Season 2 Episode 6 - county lines: playing the long game

A manually transcribed transcript of this podcast is available here. Welcome to Learn on the go, the podcast from Community Care Inform, where we discuss the issues affecting social workers and social care practitioners. This episode looks at county lines and child criminal exploitation. Discussi…

Season 2 Episode 5 - welfare benefits

This episode focuses on welfare benefits and support in England and Wales. The welfare benefits system is designed to provide financial support to individuals and families in need. However, according to a report published in 2025 by Policy in Practice, over 7 million households in the UK are missi…

Season 2 Episode 4 - the occupational therapist's role in eating disorder treatment

Welcome to Learn on the go, a Community Care Inform podcast, where we discuss the issues affecting social workers and social care practitioners. This episode focuses on eating disorders in adults and the support that occupational therapists can provide. Beat, the UK's eating disorder charity, estim…

Season 2 Episode 3 - working with fathers in child protection

In this episode, Philip Heslop, assistant professor of Social Work at Northumbria University, explores the vital topic of engaging fathers within the child protection system. In this discussion, Philip Heslop shares insights from his decades of experience regarding why fathers are often overlooked …

Season 2 Episode 2 - overcoming the barriers to exiting prostitution

This episode looks at the barriers faced by women who want to exit prostitution. Discussing the issue with us is Carol, who has lived experience of prostitution and whose name we have changed to protect her identity. Carol was subjected to prostitution for 50 years before successfully exiting in h…

Season 2 Episode 1: parental conflict

This episode focuses on working with ‘parental conflict’ (this is the phrase we tend to hear, though we discuss that there may be more helpful language we can use). Terminology aside, it’s clear that professional involvement in the very personal dynamics of a couple’s relationship and how it may be…

Season 1 Episode 6: Authentic leadership skills - feedback, trust and psychological safety

This episode focuses on leadership skills and style - in particular the crucial role of feedback which can sometimes be seen as mainly about staff performance and a less comfortable or even fear-inducing aspect of any kind of leadership or supervisory role. Our guests today are keen to discuss and…

Season 1 Episode 5: Addressing the risks of exploitation for children with SEND

Season 1, episode 5.  This episode is about how to safeguard children with special educational needs and disabilities from sexual exploitation. We’ll be discussing recent research and findings related to modern slavery and the heightened risk that children with SEND are at across England and Wales…

Season 1 Episode 4: Dealing with change and loss after becoming disabled as an adult

Season 1, episode 4 This episode focuses on dealing with change and loss as a result of becoming physically disabled as an adult, and how practitioners can support individuals who are coming to terms with the impact of disability on their body and their lives. The guest is Rebecca Regler, a lived…

Season 1 Episode 3: Perinatal mental health

This episode discusses perinatal mental health. Approximately one in five women in the UK experience mental health issues during pregnancy and up to one year after birth, and if left untreated they can lead to long-lasting effects on mothers, infants and the wider family. In recent years, signific…