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In this episode, Michael McEwan speaks to Gordon Dougall, Artistic Director of Limelight Music. Limelight is a Scottish Equalities professional music training and production company that delivers high-quality inclusive music projects across Scotland and Europe.

In this episode, Michael McEwan speaks to Gordon Dougall, Artistic Director of Limelight Music. Limelight is a Scottish Equalities professional music training and production company that delivers high-quality inclusive music projects across Scotland and Europe.

This is the third of three episodes in a seminar series entitled, 'Critical perspectives on child protection'. In this seminar, Janice McGhee and Professor Lorraine Waterhouse, explore the research landscape in child protection drawing on the work of academics from different research backgrounds both disciplinary and place. The work of the United Nations provides a global account of the reality of violence towards children around the world. Traditional forms of research in the UK will be considered and the potential contribution of advancing technologies will be discussed. Three opportunities to realise the potential of routinely-collected administrative data for child protection research are considered: first, the potential for predictive risk modelling; second, for spatial analysis; and third for a public health approach using population level data.

This is the second of three episodes in a seminar series entitled, 'Critical perspectives on child protection'. In this seminar, Professor Viviene Cree and Dr Morrison share findings from the Talking and Listening to Children (TLC) research. This is a UK-wide study on social workers’ communication with children. Funded by the ESRC, the research took place between 2013 and 2016. It began with the realisation that social workers have often been criticised in child abuse inquiries for not taking enough account of children’s views and for sometimes failing even to see children. Using ethnography and video stimulated recall, the research makes a new contribution to knowledge on ‘real time’ social work practice. The seminar focuses on the ethnographic phase of the research and explores the key findings that emerged.

Social pedagogy is an approach to working with people which focuses on relationships as a way to help people to learn and develop. It is widely used in Europe but is still in its infancy in the UK. In Scotland there is a small but growing group of organisations that are using social pedagogy, but this is predominantly with children and young people. In 2014, Camphill Scotland received funding from Scottish Government through the Keys to Life strategy on learning disability to pilot the use of social pedagogy with adults with learning disabilities. Camphill has become one of the first organisations to work in this way with adults. In this episode we hear stories from three staff at Camphill who completed social pedagogy training and are now using it in their practice. Participants include Robina Alford – House Leader, Camphill Blair Drummond; Istvan Tanko – House Leader, Camphill Blair Drummond; Alex Gavin – Support Worker, Camphill Blair Drummond; Sandra Sabiston – Assistant Director, Camphill Blair Drummond; and Kirsten Hogg – Co-Director, Camphill Scotland.

Michael McEwan speaks to Sheryl Walker, PR and Marketing Co-ordinator for C-Change, about the goals and objectives of C-Change and the work that it does. This year, C-Change is celebrating its 15th birthday, and we hear about some of the associated events that are being organised.

This is the third of three episodes in a seminar series entitled, 'Critical perspectives on child protection'. In this seminar, Janice McGhee and Professor Lorraine Waterhouse, explore the research landscape in child protection drawing on the work of academics from different research backgrounds both disciplinary and place. The work of the United Nations provides a global account of the reality of violence towards children around the world. Traditional forms of research in the UK will be considered and the potential contribution of advancing technologies will be discussed. Three opportunities to realise the potential of routinely-collected administrative data for child protection research are considered: first, the potential for predictive risk modelling; second, for spatial analysis; and third for a public health approach using population level data.

This is the second of three episodes in a seminar series entitled, 'Critical perspectives on child protection'. In this seminar, Professor Cree and Dr Morrison share findings from the Talking and Listening to Children (TLC) research. This is a UK-wide study on social workers’ communication with children. Funded by the ESRC, the research took place between 2013 and 2016. It began with the realisation that social workers have often been criticised in child abuse inquiries for not taking enough account of children’s views and for sometimes failing even to see children. Using ethnography and video stimulated recall, the research makes a new contribution to knowledge on ‘real time’ social work practice. The seminar focuses on the ethnographic phase of the research and explores the key findings that emerged.

This is the first of three episodes in a seminar series entitled, 'Critical perspectives on child protection'. In this seminar, Professor Marie Connolly, shares her experiences of child welfare reform efforts in Australia and New Zealand. Situating these reforms within a broader frame of political change across the public sector, she discusses the ways in which reform occurs within a dynamic and quickly changing environment. She explores what she considers are important elements supporting successful reform, including building knowledge frameworks that are accessible to practitioners, creating service pathways that are more responsive to the needs of children and families, developing a child-centred organisational culture, and nurturing organisational leadership around a coherent vision.

In this episode, Michael McEwan speaks to Sheryl Walker, PR and Marketing Co-ordinator for C-Change, about the goals and objectives of C-Change and the work that it does. This year, C-Change is celebrating its 15th birthday, and we hear about some of the associated events that are being organised.

Social pedagogy is an approach to working with people which focuses on relationships as a way to help people to learn and develop. It is widely used in Europe but is still in its infancy in the UK. In Scotland there is a small but growing group of organisations that are using social pedagogy, but this is predominantly with children and young people. In 2014, Camphill Scotland received funding from Scottish Government through the Keys to Life strategy on learning disability to pilot the use of social pedagogy with adults with learning disabilities. Camphill has become one of the first organisations to work in this way with adults. In this episode we hear stories from three staff at Camphill who completed social pedagogy training and are now using it in their practice. Participants include Robina Alford – House Leader, Camphill Blair Drummond; Istvan Tanko – House Leader, Camphill Blair Drummond; Alex Gavin – Support Worker, Camphill Blair Drummond; Sandra Sabiston – Assistant Director, Camphill Blair Drummond; and Kirsten Hogg – Co-Director, Camphill Scotland.

Michael McEwan speaks to Lauren May, Network Manager for Glasgow about Neighbourhood Networks and the services it provides.

Michael McEwan of Able Radio speaks to Pauline Vance, Development Worker at Acumen, about its supports and services. Music: Something Elated by Broke For Free, licensed under a Creative Commons-BY license United States (CC BY 3.0)

Learning Disability Week will be held from 16-20 May 2016. Michael McEwan of Able Radio speaks to Linda Mitchell, Learning and Development Manager at Scottish Commission for Learning Disability, about the theme for this year and associated activities happening in Scotland. Music: Something Elated by Broke For Free, licensed under a Creative Commons-BY license United States (CC BY 3.0)

According to Delia Henry, Director at Action on Hearing Loss Scotland, hearing loss and deafness don't often get highly profiled in Scottish society. In this episode, Michael McEwan speaks to Delia about Action on Hearing Loss - its history, who it works with, and the services it provides. Music: Something Elated by Broke For Free, licensed under a Creative Commons-BY license United States (CC BY 3.0)