Kids & Family

The Adoption and Fostering Podcast

by Al Coates & Scott Casson-Rennie

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Conversations - Social Work Professor Adam McCormack from Austin, Texas

October 17, 2026 · 40 min

Hello and welcome to conversations from the AandF podcast. This is a slightly different episode I speak to Professor of Social Work Adam McCormick from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas. We chat about Social work, social…
Kinship Week 2026 - Michelle Hall Kinship Carer, Researcher and Trainer.

October 10, 2026 · 50 min

We asked Michelle back on to give us a 'state of the nation' report on Kinship care. The Government are developing and moving policy in this area and it's seen changes and promises of change but how is it really for kinship carers and what…
Better Me Better Us Episode 41 - Artificial Intelligence

October 6, 2026 · 30 min

This month we explore A.I. : the benefits, the pitfalls, and its role in social work assessments and recordings. Children who have experienced trauma heal through safe, attuned relationships, and no tool can replace human connection. We…
Conversations - Adoptive Parent Della

October 2, 2026 · 57 min

Hello and welcome to conversations from the AandF podcast. In this episode I speak to Adoptive parent and foster carer Della, she is Canadian and in this episode she shares her experience of adoption and more specifically of challenges…
Episode 233 - Life story work, Siblings, Dennis Duckling and Paul Sambrooks

September 26, 2026 · 52 min

Hello and welcome to the A&F podcast, in this episode we speak to Paul Sambrooks a retired CAFCASS social worker and the author. Paul shares his passion for communicating and supporting adopted, fostered and kinship children to understand…

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Conversations - Lee Tempest VisAble NZ

September 19, 2026 · 37 min

Hello and welcome to conversations from the AandF podcast. In this episode I speak to Lee Tempest, she works for VisAble based in New Zealand and works to support parents and families living with violence from their children. Lee is a…
Episode 232 - FASD awareness with PhD researcher Susie Richardson

September 12, 2026 · 45 min

Hello and welcome to the A&F podcast, we recorded this on the 9th September, FASD awareness day. We speak to Susie Richardson, who is research FASD in the prison population. Susie has a broad range of experience and from running prisons…
Better Me Better Us Episode 40 - Advocacy

September 8, 2026 · 28 min

Hello, this month we're talking about advocacy - what it means, how our sense of safety shapes our ability to speak up, and the ripple effect that comes from using our voice. This episode looks at that through the lens of back to school…
Episode 231 - Social worker questions, assessment and Tramadol ramblings

August 29, 2026 · 56 min

Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the AandF podcast. In this episode we rage across a couple of matters that impact on many families, power dynamics with social workers. After a Tramadol start and Scott's good news we get…
Conversations - Author Fran Hill talks Fostering

August 22, 2026 · 29 min

Hello and welcome to Conversations from the A&F podcast In this episode I speak author Fran Hill, we spoke in 2023 about her first novel ‘Cuckoo in the Nest’ and in this interview we chat about her follow up novel ‘Home Bird’. Fran…
Conversations - Simone Harch talks adopter wellbeing.

August 18, 2026 · 35 min

Hello and welcome to the A&F podcast In this episode I speak to Psychotherapist, NVR practitioner and Adoptive parent Simone Harch. Simone shares a little of her journey but the focus of this conversation is about mental health and the…
Episode 230 - #CPV, Challenges and Relationships

August 15, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

Hello and welcome to the AandF podcast. In this episode we unpack how caring for and parenting children with complex, challenging and aggressive behaviour can impact on relationships between parents and carers. It's a thorny issue, the…