Care to chat? A podcast from the Northern Ireland Social Care Council

Hosted by the Northern Ireland Social Care Council (the Social Care Council), and presented by broadcaster Dr Wendy Austin, this podcast series showcases conversations and interviews with people in the social work and social care community, as well as from across the health and social care system. We discuss things that matter to social workers and social care workers, inform their learning and development, address common questions, and talk about what we can do to best support the safe delivery of quality health and social care in Northern Ireland.

Recent Episodes
  • Talking about a child’s journey to adolescence and beyond
    Oct 24, 2024 – 00:32:01
  • What valuing and keeping the social care workforce looks like
    Oct 2, 2024 – 00:34:53
  • Why social work: How to become a social worker?
    Sep 18, 2024 – 00:43:45
  • A conversation about social work and justice
    Sep 4, 2024 – 00:35:59
  • ‘Letting us into their lives’ – Kerry’s story about career progression in social care
    Aug 21, 2024 – 00:29:31
  • 'We are one of you’ – working together as part of Team HSC
    Aug 7, 2024 – 00:38:00
  • Molly’s story - Social support as social care
    Jul 24, 2024 – 00:20:32
  • ‘My voice’ - Views from our Participation partnership
    Jul 10, 2024 – 00:28:08
  • Protecting the public – Fitness to practise as part of social care worker and social worker regulation
    Jun 26, 2024 – 00:32:27
  • Conversations from across the garden wall, the world and the end of life – Social work and loneliness
    Jun 12, 2024 – 00:43:06
  • ‘By social workers, for social workers’ – a leadership framework for social workers
    May 29, 2024 – 00:31:44
  • Human rights and social work – making it real in practice
    Nov 1, 2023 – 00:38:31
  • Leadership in social work – what does it mean for you?
    Oct 18, 2023 – 00:38:30
  • ‘So, you think you know the Social Care Council’ – 21 years on  
    Oct 4, 2023 – 00:47:36
  • Compassionate leadership in the Northern Ireland health and social care system 
    Sep 20, 2023 – 00:48:10
  • Social work in education – Putting the ‘social’ back in social work
    Sep 6, 2023 – 00:30:22
  • Fostering equality, diversity and inclusion in social work and social care
    Aug 23, 2023 – 00:34:15
  • Human rights as part of social work practice – A conversation with…Nazia Latif
    Aug 9, 2023 – 00:26:37
  • Social care workforce reform – what does it mean for you
    Jul 26, 2023 – 00:36:41
  • ‘When health and social care gets personal’ – Cillin’s story
    Jul 11, 2023 – 00:25:31
  • Attracting young people into social care
    Jun 28, 2023 – 00:35:58
  • A conversation with…. Declan Lawn, Co-creator of BBC drama, Blue Lights
    Jun 14, 2023 – 00:23:09
  • Social care reform - Made with care
    May 31, 2023 – 00:38:35
  • They take care of us – let’s take care of them
    May 31, 2023 – 00:45:49
  • I am a registered social worker…A conversation with Koulla Yiasouma 
    May 31, 2023 – 00:32:18
  • 2022 taster series - Career Journeys
    Jan 16, 2023 – 00:28:10
  • 2022 taster series - Loneliness
    Jan 16, 2023 – 00:26:45
  • 2022 taster series - Creating a brighter social care future
    Jan 12, 2023 – 00:26:04
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