The Creative Life Story Work Podcast

Your regular dose of life story work inspiration. 

Every month we bring you life story work ideas, tools, and honest insights from a range of perspectives.

Stay connected to the latest thinking in life story work as we talk to people with lived experience, practitioners, local authorities, carers – and people who are shaping the way we help care-experienced children and young people make sense of their past, and build a brighter future.

Who is this podcast for?

  • Social work professionals
  • Foster carers
  • Social work students and lecturers
  • Independent practitioners
  • Adoptive parents
  • And anyone who works with care-experienced children and young people

Topics covered include:

  • Trauma, attachment and recovery
  • The ethics of life story work
  • Supporting refugee and asylum-seeking children
  • The impact of adverse children experiences

Listen to some of our most popular episodes

Developing a new approach to life story work

How was a new approach to life story work developed? Find out about our early partnerships with local authorities and how the model for Creative Life Story Work emerged.

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Evaluating the impact of life story work

How do we know that life story work is making a difference to the lives of children and young people? We discuss how to evaluate the impact of life story work.

Listen to the episode here.

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