Safeguarding in faith settings. Bishop of Bath & Wells Michael Beasley
A fascinating interview with a senior Bishop on the recent challenges to the church of England nationally regarding their safeguarding practice.
Jun 16, 2025•25 min
The Social World Podcast
Thoughts on the social world with David Niven. Exploring the world in relation to social work, policy and care training. Analysis of individual cases and how they are covered across media.
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Justin Humphreys CEO of Thirtyone:eight a Christian Safeguarding Charity
Justin Humphreys has over 30 years' experience in social impact settings as a practitioner and leader in a variety of sectors. He is currently the CEO and Head of Safeguarding Development at Thirtyone:eight, the leading independent, Christian safeguarding charity operating across the United Kingdom and internationally.
May 08, 2025
John Pizzuro, CEO RAVEN. Online Child Exploitation Expert
Prior to Raven that John spent 25 years in the New Jersey State Police conducting, managing and leading investigations in Terrorism, Organized Crime, Narcotics, Trafficking, Child Exploitation, and Corruption. John spent his last six years as The Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Commander where he led a team of 200 including 71 Law Enforcement Agencies.
Apr 28, 2025•40 min
Disaster Social Work, Digital Support & Global Collaboration with Professor Johnston Wong (China)
SWAB is currently recruiting volunteers to assist in Myanmar following the devastating earthquake having trained social workers for over a decade to be first responders.
Apr 03, 2025•44 min
Policing, Community Safety, and Public Trust with Clare Moody, Avon & Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner
Clare Moody is the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Avon and Somerset, with a career spanning trade unions, government advisory roles, and human rights advocacy. Now in her role as PCC, she is focused on improving neighborhood policing, reducing violent crime, and strengthening trust in law enforcement.
Mar 21, 2025
Safeguarding, Social Work, and Multi-Agency Collaboration with Steve Myers
AoCPP is a long established multi disciplinary charity focussing on child protection in a complex social world
Mar 03, 2025•32 min
Leadership, Transparency, and Safeguarding . Chief Constable Sarah Crew
Sarah was pivotal in the launch of Operation Soteria Bluestone, a transformative programme which sees police professionals work alongside leading UK academics to change the police response to rape and sexual assault.
Feb 19, 2025•32 min
Prof Jonathan Singer Podcasting in Social Work Education
This book is designed to assist social work academics and educators in enhancing their students' critical thinking, reflective capacity and skills in clinical and research settings through the integration of social work content podcasting.
Jan 06, 2025•32 min
Isabelle Trowler CBE Chief Social Worker for Children
Isabelle Trowler CBE Chief Social Worker for Children and Families took up the post in September 2013. She is well known for co-designing a practice framework for delivering child and family social work, which has influenced the children’s social care practice system across England.
Dec 19, 2024•40 min
167 Christina Gabbitas Child Exploitation County Lines
Christina has visited and spoken about her books at more than 400 schools with the police.
Nov 11, 2024•33 min
Karim Rajwani International Financial Crime Expert
We discuss the growth of these crimes as well as strategies adopted to support law enforcement. We talk about the huge need for more training, awareness raising accross the world.
Oct 14, 2024•44 min
165 Larry Cameron International Human Traffiking expert
For the past three years Larry has worked as President & Founder of Paradigm Intelligence Ltd, a global organisation that focuses on forensics, investigations, open-source intelligence, force protection and public safety.
Oct 01, 2024
164 Anne Longfield CBE
As Children’s Commissioner, Anne spent six years championing the rights and interests of children with those in power who make decisions about children’s lives, acting as children’s ‘eyes and ears’ in the corridors of power in Whitehall and Westminster.
Sep 23, 2024•37 min
162 Jakub Sobik — Modern Slavery & Human Rights PEC
Jakub Sobik is a communicator with over one and a half decade of experience of working on addressing modern slavery. He worked at Anti-Slavery International, the world’s oldest human rights organisation committed to ending of all forms of slavery across the world.
Sep 16, 2024•34 min
161 Ann Marie Christian Independent Safeguarding Consultant
She has worked for various local authoritieson on the front line, in management, Local Safeguarding Children Board Trainer, LADO, Safeguarding advisor to schools, school improvement advisor, Designated Safeguarding Lead trainer and Designated Safeguarding Lead coordinator. She has a thorough knowledge of safeguarding in education.
Jul 04, 2024•32 min
160 Dr Craig Newman, author, recovery from abuse programme.
Craig is an author, founder and creator of ‘Get Out Get Love’ which is a proposed universal recovery model from experiences of abusive relationships shaped into both a self-help book and later developed self-delivered digital recovery programme.
May 31, 2024•34 min
David Mandel International author and trainer on domestic violence
David is the founder of the Safe & Together Institute, which works with governments and NGOs across the globe, including Canada, the US, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Europe.
May 09, 2024
158 Global Social Work Agenda in A Precarious World
It is the recording of the Global Social Work Talk from 28th March 2024. The Global Social Work TALK aimed to deliver “ideas to change the world”.
Apr 26, 2024•59 min
157 Unseen, the Leading UK Anti-Slavery Charity
Unseen , the Leading UK Anti-Slavery Charity. Our talk covers ground related to law enforcement, survivor's welfare, training, the world wide nature of the crimes, predictions and the under application of legislation.
Mar 27, 2024•45 min
156 Traffiking and Slavery. Follow the Money.
Traffiking and Slavery. Follow the Money. Such an important addition to the investigation and interruption of crimes that are conservatively put at costing over 150 Billion dollars a year. Karim Rajwani, B.A, F.C.A. C.P.A. ACAMS talks to me of his extensive history in several settings helping combat these scourges on our communities. We discuss the growth of these crimes as well as strategies adopted to support law enforcement. We talk about the huge need for more training, awareness raising acc...
Mar 15, 2024
155 Trapped in County Lines. Christina Gabbitas
In this episode I speak to award-winning children's author, Christina Gabbitas, about her book 'Trapped in County Lines'. This is a follow up book to 'No More Knives or County Lines'. We discuss why books like this are important in how we educate young people and their parents about issues like county lines. Christina shares the work she does with her book alongside the police and in schools and speaks of the power of storytelling around these difficult topics.
Feb 29, 2024•28 min
154 Safeguarding Communications, Miriam Rich
The important process of keeping the public informed following a safeguarding event or tragedy. Truthfulness and sensitivity to all, especially victims and survivors.
Feb 09, 2024•30 min
153 The small but important charity grows!
The project has changed since the last podcast, in a number of ways. Firstly we operate as separate projects within the overall umbrella of The Remakery, there is a day for young people, a day for young learning disabled adults and a day for unemployed and those suffering from poor wellbeing. This allows us to tailor the work undertaken to the needs of the group.
Jan 26, 2024•33 min
152 Peter Garsden President of the Association of Child Abuse Lawyers
Ten years on from my first podcast recording with Peter Garsden I speak with the President of the Association of Child Abuse Lawyers again.
Dec 14, 2023•24 min
151 John Pizzuro CEO Raven anti child exploitation part 2
Join me for part 2 of my conversation with John Pizzuro, the CEO of Raven about anti child exploitation.
Nov 30, 2023•31 min
150 Lyn Romeo. Chief Social Worker for Adults
In today’s episode I speak to Lyn Romeo, the current Chief Social Worker for Adults.
Nov 08, 2023
149. Eileen Dong. UN Ambassador, survivor and author
Eileen Dong is a trailblazer combating gender-based violence and human trafficking, is the Founder and Executive Director of Hope Pyx Global. As a UN Ambassador, her mission encompasses ending abuse, exploitation, trafficking, violence, and torture for people of all backgrounds.
Oct 20, 2023•21 min•Ep. 149
148 Donna Ohdedar. Perception of Safeguarding.
Donna has 16 years public sector experience, including her last role as Head of Law for a leading metropolitan authority. Now a safeguarding adviser, solutions focused mentor, public speaker & trainer, Donna offers her university accredited training programme, SILP School. She is also host of the Safeguarding & Domestic Abuse Sector podcast.
Oct 17, 2023•40 min
147 John Pizzuro CEO Raven anti child exploitation
John is the CEO of Raven, the first and only 501(c)4 group focused on child exploitation in the United States, John works with lawmakers, advocates, agencies, and organizations who are willing to challenge the status quo and fight to protect our most vulnerable citizens.
Sep 16, 2023•35 min
146 Prof. Jonathan Singer, Suicide Prevention Month.
Dr. Singer is an internationally recognized expert in youth suicide and social work technology. He is Professor of Social Work at Loyola University Chicago, Past-President of the American Association of Suicidology, coauthor of the best-selling text Suicide in Schools: A Practitioner's Guide to Multi-level Prevention, Assessment, Intervention, and Postvention, co-lead of the Social Work Grand Challenge “Harness Technology for Social Good,” and founder and host of the award-winning Social Work Po...
Sep 01, 2023•31 min
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