Building better social care in Wales
Children’s social care in Wales is in crisis. There are similar problems across the whole of the UK, yet while Scotland, England and Northern Ireland are having independent reviews to explore radical new ways of doing things, in Wales we do not seem to think that is needed. Read More
The strengths and challenges of online services and interventions to support the mental health and wellbeing of care-experienced children and young people. Read More
The last 20 years has seen a huge increase in the rates of children in care in Wales… Read More
The language that is used to describe all of us as we get older is largely negative… Read More
It is over 30 years since the publication of an influential paper by Ann Weick, Charles Rudd, Patrick Sullivan and Walter Kisthardt, which crystallized a case for a ‘strengths perspective’ in social work… Read More
Co-production is about valuing everyone and understanding that we all have something to contribute to solutions… Read More
Lyn Romeo has been the Chief Social Worker in England for Adults since September 2013. In the past, Lyn worked as an Assistant Director for Adult Social Care in the London Borough of Camden, an inspector with the Social Services Inspectorate, and also worked in Yorkshire as a field social worker. This interview is conducted… Read More
I am passionate about strengths-based approaches to social work practice, so much so that I have dedicated my doctoral research project to studying this field. I hope that my work will help to shape the development of systems and structures that support real strengths-based working across adult services. But what do I mean when I… Read More
I am an Italian PhD student at the Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science of the University of Trento, visiting Cardiff University and CASCADE for a few months. In this blog I will tell you something about my PhD related to care experienced parenting and I would like to start by telling you something about… Read More
All resources relating to our recent Strengths Based Approaches Conferences are available here. Read More
