In addition to featured speakers, we will present a voice recording of the experiences of a number of the parent representatives on the steering group, their views on their experiences of children’s social care, and what has been most significant in their journey… Read More
Black and minority ethnic carers
There is a dearth of research with Black and Minority Ethnic carers. Little is known about the experiences of this group, and their access to and take up of formal and informal support… Read More
Working in partnership with families through participative meetings
There are several models for involving family members in decision making where there are concerns about a child, rather than key decisions being made in a professionally-led case conference… Read More
NSPCC Reunification Practice Framework: evidence-informed framework for children in care
The session offers an overview of the Reunification Practice Framework, a comprehensive framework that brings together research insights, practical guidance and tools to support practitioners to gather robust evidence and make structured professional judgements around safe permanency decisions… Read More
Sharing key messages from the evaluation of the ‘Gwella’ intervention
The intervention was designed to support children aged between 5 and 11 years old who were involved with social services and had experienced trauma and abuse, providing a trauma-informed system of supportive… Read More
Work and resilience: Care leavers’ experiences of navigating towards employment and independence
Article Review by Dr David Wilkins – Work and resilience: Care leavers’ experiences of navigating towards employment and independence Read More
Opportunity for research participation
Cardiff University and The Fostering Network in Wales are undertaking a research study to explore the experiences of children and young people in care who have received mental health services online during COVID-19… Read More
Strengths-based practice in social work with adults
Article Review by Professor Jonathan Scourfield on the article Strengths-based practice in social work with adults Read More
Child protection social work in COVID-19: home visits and digital intimacy
Article Review: Professor Harry Ferguson has used observational methods to explore what social workers do during home visits and how their work involves negotiated movement in intimate physical spaces… Read More
Practitioners needed on research project about child exploitation
A research team from CASCADE are conducting a Health Care Research Wales funded research project in partnership with Barnardo’s aimed at developing a toolkit that enhances service and community responses to young people at risk or involved in child criminal exploitation… Read More