Community Care's podcast

PR guru Max Clifford talks about how social work can get a better press at a recent Community Care Live event

New British Association of Social Workers chief executive Hilton Dawson talks about his plans for the future and how he aims to improve the public perception of social work

Natalie Valios speaks to Andrew Thorne, chair of the Association of Social Work Employment Businesses, about the benefits that agency staff can bring, their limitations and how local authorities can make the best use of them

Mark Ivory speaks to fellow Community Care journalists about the challenges facing new BASW chief Hilton Dawson and the progress of Community Care's campaign to improve social work coverage in The Sun

Shadow children's minister Tim Loughton and social work academic Ray Jones discuss whether serious case reviews should be published in full, in the latest episode of Ivory Tower, the podcast for everyone in social care

Mark Ivory interviews controversial MP John Hemming about his support for a Community Care campaign backing social workers in the face of attacks in the tabloid press. Has the "forced adoption" campaigner and social work critic changed his tune?

Mark Ivory interviews Unison's national officer for social care Helga Pile about her position on the new Social Work Taskforce, fellow taskforce member and Sun agony aunt Deidre Sanders and a Unison report highlighting child protection concerns in the UK.

Mark Ivory speaks to former social services director and academic Ray Jones about the child protection concerns raised in Doncaster. What lessons do other areas need to learn from the case?

What does 2009 hold for social care in the UK? Community Care executive editor Mark Ivory discusses the aftermath of Baby P, social care practices and the adult social care green paper in the latest Ivory Tower podcast.

Mark Ivory discusses whether there are alternatives to Ritalin for children with ADHD, in the latest Ivory Tower podcast.
Mark also investigates what future models of long-term care provision might look like.

Mark Ivory discusses the appointment of Phil Hope as the new adult social care minister, in the latest episode of Ivory Tower. Also under investigation is child poverty following a crticial United Nations report.

Mark Ivory investigates the coverage of social care at the Labour and Conservative party conferences, in the latest Ivory Tower podcast.

Listen to Community Care's Natalie Valios talking to the GSCC's head of conduct Robin Weekes

Presenter Mark Ivory considers the merits of Conservative claims to the new party of social justice and speaks to Unison Scotland's social work representative about the recent local government strikes in the latest Ivory Tower podcast

Mark Ivory discusses the progress of the move towards equal pay in local authorities and the state of care for people with learning disabilities in the NHS

Mithran Samuel interviews Care Services Minister Ivan Lewis about the the forthcoming adult social care green paper, personalisation, progress on Valuing People and continuing care in the latest Ivory Tower podcast.

Mark Ivory considers the continuing problems with psychiatric in-patient wards and discusses new the training needs of social care workers when providing end-of-life care, in the latest Ivory Tower podcast.

The planned closure of the Henderson Hospital for people with personality disorders in Surrey is investigated in this week's Ivory Tower. Presenter Mark Ivory also discusses the forthcoming adult social care green paper with new Community Care editor Bronagh Miskelly

Presenter Mark Ivory interviews service user Simon Heng about whether direct payment users should be compelled to carry out CRB checks on employees. And he discusses the impact of age discrimination legislation on social care with Help the Aged head of public affairs Kate Jopling

Mark Ivory investigates a critical trade union report about the impact of personalisation on employment rights. Also under discussion is the government's new criminal justice strategy. Ivory Tower is the podcast for everyone in social care.

The government's new carers strategy and a much-needed review of adult social care law come under the spotlight in the latest Ivory Tower podcast. Presenter Mark Ivory also tackles the issue of social work morale.

Mark Ivory interviews new Youth Justice Board chair Francis Done about the future of the government's youth justice strategy. And he investigates a new "personalisation era" model of social work being developed in Torbay.

A critical inspection of the Cafcass private law practice comes under the spotlight in the latest Ivory Tower - the podcast for everyone in social care. Presenter Natalie Valios also speaks to Mike McNabb about his new social policy blog Outside Left.

Media coverage of the Khyra Ishaq case and a critical report on the government's youth justice strategy come under the spotlight in the latest Ivory Tower, the podcast for everyone in social care.

Mark Ivory presents the latest Ivory Tower podcast from the Community Care Live 08 conference in London.

Community Care executive editor Mark Ivory discusses the election of Boris Johnson and the government's proposed new "well-note" system to get people back to work, in the latest social care podcast

Mark Ivory speaks to the government's personalisation guru Martin Routledge and new Adass president John Dixon about the new approach being rolled out across social care that gives users control over the care and services they receive.

Natalie Valios guest presents the social care podcast Ivory Tower, discussing failure of the government to act on recommendations of a social care violence taskforce and the impact of post office closures.

Community Care executive editor Mark Ivory discusses the social work conduct process, social care reorganisation in Devon and happiness theory.

Mark Ivory discusses how social workers can stay safe in their job, controversy over new training for children's social workers and the prospect of strikes by local government workers, in the second edition of Ivory Tower

Community Care executive editor Mark Ivory presents the first Ivory Tower podcast in which he discusses the latest social care news with a range of expert commentators. This week: the roles and tasks of social workers, the Integrated Children's System database and immigration.

Tackling anti-social behaviour is an increasingly controversial topic. The second Community Care vodcast, filmed at CCLive in Edinburgh last week, explores how Scotland tackles anti-social behaviour and whether the rest of the UK has anything to learn from its less punitive approach. Experts including association of Directors of Social Work president David Crawford and Sacro youth justice advisor Billy Nicol discuss alternatives to the Asbo.