Safe Homes, Strong Futures
- No. of episodes
- 8
- Latest episode
- 2026-09-09
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An eight-episode podcast hosted by Mel James — founder and CEO of Social Care Solutions — and
co-hosted by award-winning journalist Amelia Oberhardt.
Mel draws on 25 years as a frontline social worker and 16 years leading child protection and safeguarding
practice across Australia and New Zealand to turn real case scenarios into honest, practical conversations
about what safeguarding actually looks like.
Built for real people, not just professionals. This podcast is for parents, carers and everyday community
members who want to protect the children in their lives but don't know where to start. Several episodes
feature guests with lived experience, including foster carers and a young person who has come through the
out-of-home care system.
Real conversations. Real research. Real steps you can actually use.
Because if it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a whole community to safeguard the next generation.