The criminal justice system is complex and can be a difficult thing for the public to understand if they have not had first-hand experience of it. Therefore, it is understandable that the role of social work practice in the justice sector is similarly not well understood. 

This week’s podcast sees host Dr Wendy Austin MBE, sit down with two social workers who practice in the justice sector. Guests Robyn McVeigh, a Probation Officer with the Probation Board for Northern Ireland Ashley Galloway, a Floating Support Social Worker with criminal justice agency Extern, talk through their experience working in what is a complex and life changing area of social work practice, where their day to day work and the work of their colleagues can change an individual or a family’s life trajectory for the better.