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
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
Domestic abuse is a major public health, human rights and criminal justice concern, costing the UK an estimated £66 billion every year… Read More
Project Unity is a NYAS Cymru project funded by Welsh Government… Read More
Complex interventions are generally described as containing several interacting components due to intersecting issues or complexity of need… Read More
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
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
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
