Building better social care in Wales
I come from Italy but have Albanian origins. As a child I spent 13 years in residential care. I had my first child at 23 and my second at 26. Do you think your experiences growing up affect the way you parent? The first thing is that I always wanted a family and I was… Read More
I am from Scotland Growing up, I spent time in kinship care, residential schools, secure accommodation and foster homes. I had my first child when I was 17 years old. I have 2 other children; I was 23 when I had my second child and 27 when I had my third child. Do you think your experiences… Read More
I come from Italy and as a child I spent a period in foster care and one in residential care, for a total of 11 years. I became a father at the age of 34. Do you think your experiences growing up affect the way you parent? We learn a lot from childhood, from the… Read More
I was born in England but moved to Wales when I was young. Growing up, I spent time in foster care and residential care. I first came into care when I was 5 and I left when I was 16. For a lot of this time, I lived with one foster family. They were amazing… Read More
Maxwell, Nina , Rees, Alyson and Williams, Anne 2016. Evaluation of the Video Interaction Guidance Service, Cornwall Council. [Project Report]. Cardiff: CASCADE. Available at: http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/cascade/files/2017/09/V…
Maxwell, Nina , Rees, Alyson and Thomas, Sue 2019. The impact of staff training in VIG for professionals and families. Cardiff: CASCADE.
Maxwell, Nina and Rees, Alyson 2019. Video Interaction guidance: a return to traditional values and relationship-based practice? British Journal of Social Work 49 (6) , pp. 1415-1433. 10.1093/bjsw/bcz067 In response to the shift away from direct work in social work, there has been resurgence in relationship-based participatory approaches. Such approaches are dependent upon practitioner expertise in developing and sustaining relationships with families.… Read More
CHARM (Care Home Action Researcher-in-Residence Model) is an exciting research project funded by the Alzheimer’s Society and Dunhill Medical Trust… Read More
cARTrefu, which means to reside in Welsh, is Age Cymru’s flagship arts in care homes project that has been running since 2015… Read More
#socialcarefuture is a growing movement of people with a shared commitment to bring about major positive change in what is currently called “social care”… Read More
