Article review by Dr David Wilkins: The Influence of Adoption on Sibling Relationships: Experiences and Support Needs of Newly Formed Adoptive Families Read More
The performance and improvement framework for social services
A blog written by Well-being and Improvement Branch at Welsh Government on the Performance and Improvement Framework for Social Services Read More
Here2there.me: a person-centred planning and outcomes recording app
H2t.me is in its final phase of development involving pilots across a range of services in Wales and has won a National Welsh Government SBRI challenge called Better Lives Closer to Home. It has been piloted in learning disability, children’s services and work support. The App supports any individual receiving targeted support to take much… Read More
CAER Heritage and Social Prescribing: Improving Health and Well-being through Heritage Projects
A blog written by Dr Oliver Davis about CAER Heritage and Social Prescribing. As part of our Summer Well-being Conference Read More
What do service users want from mental health social workers? A best-worst scaling analysis
Article review by Dr David Wilkins on the article; What Do Service Users Want from Mental Health Social Workers? A Best-Worst Scaling Analysis. Read More
Cascade talks: Transforming Hertfordshire
Donald Forrester is joined by Sue Williams, Programme Director Strengthening Families/Family Safeguarding in Hertfordshire County Council. She speaks about her experience within the sector, transforming Hertfordshire and collaborating with other authorities and Mission Impossible.
Motivational interviewing for working with children and families: a conversation
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is now widely used in services for children, playing a key part in innovations such as Family Drug and Alcohol Courts, the Family Safeguarding model and Intensive Family Support Teams. In this webinar, Steve Rollnick (co-creator of Motivational Interviewing) is in conversation with Donald Forrester, David Wilkins and Charlie Whittaker about their… Read More
Health inequalities and dementia care: what matters to people living with dementia and their families?
Little is known about the dementia experiences and additional challenges faced by communities with multiple identities linked to ethnic background, sexuality and disability. In this session you will be hearing about a project that aimed to address this significant gap in engaging and understanding the needs of diverse communities (Bengali, Greek, Somali, Welsh speaking, LGBT,… Read More
10, 000 voices: Looked after children and young people’s views on their well-being
The Bright Spots Programme began in 2013 with the aim of understanding children and young people’s experience of care. The Programme uses four online surveys of well-being to capture the views of looked after children (age 4-7 years and 8-10 years), young people (11-18 years), and care leavers (18-25 years). In this presentation survey data from 10,000… Read More
Experiences of unpaid carers during the pandemic and beyond
Unpaid carers are the backbone of the health and social care system in Wales and across the United Kingdom. As part of our wellbeing conference Dr Jen Lyttleton-Smith talks about a study which formed a report about this and Dr Dan Burrows is in conversation with Chris Williamson. Read More
