Building better social care in Wales
PROFESSOR BETH NEIL is a Professor of Social Work, Director of Research and Chair of the Research Ethics Committee for the School of Social Work at University of East Anglia. Before joining the Department as a Ph.D. student in 1996 (progressing to lecturer in 1999 and senior lecturer in 2007) she worked for several years… Read More
Professor Hedy Cleaver is an emeritus professor at Royal Holloway College, University of London. Her experience as a social worker and child psychologist informs her research on vulnerable children and families and the impact of professional interventions. The guiding principle underpinning her work is a desire to improve the quality of life for children living… Read More
Read Jim’s profile and find out more about the Community Interest Company that he founded, Sonnet Impact & Advisory, where he is Chief Executive. The research report “A home for me? A comparative review of the value of different forms of permanence for children – Adoption, SGOs and Fostering” that Jim will be discussing in… Read More
Person is guilty Person is innocent Person is judged guilty True positive False positive Person is judged not-guilty False negative True negative In the context of child and family social work, the more abused children we identify, the more families will undergo child protection investigations. The more children we keep from being seriously maltreated, the… Read More
The conference series involved survivors of abuse, researchers into Domestic Abuse and practitioner workshops. I helped Professor Alyson Rees look for artistic material to support this conference series. We recognised that art and imagery can convey something that research papers and presentations cannot. Through my research I found Henny Beaumont who is an illustrator based… Read More
vengo dall’Italia. Da piccola ho trascorso un periodo in affidamento di 8 anni, in 4 diverse famiglie (2 famiglie erano miei parenti). Ho avuto la mia prima figlia a 25 anni e la seconda a 29. Pensi che le esperienze vissute nel corso dell’infanzia influenzino il tuo modo di essere genitore? Le mie esperienze di… Read More
vengo dall’Italia ma ho origini Rumene. Da piccola ho trascorso un periodo in comunità di 5 anni. Ho avuto mia figlia a 27 anni. Pensi che le esperienze vissute nel corso dell’infanzia influenzino il tuo modo di essere genitore? Mi rendo conto che da un lato sono molto severa, perché non vorrei fare gli stessi… Read More
vengo dall’Italia ma ho origini albanesi. Da piccolo ho trascorso un periodo in comunità di 13 anni. Ho avuto il mio primo figlio a 23 anni e la seconda a 26. Pensi che le esperienze vissute nel corso dell’infanzia influenzino il tuo modo di essere genitore? La prima cosa è che io ho sempre avuto… Read More
Vengo dall’Italia e da piccolo ho trascorso un periodo in affido e uno in comunità, complessivamente di 11 anni. Ho avuto mio figlio a 34 anni. Pensi che le esperienze vissute nel corso dell’infanzia influenzino il tuo modo di essere genitore? Si impara molto dall’infanzia, dal modo in cui siamo stati trattati, però questo è… Read More
I am from Italy. As a child I spent 8 years in foster care, in 4 different families (2 families were my relatives). I had my first daughter at 25 and my second at 29. Do you think your experiences growing up affect the way you parent? My experiences as a child gave me more… Read More
