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Social Work Sorted is the leading podcast for Newly Qualified Social Workers in the UK. Hosted and produced by Vicki Shevlin, a social worker, trainer, consultant and founder of The Social Work Collective Academy. This is a podcast for social workers and safeguarding professionals who care about skills, knowledge and practice. Fresh, relatable and realistic, Vicki brings her social work experience and unique training approach to bitesize episodes. Guest episodes feature critical conversations with experts from the sector. socialworksorted.com
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Signup to Generate a PitchSocial Work Sorted is the leading podcast for Newly Qualified Social Workers in the UK. Hosted and produced by Vicki Shevlin, a social worker, trainer, consultant and founder of The Social Work Collective Academy. This is a podcast for social workers and safeguarding professionals who care about skills, knowledge and practice.
Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin is hosted by Vicki Shevlin. The show has published 173 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "5 ways to simplify your Social Work practice" (23 October 2026, 26 minutes), "Independent social work is growing but are we talking about the ethics honestly?" (13 October 2026, 12 minutes), and "What Local Authorities Get Right for Social Workers (And Why It's Worth Protecting)" (4 September 2026, 33 minutes).
Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 32 minutes across 173 episodes.
Booking probability for Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin are Family & Social Services. Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin has a science audience and around 1,300 subscribers on YouTube.
Vicki Shevlin hosts Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin, a science podcast with 173 episodes published.
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Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin
It’s October, the season is changing, and I’m in full reset mode. In this episode I share five ways to simplify your practice and your working life: your workspace, your to-do list, your language, your focus and your...
Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin
Independent social work is on the rise, but we don’t talk about it honestly enough. In this episode I’m sharing what it actually means, how my own route into independence looked, and why I think the narrative around it...
Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin
I left local authority social work four years ago, not because I was burnt out, but because I couldn't keep building my training work alongside it. In this episode I push back on the glamorisation of independent social...
Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin
This week I've been watching the Lindsey Clancy trial, and I couldn't stop thinking about what it reveals about giving evidence, professional credibility, and how quickly a badly placed comma or a defensive answer can...
Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin
In this episode I'm joined by Trevor Elliott MBE, founder of Children We Care For and director of three residential children's homes in London, who became a foster carer at 24. Trevor is one of the most honest voices...
Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin
July was heavy. Court, honest feedback on my book, and the quiet weight of watching decisions unfold in family courts. In this honest, veryyyy unfiltered episode I talk through why August needs to be about joy, and four...
Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin
In this episode I'm joined by my friend and colleague Jo Schofield, Director of Immigration Social Work Services and one of the leading experts on age assessment in the UK. Jo has spent her career working with...
Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin
In this episode I'm back after a quieter month, off Instagram, in therapy, having acupuncture, and thinking about a lot of things. This one covers the personal and the professional in equal measure. I'm talking about...
Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin
<p>In this episode I'm joined by Sean Monaghan, founder of Safer Now, whose route into safeguarding practice started in a youth centre in North Birmingham and took him through community violence intervention...
Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin
<p>Home visits are the main site where social work happens. And yet they are barely mentioned in Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026 or any version of Working Together before it.</p><p>In this episode I'm...
Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin
<p>ACEs - adverse childhood experiences - is one of the most referenced phrases in social work and safeguarding. But how many of us have actually questioned whether we are using it correctly?</p><p>In this episode Vicki...
Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin
<p>In this episode I explore one of the most persistent and unhelpful narratives in social work; that there is a hierarchy of practice, and that unless you have done your time in child protection you have not done real...
Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin
<p>In this episode I'm talking about one of the most consistent findings across serious case reviews; the invisible child and giving you one practical thing you can take into your next home visit immediately. Inspired...
Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin
<p> In this episode, I'm reflecting on my own unexpected experience of having a record written about me, not as a social worker, but as a home educating parent. It's a small, almost comedic example, but it stayed with...
Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin
<p>In this episode, I’m joined by <b>Power 2 Prevail</b> to explore what it really means to work with young people, not just around them.</p><p>We talk about the power of youth work, how professional hierarchies can...
Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin
<p>Have your home visits started running to two hours… but nothing is actually changing?</p><p>In this bite-sized episode, I share a powerful reflection from inside The Social Work Collective Academy following a live...
Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin
<p>January doesn’t need to be a fresh start on the 1st and social work doesn’t get easier when we set ourselves (and families) impossible expectations.</p><p>In this episode, I’m sharing my phrase for the year - <b>one...
Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin
<p>This episode was unplanned but necessary.</p><p>After receiving my Spotify Wrapped for the podcast, I noticed something that stopped me in my tracks: many listeners of Social Work Sorted were also listening to...
Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin
<p>In this episode, I’m talking honestly about Christmas – both as a person and as a social worker. I share my own complicated relationship with the festive season, from hypervigilant childhood Decembers to slowly...
Social Work Sorted with Vicki Shevlin
<p> In this episode, I’m talking directly to Designated Safeguarding Leads about supervision – what it is, what it isn’t, and why you absolutely need it in your role.<br/> I share three key things every DSL needs to...
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