Ask The Experts: what are the pros and cons of working in a local authority versus a trust?
More advice from our panel of three social work experts in response to your career dilemmas
Podcasts
'Social work around the world' podcast miniseries launches
The Social Work Community Podcast begins a new miniseries on World Social Work Day focusing on social workers from overseas
Podcast: from law to social work – the experiences of two practitioners
What skills have you been able to take from your previous profession into social work? The Social Work Community Podcast talks to two social workers who trained in law about what skills they bring to...
Ask The Experts: how to get a new job after receiving a negative reference
More advice from our panel of three social work experts in response to your career dilemmas
Podcast: how to co-create inclusive environments in adult social care
This special live podcast, recorded at Community Care Live 2024, explains how social workers and disabled people are working in partnership to improve care and support
Podcast: helping older adults avoid unnecessary hospital visits
A collaboration between Hampshire County Council and South Central Ambulance Service is helping to improve the quality of care for adults who would otherwise be taken to hospital.
Ask the experts: 'I've lost motivation for my job in child exploitation - what can I do?'
This is the second helping of the Social Work Community Podcast's new mini-series, where a panel of experts answer your social work careers questions
Podcast: the legacy and impact of life story from a parent’s perspective
Listen to practitioners and parents from Wiltshire speaking about the impact of life story work at one of the live learning sessions at Community Care Live 2024
Ask The Experts: 'Why don't I get invited for interviews?'
The Social Work Community Podcast has launched a new mini-series, where a panel of experts answer your social work careers questions
Podcast: locum v perm - what works for you?
We ask two social workers from each side of the agency-permanent divide what has driven their career choices and if they would ever change their minds
Podcast: would you work for an inadequate-rated service?
Social workers from Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council tell us why they love working there despite the challenges
Podcast: do we need more men in social work?
With social work being over 80% female, The Social Work Community Podcast asks whether the lack of men in the profession matters, in the first episode of its second season