Building better social care in Wales
For the large majority of children, adoption confers lifelong relationships and a sense of belonging in the adoptive family. But adoption also involves the legal severance of the child from the birth family and often the loss of key relationships with… Read More
Whilst there is often a lot of interest in evidence-based practice in social care and health, making it a reality remains challenging for a variety of reasons… Read More
The Child Arrangements Programme (CAP) was designed to divert low risk disputes between separated parents away from courts and promote the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution. Despite an initial decline in the number of applicants in 2014… Read More
This webinar considers how social work and social care can learn from community development approaches, using an example from west Cardiff… Read More
This webinar shares findings of research undertaken with care-leavers about their experiences during COVID-19 and lockdown… Read More
A randomised controlled trial of an intervention which puts social workers into secondary schools across 21 English Local Authorities… Read More
Children looked after who have come into contact with the law are some of the most vulnerable members of society… Read More
Much of what is known about CCE relates to county lines, a model of drug supply that has become widespread across the United Kingdom. County lines operate using a dedicated mobile phone number to sell drugs from larger cities to end users living… Read More
Young people spend an increasing amount of time online, especially in the current climate, as the global pandemic has moved much of our social lives into the virtual realm. Going online allows for… Read More
The number of children in local authority care in Wales has been increasing since the mid-1990s and there are large variations in the numbers of children in care across different Welsh local authorities… Read More
