Building better social care in Wales
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
Welcome to our truly international ExChange Wales spring conference series 2023! It takes a village: Global perspectives on care-experienced parents is being delivered in partnership with the International Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood from Care (INTRAC). Care leavers’ transition to parenthood is one of the most challenging transitions in their life. Having limited support… Read More
Christmas can be a particularly tricky time of conflicting emotions for young people who have grown up in care… Read More
In this blog Richard Devine gives a summary of an article by Juan Usubillaga, Clive Diaz & Donald Forrester. How are policies implemented in children’s services? Developing an initial programme theory to evaluate the implementation of the new Child Sexual Exploitation guidance in Wales A wealth of policy, guidance and law in social work guides… Read More
This forthcoming conference features live webinars, blogs, pre-recorded webinars and a range of resources aimed at sharing best practice in adult social care… Read More
Domestic abuse is a major public health, human rights and criminal justice concern, costing the UK an estimated £66 billion every year… Read More
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
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
Project Unity is a NYAS Cymru project funded by Welsh Government… Read More
