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Social Work Training is probably the toughest combination of academia combined with practical skill demonstration. This podcast will help you navigate your way through placements and give you hints and tips to help make the most of your experience!
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 34 days
Average audio length:
36 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United Kingdom
8 episodes
since Jan. 19, 2026
serial
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Surviving Social Work Training is your monthly pep talk for the essays, placements and big feelings. Host Donna—social worker, mental health practitioner and practice educator—keeps it real with practical tips, honest stories, guest wisdom and quick wins to calm the chaos. Bring your cuppa, ditch t…
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So here it is, the first proper episode of Surviving Social Work Training. In this episode, we touch on the subject of refection, what does it mean and why is it so essential in Social Work. Then we move to a chat with two students I am currently supporting about their experiences in Social Work Tr…
This topic was suggested by someone as something that can often be a challenge for students. How do you challenge something you have seen or experienced that doesn't feel right? In this episode I spoke to two current students about their thoughts, include some views from a vox pop of other stu…
In this episode I am joined by the lovely Claire, Practice Educator of the year 2021, and the author of "The Supervision Chair Model". Between us we talk you through the two types of supervision on placement and Claire will introduce her concept of the Supervision Chair for you to potenti…
In this episode of Surviving Social Work Training, the conversation explores what inclusion really means within social work education and practice. Through Christina’s reflections as a deaf social work apprentice, the episode considers the social model of disability, reasonable adjustments, commun…
This month’s podcast focuses on transitions in social work training—especially that big shift from university into placement, and the equally challenging move from one placement to the next. Both Amber and Lucy describe how intense and overwhelming those early weeks can feel. Amber shared that step…
In this month’s episode of Surviving Social Work Training, I’m joined by Professor Mark Doel to talk about his idea of Social Work Land. It’s such a helpful way of thinking about placement, especially when you’re a student stepping into practice and everything feels new, unfamiliar and sometimes a …
In this months briefer episode, her layby as she calls it, Donna introduces her driving analogy as a lively way to explore the ups, downs and unexpected turns of social work training. From mirrors and sat navs to warning lights and wrong turns, she shows how reflection, supervision, theory and self…
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