Maxwell, Nina , Rees, Alyson and Thomas, Sue 2019. The impact of staff training in VIG for professionals and families. Cardiff: CASCADE.
Summer of fun: Citywide activities
Child Friendly Cardiff wants to reach as many children and young people as possible and support to have fun and nurture their social, emotional, mental and physical wellbeing over the Summer Holidays. To connect with as many people as possible, they are supporting a large number of organisations to provide a wide range of activities in all areas of the city… Read More
Empowering bystanders against domestic abuse
Domestic abuse is a major public health, human rights and criminal justice concern, costing the UK an estimated £66 billion every year… Read More
Digital safeguarding: parental controls & social media
This course is designed for staff supporting families where children use online social networking. It aims to give them an understanding of the risks involved and identify the sources of support and information, which may enable them to secure devices and control children’s access to inappropriate materials… Read More
Disappearing Women
‘Disappearing Women’, by artist Henny Beaumont, powerfully paints 118 different victims of femicide in 2020. A selection is presented as part of our conference. The full project is available on the Henny Beaumont website.
Stretching the Strengths Approach Imagination
It is over 30 years since the publication of an influential paper by Ann Weick, Charles Rudd, Patrick Sullivan and Walter Kisthardt, which crystallized a case for a ‘strengths perspective’ in social work. This perspective evolved from a shared determination to turn away from a policy and practice focus on ‘problems’, ‘deficits’, ‘the negative aspects of peoples and society’ (Weick et al 1989, p. 350), and their disempowering mark. Weick et al (1989) situate this perspective as an expression of social work’s values, and as challenge to rethink professional and institutional power which diminishes a person’s capacity to be the expert in their own lives… Read More
Childhood and youth research group 2021-2022
Please join us for the first online meeting of the academic year to hear about two projects with care-experienced young people and to contribute your ideas for the 2021-2022 programme… Read More
The Health Foundation Releases its COVID-19 Inquiry Report
Our director Auriol Miller was on the advisory board of The Health Foundation’s COVID-19 impact inquiry. Its report, which was launched in July 2021. Read More
The impact of COVID-19 on higher education: a review of emerging evidence
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on higher education worldwide in virtually all aspects of its functioning… Read More
Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic education report welcomed by Minister
The Education Minister, Kirsty Williams, has accepted all of the recommendations of a report on Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities, Contributions and Cynefin in the new school Curriculum… Read More
