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From Chaos To Calm: Routines, Relationships, And Real Change In Residential Care, Tom Ellison
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in Developmental Trauma | The Secure Start Podcast, Foster Care & OOHC | The Secure Start Podcast, Human Capital & Workforce | The Secure Start Podcast, Leadership in Children’s Services | The Secure Start Podcast, Reflective Practice | The Secure Start Podcast, Residential Child Care | The Secure Start Podcast, Social Care Management | The Secure Start Podcast, Supervision in Social Care | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma Informed Management | The Secure Start PodcastFrom Chaos To Calm: Routines, Relationships, And Real Change In Residential Care Quality residential care for children who have experienced trauma starts long before any therapy session. It lives in the culture of the home, the clarity of purpose, and the daily rhythm that makes life predictable enough for healing to begin. Experienced organisations describe…
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What If Behaviour Is Just Armour For Hurt? Vicki McKeown
What If Behaviour Is Just Armour For Hurt? Shame sits at the heart of so many behaviours we worry about, yet most systems still respond to the surface and miss the story underneath. This conversation turns a clear eye to shame as part of the attachment system, showing how fear of rejection ignites protective strategies…
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Making the conscious unconscious, with Peter Blake
Making the conscious unconscious Children rarely tell us what hurts in plain words; they show us through behaviour, play, and the rhythms of relationship. This episode explores how to meet that communication with containment, curiosity, and care. Rather than rushing to fix behaviour, we look for the meaning beneath it—what the child felt, feared, or…
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What if Child Safeguarding Began with Love? A Podcast Interview with Carla Keyte
What if Child Safeguarding Began with Love? What if the most powerful safeguarding tool isn’t another form, but a steady adult who shows up with love? That’s the heart of my conversation with Carla Keyte, founder of Lighthouse and a leading voice in UK residential care, as we unpack how safe, stable, loving homes are…
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Care Leaver To Care Leader – A podcast interview with Surja (Udayan Care Alumni)
Care Leaver To Care Leader I am very pleased to release the final episode of The Secure Start Podcast for 2025, with Surja – an Alumni of Udayan Care, and so much more. The heart of this conversation is simple and radical: lived experience should lead. We trace Surja’s journey from a village in Uttar…
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It takes a network, not a superhero – A Podcast Interview with Emeritus Professor Robbie Gilligan
It takes a network, not a superhero What if lasting change for young people in care comes not from a single attachment, but from a web of “many good adults” who open doors to the wider world? We sit down with Emeritus Professor Robbie Gilligan to trace how schools, mentors, hobbies, and work links create…
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Truth First: Caring Beyond The System – A Podcast interview with Louise Allen
Louise Allen shares powerful insights into care leaver voice, identity, belonging and systemic reform. We discuss trauma, hope, and what genuinely improves outcomes for young people after care. Authentic, challenging and full of lived-experience wisdom.
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Relearning Trust Through Relationships – A Podcast Interview with John Turberville
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in Care-Experienced Voices | The Secure Start Podcast, Developmental Trauma | The Secure Start Podcast, Family Preservation & Reunification | The Secure Start Podcast, Foster Care & OOHC | The Secure Start Podcast, Leadership in Children’s Services | The Secure Start Podcast, Residential Child Care | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma Informed Care | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma-Informed Schools | The Secure Start PodcastJoin John Turberville as we unpack residential childcare reform, trauma-informed leadership, the role of culture, and what truly supports children to heal and flourish in out-of-home care. Insightful, honest, and deeply relevant for carers, educators and leaders.
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Healing from Trauma – A podcast interview with Dr Hayley Lugassy
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in Child Protection Services | The Secure Start Podcast, Developmental Trauma | The Secure Start Podcast, Human Capital & Workforce | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma Informed Care | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma Informed Practice | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma-Informed Schools | The Secure Start PodcastFrom Trauma to Hope I really enjoyed recording this podcast with Dr Hayley Lugassy. Here are some thoughts related to our discussion. Recovery after trauma is not a straight line; it is a careful blend of honest reflection, steady support, and practical boundaries that make change feel safe. This conversation traces a lived journey from…
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Preventing child abuse and neglect – A podcast interview with Professor Julie Taylor
What If Child Protection Started Before Harm Happened: How Eliminating Poverty Could Cut Child Abuse And Why Systems Must Change Child maltreatment leaves deep marks on individuals and communities, yet much of our response still happens after harm occurs. This conversation reframes the issue as a public health challenge and asks what it would mean…