Podcast Episodes

Dr Anna Harvey on fear, loneliness, and joy in social work

In this two-part episode of Messy Social Work, hosts Richard Devine and Tim Fisher speak with Dr Anna Harvey about the realities of child protection …

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Rich and Tim return to talk boundaries, creating space and big changes ahead

Rich and Tim are back in the studio of the Messy Social Work Podcast, shaking off the holiday cobwebs and diving straight into the age-old tradition …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Rich and Tim wrap up the year in conversation with Andrew Turnell

Rich and Tim are joined by Andrew Turnell to reflect on 2025.

Relational Activism: https://www.relationalactivism.com/

Rich's BASW Child Protection ses…

8 months, 1 week ago

Donald Forrester about Nanny McPhee, baseball bats and the heart of social work (rights?!)

In this episode of The Messy Social Work Podcast, we sit down with Professor Donald Forrester, researcher and social worker. 

 We talk about why he th…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Charlotte Clark (Child Protection Social Worker) about trust, power and relationships

Rich and Tim sit down with Charlotte Clark, a practising frontline child protection social worker, to explore what it means to build trust in context…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Anam Raja on the experiences of Black and Asian kinship carers

Full research and report found here

https://kinship.org.uk/our-work-and-impact/research/raised-by-relatives/

9 months ago

Rich and Tim ask each other surprising & difficult questions

Relational Activism: https://www.relationalactivism.com/

Rich's BASW Child Protection sessions: https://basw.co.uk/social-work-child-protection-profes…

9 months, 1 week ago

The Trauma Industrial Complex

This week on Messy Social Work, Rich and Tim take a deep dive into Darren McGarvey’s The Trauma Industrial Complex — a book that pulls no punches abo…

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Connecting Research: linking childhood maltreatment to later intimate partner violence victimization

In this Connecting Research episode, we speak to a lecturer and researcher at University College London, Dr Patrizia Pezzoli, about an article she co…

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Toni Mayo on Radical Social Work

In this episode, we have a returning guest: social worker and team manager Toni Mayo. 

Rich's BASW Child Protection sessions: https://basw.co.uk/socia…

9 months, 3 weeks ago