In this episode, Sarah and Lesley reflect upon and chat about Season 2 of The Portal Podcast. We consider some of the key threads that have run through each of the conversations and reflect on the key messages for practice. <a href="https://portalpodcastcouk.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/podcast-s2e6.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click here to access the transcript for this episode.</a> The music is called “Together We’re Stronger” by&nbsp;All Music Seven (All7 Studios)&nbsp;(<a href="https://soundcloud.com/all7studios" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">you can listen to their music here</a>). Production and editing by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.paperghosts.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paperghosts</a>. The Portal Podcast is funded by the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sunderland.ac.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">University of Sunderland</a>.

Key messages for practice from season 2 of The Portal Podcast

A conversation with Sarah Lonbay and Carole Southall

In this episode, Dr Sarah Lonbay (University of Sunderland) swapped roles to become a guest on the podcast and Dr Angie Wilcock stepped in, to co-host with Lesley. The episode explores research that was undertaken by Sarah and Dr Carole Southall (Northumbria University) in relation to domestic abuse in the older population. The podcast discussion explores some of the complexities of abuse in later life, as well as key messages for social workers.&nbsp;&nbsp; To view a transcript for this episode, please go to the podcast website: <a href="https://portalpodcast.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://portalpodcast.org/</a> Within the episode, reference is made to the following:&nbsp; <ul><li>A paper published by Sarah and Carole about this research on domestic abuse and older people, titled&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13691457.2023.2219413" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘Identifying and responding to domestic abuse in the older population: key challenges and complexities’</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Another paper published by Sarah and Carole which explored&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13691457.2019.1633624" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘Social workers’ of the liminal space between personalisation policy and practice’</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/23/contents/enacted" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Care Act 2014</a>.&nbsp;</li><li>Some published research which explored the changing nature of domestic abuse across the life course: Band-Winterstein, T., &amp; Eisikovits, Z. (2009). ‘Aging out’ of violence: The multiple faces of intimate violence over the life span.&nbsp;Qualitative Health Research,&nbsp;19(2), 164–180.&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732308329305" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732308329305</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>A film&nbsp;<a href="https://www.madebymortals.org/behind-the-scenes-of-short-film-eggshells/#:~:text=This%20insight%20inspired%20the%20basis,a%20home%20in%20Greater%20Manchester." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">titled</a>&nbsp;‘Eggshells’ which was produced by Made by Mortals: Behind the scenes of short film ‘Eggshells’. You can find the film on Youtube:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlHxhmOsrHo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eggshells</a>.&nbsp;</li></ul> The music is called “Together We’re Stronger” by&nbsp;All Music Seven (All7 Studios)&nbsp;(<a href="https://soundcloud.com/all7studios" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">you can listen to their music on SoundCloud</a>). Production and editing by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.paperghosts.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paperghosts</a>. The Portal Podcast is funded by the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sunderland.ac.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">University of Sunderland</a>.

Domestic abuse and older people

A conversation with Carrie Phillips and Louise Harvey-Golding

In this episode, Sarah and Lesley speak with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sunderland.ac.uk/about/staff/public-allied-health/louiseharvey-golding/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr Louise Harvey-Golding</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sunderland.ac.uk/about/staff/social-sciences/carriephillips/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Carrie Phillips</a>&nbsp;(both University of Sunderland) about their research exploring the experiences of Eastern European women. Whilst the research did not set out to explore domestic abuse, it came up as an important area of concern, particularly in relation to a lack of access to services for Eastern European women. In this episode, Louise and Carrie talk to us about their research findings and recommendations for practice.&nbsp; <a href="https://portalpodcastcouk.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/podcast-s2e4.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click here to access the transcript for this episode.</a> You can read more about their overall work via their two research reports. You can access part one here:&nbsp;<a href="https://icos.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/UOS-ICOS-Interim-Report-Survey-Findings-Final-Draft.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘A survey for Eastern European women’</a>&nbsp;and part two here: ‘An exploration of discrimination experienced by Eastern European Women’: <a href="https://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/14580/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/14580/</a> In the episode they also make reference to their project partners, ICOS, which stands for&nbsp;<a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiQoZOu5Y6CAxUu_7sIHWXUB2sQFnoECA8QAQ&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Ficos.org.uk%2F&amp;usg=AOvVaw1i8avlTueI1NegJ3ro-FSG&amp;opi=89978449" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">International Community Organisation of Sunderland.</a>&nbsp; The music is called “Together We’re Stronger” by&nbsp;All Music Seven (All7 Studios)&nbsp;(<a href="https://soundcloud.com/all7studios" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">you can listen to their music here</a>). Production and editing by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.paperghosts.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paperghosts</a>. The Portal Podcast is funded by the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sunderland.ac.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">University of Sunderland</a>.

Domestic abuse and Eastern European women

A conversation with Angie Wilcock

In this episode, Lesley and Sarah speak with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sunderland.ac.uk/about/staff/social-sciences/angelawilcock/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr. Angie Wilcock</a>&nbsp;(University of Sunderland) about two areas of research. The first was about help seeking in response to domestic abuse. The second area was about the experiences of Thai women living in the UK in relation to domestic abuse.&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://portalpodcastcouk.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/podcast-s2e3.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click here to access the transcript for this episode.</a> Within the conversation, Angie makes reference to a number of writers, as noted below.&nbsp; <ul><li><a href="https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/liz-stanley" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Professor Liz Stanley</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/sociology/people/sue-wise" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Professor Sue Wises’s</a>&nbsp;work, particularly in relation to consciousness raising.&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/academic-staff/business-and-law/martyn-denscombe/martyn-denscombe.aspx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Professor Martin Denscombe’s</a>&nbsp;work on research practice.&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://sites.ualberta.ca/~iiqm/backissues/6_2/blakely.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kristin Blakely’s work</a>&nbsp;on the role of emotion in feminist research.&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://www.girlguiding.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Girl Guiding</a>&nbsp;and their work on safeguarding and domestic abuse.&nbsp;</li></ul> The music is called “Together We’re Stronger” by&nbsp;All Music Seven (All7 Studios)&nbsp;(<a href="https://soundcloud.com/all7studios" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">you can listen to their music here</a>). Production and editing by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.paperghosts.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paperghosts</a>. The Portal Podcast is funded by the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sunderland.ac.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">University of Sunderland</a>.

Domestic abuse, help seeking, and the experiences of Thai women living in the UK

A conversation with Sarah Martin-Denham 

In this episode, Sarah and Lesley speak to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sunderland.ac.uk/about/staff/teacher-training-and-education/sarahdenham/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr Sarah Martin-Denham</a>&nbsp;(University of Sunderland) about her research on domestic abuse. The conversation covers emotionality&nbsp;and safe practice in research and practice, stigma and labels, support and education. Sarah’s work explored services for male perpetrators of domestic abuse, as well as services for women who had been victims/survivors of domestic abuse and uncovers some important messages for social workers which are discussed in the podcast episode.&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://portalpodcastcouk.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/podcast-s2e2.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click here to access the transcript for this episode.</a> The music is called “Together We’re Stronger” by&nbsp;All Music Seven (All7 Studios)&nbsp;(<a href="https://soundcloud.com/all7studios" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">you can listen to their music here</a>). Production and editing by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.paperghosts.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paperghosts</a>. The Portal Podcast is funded by the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sunderland.ac.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">University of Sunderland</a>.

Domestic abuse services for men, women, and children

A conversation with Paula McCormack and Darren McGee from Wallsend Children’s Community  and Emma Aggar from University of Sunderland 

In this episode, Sarah and Lesley speak with Paula McCormack and Darren McGee from the Wallsend Children’s Community and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sunderland.ac.uk/about/staff/social-sciences/emmaaggar/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emma Aggar from University of Sunderland</a>&nbsp;about the work of the Children’s Community and findings from a recent project which uncovered financial consequences of domestic abuse.&nbsp;In this conversation, Paula, Darren and Emma spoke to us about some research they did to explore the Wallsend Children’s Community’s Emergency Response Grants. Within this work, domestic abuse emerged as a key theme in the data and this is the focus of the podcast episode. You can read more about the overall work in this report:&nbsp;<a href="https://wallsendchildrenscommunity.wordpress.com/2023/01/18/an-exploration-of-the-wallsend-childrens-communitys-emergency-response-grant-as-an-emerging-necessity/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘An exploration of the Wallsend Children’s Community’s Emergency Response Grant as an Emerging Necessity’.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://portalpodcastcouk.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/podcast-s2e1.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click here to access the transcript for this episode</a> The Wallsend Children’s Community believes that to improve outcomes for children and young people living in the area, it needs to be able to provide them with the same offer as those in more advantaged areas. You can find out more here:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.childrenscommunitynetwork.org.uk/our-communities/wallsend" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wallsend Children’s Community</a>.&nbsp; The music is called “Together We’re Stronger” by&nbsp;All Music Seven (All7 Studios)&nbsp;(<a href="https://soundcloud.com/all7studios" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">you can listen to their music here</a>). Production and editing by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.paperghosts.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paperghosts</a>. The Portal Podcast is funded by the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sunderland.ac.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">University of Sunderland</a>.

Financial consequences of domestic abuse

In this episode, Sarah and Lesley introduce the new series of The Portal Podcast. In this series we have focused on domestic abuse and in each episode we speak to a different researcher about their work on domestic abuse and what social workers can learn from their research to inform their practice. <a href="https://portalpodcastcouk.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/podcast-s2e0.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click here to access the transcript for the introductory episode</a> The music is called “Together We’re Stronger” by&nbsp;All Music Seven (All7 Studios)&nbsp;(<a href="https://soundcloud.com/all7studios" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">you can listen to their music here</a>). Production and editing by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.paperghosts.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paperghosts</a>. The Portal Podcast is funded by the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sunderland.ac.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">University of Sunderland</a>.

Introduction to season 2 of The Portal Podcast

In this second season of The Portal Podcast, we have a range of guests joining us to talk about domestic abuse. The nature of this topic means that we cover content that some listeners may find distressing. Lesley and I discuss this within the audio below. <a href="https://portalpodcastcouk.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/podcast-s2-sensitivity.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click here to access a transcript of this episode</a>. If you are affected by any of the issues discussed within this podcast series you can access help and support from a range of services available across the UK. These include: <ul><li><a href="https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">National Domestic Abuse Helpline:</a>&nbsp;24/7 service: 0808 2000 247</li><li><a href="http://www.refuge.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Refuge:</a>&nbsp;provides specialist services to survivors of domestic abuse</li><li><a href="https://www.womensaid.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Women’s Aid:</a>&nbsp;domestic abuse support for women and children</li><li><a href="http://www.mensadviceline.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Men’s Advice Line:</a>&nbsp;domestic abuse support helpline for men: 0808 8010327</li><li><a href="http://rapecrisis.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rape Crisis:</a>&nbsp;support after sexual violence</li><li><a href="https://www.nspcc.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NSPCC:</a>&nbsp;helping to rebuild children’s lives and support families</li><li><a href="https://galop.org.uk/types-of-abuse/domestic-abuse/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Galop:</a>&nbsp;support for LGBT+ people who have experienced abuse and violence</li><li><a href="http://ikwro.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation (IKWRO):</a>&nbsp;support for victims of forced marriage, ‘honour’-based abuse and FGM</li><li><a href="http://www.southallblacksisters.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Southall Black Sisters:</a>&nbsp;support for Black and minoritised women and children experiencing abuse</li><li><a href="http://www.karmanirvana.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Karma Nirvana:</a>&nbsp;support for ‘honour’-based abuse and forced marriage: 0800 5999 247</li><li><a href="http://forwarduk.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Forward:</a>&nbsp;African women-led organisation working to end violence against women and girls</li><li><a href="http://paladinservice.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paladin:</a>&nbsp;support for victims of stalking in England and Wales</li><li><a href="https://signhealth.org.uk/with-deaf-people/domestic-abuse/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SignHealth:</a>&nbsp;provide a specialist domestic abuse support service for Deaf adults and children</li><li><a href="http://respect.uk.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Respect</a>: working with domestic violence perpetrators, male victims and young people</li></ul>

Important information about season 2 - please listen

In this episode Sarah and Lesley reflect upon and chat about the episodes from this first series of the Portal Podcast. We consider some of the key threads that have run through each of the conversations and reflect on the key messages for practice. <a href="https://portalpodcastcouk.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/podcast-s1e7.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click here to access the transcript for this episode.</a> The music is called “Together We’re Stronger” by All Music Seven (All7 Studios) (<a href="https://soundcloud.com/all7studios" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">you can listen to their music here</a>).&nbsp;Production and editing by&nbsp;<a href="http://paperghosts.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PaperGhosts</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Portal Podcast is funded by the University of Sunderland.&nbsp;<h4> </h4><h4> </h4>

Key message for practice from season 1 of The Portal Podcast

When working in frontline practice having the time for, and access to, current research can be difficult. Every week, join Dr Sarah Lonbay and Dr Lesley Deacon as they interview researchers about how their work can be used to inform and develop social work practice. The show is for anyone who is interested in social work and for anyone who wants to keep up to date with the latest research and use this to inform their practice. The Portal Podcast explores the work of a different social sciences researcher in each episode and aims to support people to access, understand, and make use of research.&nbsp; Find out more here: https://portalpodcast.org

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