Family and Community

View a range of Family & Community focused research articles and reports from Wales and across the UK for those who wish to develop their knowledge further. This section includes relevant reviews of policy and practice to measure success and areas for improvement. Please note that copyright prevents us hosting some published journal articles and therefore these are provided as links to external websites and may require payment or access arrangement to view.

  • State of the Nation 2024 to 2025 Report

    This report gives an evidence-based overview of how social care is performing across Wales at a time of growing demand, ongoing pressure and major changes.
  • Labour Market, Living Standards & Poverty Trends in Wales

    The Welsh Government wants to help more people get into work and increase their earnings through its Plan for Employability and Skills. It also aims to reduce inequalities in employment and pay and tackle child poverty. To read more about this and Welsh Government’s strategy for reducing child poverty- read the report
  • Education Welfare Services: Thematic Report

    This report looks at how well Education Welfare Services (EWSs) support schools, PRUs, and parents and carers to tackle persistent absence from school.

  • State of Child Health

    Children’s health is getting worse. Across the UK, progress has stalled or gone backwards on many key measures, with children in deprived areas and ethnic minority communities often affected most.
  • Human Rights of Children

    Out of more than 12 million children living in England, around 400,000 are in the social care system at any one time. Out of these, nearly 84,000 children in England are in care, being looked after by local authorities.
  • Review of Early Deaths of Care Leavers

    This report describes the findings from an analysis of young people, ages 18 to 24, who had previously been in care and who suffered early deaths.
  • Evaluation of Adoption England’s Grants Programme

    Adoption England commissioned an evaluation partnership between the University of East Anglia and IPC to examine the implementation of matching grants and explore early evidence of their impact. For more information about the evaluation
  • Health and Social Care in the Community

    The adoption of digital technologies in adult social care is becoming an increasing priority for governments worldwide. This includes the use of information and communication technologies by social care professionals to enhance communication and engagement with adults who require social care support.
  • Evaluation of Pay Structures

    This report explores pay structures within Wales’ social care workforce and considers how they influence recruitment and retention. It builds on the pay and progression framework developed by the Fair Work Forum, which sets out job bands (A–E) for roles across children’s and adult social care.
  • Supporting Staff Wellbeing in HE

    This report presents the findings of a national study examining working life in UK Higher Education institutions.