The P Pod
Welcome to the Partnership Podcast - The P Pod, from the Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership! Meet the agencies who will help you to support children, young people and their families across Somerset. Explore local and national learning and how to improve your safeguarding practice. If you would like to take part in a future podcast or have any questions or comments arising from any episodes we'd love you to contact us at theppod@somerset.gov.uk www.somersetsafeguardingchildren.org.uk
Episodes
42 episodes
An Overview of the National Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel Annual Report 2023-24 with Sally Shearer OBE
We're so pleased to be joined back in the studio today by Sally Shearer from the National Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel to provide an overview of the latest Annual Report findings, based on 330 reviews that have taken place nationall...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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50:12
Supporting New Fathers
In todays episode we continue from our previous 2 Part episode on Engaging with Fathers to look at an initiative to provide new fathers with support and advice for their physical and mental health pre and post birth.We speak with Dr. Jo Nic...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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31:09
Safeguarding and Responding to Child Sexual Abuse (CSA)
In todays episode we're joined by Dr. Anna Riddell, Consultant Paediatrician and Sexual Offences Examiner about the importance of recognising the prevalence and impact of Child Sexual Abuse and more crucially how victims are supported once a di...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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53:32
Engaging Better with Fathers (Part 2)
In todays episode we continue our conversations with Dr. Jeremy Davies from The Fatherhood Institute, as well as colleagues from Public Health Nursing and Children Social Care to talk about the work they're undertaking to improve father engagem...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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58:19
Engaging Better with Fathers (Part 1)
Todays episode has been in the works for some time and we've been lucky enough to be able to do a deep dive into the topic of how services can better engage with fathers and male carers.This is an area that's been highlighted in countless c...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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42:47
SSCP Business Unit Christmas Special!
Join Steve and the rest of the SSCP Business unit as we wrap up some of the Partnership activity that's been taking place throughout 2024, as well as the work individual members of the SSCP Business Unit have been up to - as well as a chance to...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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58:34
Safeguarding Children Online (Part 2)
We continue our conversation today with Detective Sargent Harvey Ahern from the Avon & Somerset Police's Internet Child Abuse Team (ICAT)In this episode we focus on some of the challenges facing the work of the team, including tackl...
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Season 2
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46:16
Safeguarding Children Online (Part 1)
This week we talk with Detective Sgt. Harvey Ahern from Avon & Somersets Internet Child Abuse Team (ICAT) about the work that he and his team undertake to safeguard and protect children online, as well as how they respond to suspected or kn...
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48:07
Family Group Conferences
Ever heard of Family Group Conferences but not sure what they are or how they work?Tracey Seager and Lisa Taylor from Somerset's Family Group Conference service join us today to talk about the amazing work that they and their team do to wor...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:03:15
Preventing Exploitation Through a Trauma Informed Approach
Today we speak with Jo Burt and Alyssa Belcher from Somerset Council's Preventing Exploitation Team who join us at The P Pod to talk about the work they do to support children, young people and parents where there are concerns of exploitation a...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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45:07
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Resolving Professional Differences
In todays episode I speak with two of my colleagues from the SSCP Business Unit, Jasmine Wark, Business Unit Manager, and Nicole Wooldridge, Project Support Officer where we discuss Resolving Professional Differences (RPD's) - in other words, w...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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42:22
Trauma Informed Practice Special - Dr. Karen Treisman
Today we're lucky enough to speak with one of the countries leading experts on Trauma Informed Practice, Dr. Karen Treisman MBE, Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist.I first met Karen earlier this year where we were both keynote spea...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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51:36
Using Motivational Interviewing to Support Families (Pt.6) - Doing MI vs Being MI
In todays episode we're pleased to welcome back Jackie Webb, our Motivational Interviewing trainer where today we talk about the difference between 'Doing MI' and 'Being MI', or simply put, how to learn and really embed it into practice.
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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53:11
Information Sharing Update Special
In todays special episode we speak with Gill Bawler, Service Manager for Partnership Transformation to inform you of all of the key updates that have recently been published in the update to
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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34:59
Helping Parents Cope with Crying - ICON
Being a parent is tough, especially when you have a baby who won't stop crying.Sadly over the last few years we've seen a huge rise in harm caused to young babies, so today we're joined by Father CoOrdinator with Dad Matters, Charlie Hu...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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37:57
Supporting Vicarious Trauma in the Police
In todays episode we speak with Mark Jackson, TRiM (Trauma Risk Management) Co-Ordinator for the Avon & Somerset Police who talks to us about the work he undertakes to support officers and wider police staff when they may have experienced t...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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49:13
Supporting Victims of Sexual Abuse - Special Extended Episode
In today's episode we hear first hand the devastating impact that abuse has on children and young people when we speak to a survivor of sexual abuse, who joins us to share her story to help us to learn how we can best support victims at the mos...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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1:24:16
The Family Front Door
Today we're joined at the P Pod by our colleagues Lisa Hucker and Philippa Small from the Family Front Door, who are the front door for children's services in Somerset.In today's episode we talk about the role the front door plays in en...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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44:35
Trauma Informed Practice Special
Today sees the launch of the Somerset Trauma Informed Network so we've put together this special episode to introduce it to you and to find out what Trauma Informed Practice is, what it means for you, and how it can help the support offered to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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35:07
Using Motivational Interviewing to Support Families (Pt.5) - Having Difficult Conversations
In today's episode I'm pleased to be joined again by MI Trainer, Jackie Webb and Consultant Social Worker Sharron Ricketts to continue our conversation about how MI can be used to support families and safeguard children.In previous epis...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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48:03
Spiritual and Ritual Abuse, Including Accusations of Witchcraft
In todays episode we're joined by a real expert in his field, Jordan Alexander, CEO of Prism Training and Chair of the National Working Group of Abuse Linked to Faith or Belief.This is an area that many may have heard of, but few of us ...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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52:00
Understanding the role of the LADO
In todays episode we speak with Anthony Goble, one of the Local Authority Designated Officers (LADO's) for Somerset, about the role of the LADO and their role in safeguarding children and supporting the process when an allegation is made agains...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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1:00:41
Tackling Child Exploitation
In todays episode I speak with Chloe Deverell, Team Manager for Child Exploitation within Children Social Care about her experience of working in this field and the importance of everyone working together to safeguard and respond to concerns re...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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46:26
Using Motivational Interviewing to Support Families (Pt.4) - MI in Practice
Today we bring you a special episode where Jackie Webb, MI Trainer and Consultant Social Worker Sharron Ricketts have agreed to join us to hold a live Motivational Interviewing conversation to demonstrate how MI can actually work in practice.
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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49:48
Gaining the Voices of Children & Young People
In this episode we talk to Fiona Phur, Participation and Partnerships Business Manager, Paul Mitchell, Senior Partnership Engagement Officer and Gaby Sorgente, SEND Young People's Champion about how and why Children & Young People influence...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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33:45