The Secure Start® Podcast
In the same way that a secure base is the springboard for the growth of the child, knowledge of past endeavours and lessons learnt are the springboard for growth in current and future endeavours.
If we do not revisit the lessons of the past we are doomed to relearning them over and over again, with the result that we may never really achieve a greater potential.
In keeping with the idea we are encouraged to be the person we wished we knew when we were starting out, it is my vision for the podcast that it is a place where those who work in child protection and out-of-home care can access what is/was already known, spring-boarding them to even greater insights.
Podcasting since 2025 • 28 episodes
The Secure Start® Podcast
Latest Episodes
#27 Why Clear Primary Tasks And Brave Authority Transform Children’s Homes, with Tom Ellison
The work gets easier when the purpose gets clearer. I sit down with social care consultant and leadership trainer Tom Ellison to unpack how a simple, jargon-free primary task can reshape children’s residential care. Tom traces his path from fro...
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Episode 27
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#26 How a Reflective, Respectful Approach Helped Families Choose Healthier Relationships, with Adriana Dias
Some projects change direction without losing their purpose—and that’s where real growth happens. I sit down with Portuguese clinical psychologist Adriana Dias to explore Ravira Volta, a pilot that helped girls in residential care and their bir...
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Episode 26
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#25 How supporting adults creates the safety children need to learn, belong, and heal, with Megan Corcoran
What if the most powerful lever for child healing sits with the adults who show up every day? I sat down with trauma-informed educator and Wagtail Institute founder Megan Corcoran to unpack how belonging transforms classrooms—and why staff well...
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Episode 25
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#24 Holding the Helpers, with Richard Cross
What if the most transformative thing we can do for children is to care for the carers first? That’s the provocative starting point for a wide-ranging conversation with psychotherapist and clinical leader Richard Cross, whose work brings attach...
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Episode 24
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1:15:10
#23 Thirty-Five Placements and Counting: Why Some Kids Need a Different Option, with Bruce Henderson
What if we've been looking at residential care all wrong? Professor Bruce Henderson, author of "Challenging the Conventional Wisdom About Residential Care for Children and Youth," presents a compelling case for rethinking our approach to caring...
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Episode 23
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