The Social Work Lens
The Social Work Lens is a podcast originally created for Vermont’s child welfare caregivers & professionals. However, we’ve grown and spread. Now our audience is made up of people from all walks of life, living all over the world! Join Cassie Gillespie & the Training Specialists at the University of Vermont’s Child Welfare Training Partnership (VT-CWTP) as they bring you interviews with local, national & international experts on social work subjects & transformative cultural change.
Featured Episode: Why Feeling Connected to Your Colleagues Matters
In this episode Cassie & Pete welcome Mike Cull and his colleague Elizabeth Riley to talk about Why Feeling Connected to your Colleagues Matters. Mike and Elizabeth help us explore the connection between psychological safety and workplace connectedness, talk to us about professional intimacy, and help us strategize how to use these concepts in the workplace.
Featured Episode: The Team as a Secure Base with Dr. Laura Biggart
Join Cassie as she talks with Dr. Laura Biggart about The Team as Secure Base Model. The Team as a Secure Base model is used in foster care, adoption, residential care and schools; and draws from social workers’ experiences and their articulation of what helps create trust as a foundation for effective team working. The model also has uses in any workplace where people come together in teams!