Thoughts On The Social World

Thoughts On The Social World


Latest Episodes

129 Mothers with challenging adult children
May 11, 2022

Difficultis for parents, concerned family and friends, health and mental health professionals, and policy makers. The book provides resources for women to find social support, stay safe, and engage i

128 More voices from Ukraine 2
April 23, 2022

Raisa was, until very recently, Executive Director, Board Chair and co-founder in 2004 of the All Ukrainian NGO Coalition for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities. It is a network of 118 Ukrainian l

127 Social Work Voices from Ukraine
April 15, 2022

Professor Oksana Boyko starts the series of social work voices from Ukraine. As the war continues, she shares her understandably strong feelings and begins the reflection on the activity of social wor

126 UNSEEN UK Anti-Slavery Charity
April 05, 2022

Unseen have supported 189 women at their women’s safehouse, 79 men at their men’s safehouse and over 385 survivors in the community.

125 S.I.L.P. Training Donna Ohdedar
March 31, 2022

The Reviews of serious cases involving vulnerable children and adults form the backdrop to the interview with Donna Ohdendar and her S.I.L.P.Training programme.

124 Christina Gabbitas ‘No more knives’
March 22, 2022

'No more knives' by Christina Gabbitas is a book and animation for 8,9 and 10 yr old primary children educating them about how to avoid grooming,county lines and knife crime. A valuable addition to sa

123 Missing Children Europe Part 2
December 08, 2021

In this second podcast we talk of a significant group of missing children in Europe---those who run away. We look at why, from the obvious to the preventable and talk of the gaps in response and educa

122 Social Work in China.
November 26, 2021

Johnston Wong, Professor in Social Work and Social Administration, started his career as a youth worker in Hong Kong. His early academic interests focused on youth and family work, branching out to ps

121 Action for ME Sonya Chowdhury
November 01, 2021

"People with M.E. are at the heart of everything we do. Our purpose is to end the ignorance, injustice and neglect experienced by people with M.E. We do this by meeting needs now while securing change

120 Missing Children Europe.
October 04, 2021

Aagje Ieven is Secretary General at Missing Children Europe, where she is responsible for the strategic development and day-to-day management of the organization. More support is needed for research b