Complex interventions are generally described as containing several interacting components due to intersecting issues or complexity of need… Read More
Disappearing Women
‘Disappearing Women’, by artist Henny Beaumont, powerfully paints 118 different victims of femicide in 2020. A selection is presented as part of our conference. The full project is available on the Henny Beaumont website.
‘Children: the invisible victims?’
Times have changed and children are no longer ‘seen and not heard’ – policy makers and experts talk about and recognise the importance of hearing the voices of children and young people and of providing services that meet their needs… Read More
My Interpretation on Strength Based Approaches in Adult Social Care as a Human and Social Sciences Student.
Zuzanna Oliwkiewicz My name is Zuzanna, I am currently studying human and social sciences at Cardiff University. I’ve had the opportunity to work with CASCADE over the past semester as a part of my placement journey. I’ve joined meetings, webinars, searched for venues and even got sucked into helping with the big move! As I… Read More
Why we need an Independent Review of children’s 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
Reflections on online support for the mental health and wellbeing of care-experienced children and young people
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
Understanding differences in care rates between local authorities
The last 20 years has seen a huge increase in the rates of children in care in Wales… Read More
Blog by Heléna Herklots, Older People’s Commissioner for Wales
The language that is used to describe all of us as we get older is largely negative… Read More
Stretching the Strengths Based Approach Imagination
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
CASCADE Talks: Co-production and Asset Based approaches
Co-production is about valuing everyone and understanding that we all have something to contribute to solutions… Read More
