10th Anniversary and Adoption Week: a tale of two crisis!
We did 10 years and are still talking, in lots of senses. In this episode we start with an attempt at role play as we unpack Adoption Week's...
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20 of 154 episodesConversations - Social Work Professor Adam McCormack from Austin, Texas
Hello and welcome to conversations from the AandF podcast. This is a slightly different episode I speak to Professor of Social Work Adam McC...
Kinship Week 2026 - Michelle Hall Kinship Carer, Researcher and Trainer.
We asked Michelle back on to give us a 'state of the nation' report on Kinship care. The Government are developing and moving policy in this...
Better Me Better Us Episode 41 - Artificial Intelligence
This month we explore A.I. : the benefits, the pitfalls, and its role in social work assessments and recordings. Children who have experienc...
Conversations - Adoptive Parent Della
Hello and welcome to conversations from the AandF podcast. In this episode I speak to Adoptive parent and foster carer Della, she is Canadia...
Episode 233 - Life story work, Siblings, Dennis Duckling and Paul Sambrooks
Hello and welcome to the A&F podcast, in this episode we speak to Paul Sambrooks a retired CAFCASS social worker and the author. Paul shares...
Conversations - Lee Tempest VisAble NZ
Hello and welcome to conversations from the AandF podcast. In this episode I speak to Lee Tempest, she works for VisAble based in New Zealan...
Episode 232 - FASD awareness with PhD researcher Susie Richardson
Hello and welcome to the A&F podcast, we recorded this on the 9th September, FASD awareness day. We speak to Susie Richardson, who is resear...
Better Me Better Us Episode 40 - Advocacy
Hello, this month we're talking about advocacy - what it means, how our sense of safety shapes our ability to speak up, and the ripple effec...
Conversations with Bethan Pell Phd Researcher on CPVA
Hello and welcome to conversations from the AandF podcast. In this episode I speak to Bethan Pell a PhD Student in Cardiff University's Scho...
Conversations - Bethan Pell Phd Researcher on CPVA
Hello and welcome to conversations from the AandF podcast. In this episode I speak to Bethan Pell a PhD Student in Cardiff University's Scho...
Episode 231 - Social worker questions, assessment and Tramadol ramblings
Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the AandF podcast. In this episode we rage across a couple of matters that impact on many familie...
Conversations - Author Fran Hill talks Fostering
Hello and welcome to Conversations from the A&F podcast In this episode I speak author Fran Hill, we spoke in 2023 about her first novel ‘Cu...
Conversations - Simone Harch talks adopter wellbeing.
Hello and welcome to the A&F podcast In this episode I speak to Psychotherapist, NVR practitioner and Adoptive parent Simone Harch. Simone s...
Episode 230 - #CPV, Challenges and Relationships
Hello and welcome to the AandF podcast. In this episode we unpack how caring for and parenting children with complex, challenging and aggres...
Better Me Better Us Episode 39 - Risk and Responsibility
Hello and welcome to this episode of the Better Me Better You Podcast. How old is old enough to be left unsupervised? As families navigate t...
Conversations - Matthew Page
Hello and welcome to conversations from the AandF podcast. In this episode I speak to Matthew Page, a care experienced adult, former foster...
Conversations - Fostering Consultation with Niketa Sanderson-Gillard
Hello and welcome to conversations from the AandF podcast. In this episode I to Niketa Sanderson Gillard, social worker, Churchill Fellow an...
Conversations - Adoptive Parent Kaitlin
In this episode of the conversations from the A&F Podcast I speak to adoptive parent Kaitlin. She shares her family's experience of adopting...
Episode 229 - Mark Owers and Fostering Consultation
Hello and Welcome to the A&F podcast. This week we've asked Mark Owers to come onto the podcast to talk all things fostering in light of the...