Helpful Social Work Podcast

Recent Episodes

10a End of life

Posted February 9, 2020 • 00:36:13

This is the final podcast of our journey through the life course. We look at end of life and bereavement. We talk about how social workers can emotionally...

9b Technology

Posted January 27, 2020 • 00:28:29

In this podcast we discuss another big issue - technology. We look at technological advances, and think about who technology is for and who has power...

9a Older age

Posted January 14, 2020 • 00:38:58

As we approach the end of our series on the life-course, we discuss older age. We look at how social workers combat ageism and offer specialist support...

8b Populism

Posted December 20, 2019 • 00:34:07

In this podcast we look at the big issue of populism - what it is and what makes it popular. Social work acts as a counter force to populism when it...

8a Retirement

Posted December 12, 2019 • 00:36:48

The next episode in our journey through the life-course is retirement. We consider the evidence around how people experience retirement and the social...