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Welcome to Learn on the go, the podcast from Community Care Inform, where we discuss the issues affecting social workers and social care practitioners.

In this episode of Learn on the go, Dr Alice Loving and Azariah Hope come together to share professional and personal reflections about how best to support children, parents and carers navigating the social care system.

Dr Alice Loving has worked in child protection for 15 years. She delivers training on ‘Applying Attachment, Trauma and Mentalization-based principles in social work practice' to social care practitioners within the UK and Ireland. She is passionate about improving the teaching and training of social workers to better prepare them for practice that facilitates more positive outcomes for families. In this episode, Alice shares insights from her work with parents and carers and how to work with families to support the best outcomes. 

Azariah Hope is the founding director and CEO of Futures Rerooted CIC. In this episode, she shares her lived experience of being in care as a child and navigating the care system as a parent. She bravely explores topics such as family proceedings, mental health and trauma.

Learning points:

By the end of the episode, listeners should:

1. Understand why lived experience matters in shaping social care.
2. Hear directly from a parent about what social care interactions felt like.
3. Understand how trauma, attachment and relationships influence family experiences.
4. Leave with practical reflections they can apply in their own work.

Additional resources

Nurturing Nature CIC | Mentalization based video intervention

FUTURES REROOTED CIC | trauma informed