing the system * What BASW pay themselves in wages * The eerie world we now live in * And so much more... Support the podcast and sign up for exclusive content and rewards at Patreon.com/socialworktutor (Ps- sorry for the poor sound quality on my microphone this week)

In this week's episode SWT and Karen discuss... * How we can do our jobs during the Coronavirus pandemic * What social work will look like with a stripped back service * The insulting lack of national social work leadership * Our heroes in the health service * And so much more... Support the podcast and sign up for exclusive content and rewards at Patreon.com/socialworktutor

In this week's episode SWT and Tilly discuss... * The Coronavirus panic * Social work responses to the pandemic * SWT's disastrous love life * Working from home * And so much more... Support the podcast and sign up for exclusive content and rewards at Patreon.com/socialworktutor