Co-production is about valuing everyone and understanding that we all have something to contribute to solutions… Read More
An interview with Lyn Romeo
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
Thoughts on Strengths-based approaches
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
Care experienced parenting in Italy
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
Stories about social work…
The human ability to tell stories is perhaps our most important characteristic. As Mary Catherine Bateson said: “The human species thinks in metaphors and learns through stories.” Stories allow us to share understandings, emotions and motivations. They allow us to cooperate on a scale no other animal can – through shared stories about nations or… Read More
Supervision in child protection: a space and place for reflection or an excruciating marathon of compliance?
Our latest article review written by Dr David Wilkins on the article ‘Supervision in child protection: a space and place for reflection or an excruciating marathon of compliance?’ Read More
CASCADE Talks is now available on your favourite Podcast service!
Cascade are thrilled to announced that our podcast ‘Cascade Talks’ is now publicly available on streaming services. CASCADE Talks is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. Our podcasts have a variety of conversations with industry practitioners who speak about their journey into social work, the issues that they face and an ever-changing sector. Our researchers speak about… Read More
Risk of Future Maltreatment: Examining Whether Worker Characteristics Predict Their Perception
Dr David Wilkins reviews the article ‘Risk of Future Maltreatment: Examining Whether Worker Characteristics Predict Their Perception’ Read More
ExChange Wales Annual Adoption Lecture
UK innovations in adoption support and their impact This lecture will explore the UK policy and research context for and recent innovations in adoption support with potential relevance to both adopted and other care experienced children & their parents and carers, including the learning from COVID. It will also identify the ongoing challenges for support,… Read More
Do you ever really leave care when your carer is a family member? Transitions in kinship care
PhD researchers Lorna Stabler, Cardiff University and Abbie Toner, University of Suffolk both have experience of being kinship carers. Lorna has carried out research with kinship carers on projects in England and Wales, and Abbie has extensive experience of supporting grandparent carers and children as a support worker for two local authorities and a third… Read More
