ExChange Wales brings leading researchers together with practitioners and service users to share expertise, research evidence and care experiences.
Through our conferences, workshops, lectures and seminars, ExChange provides free, high-quality training to support the ongoing development of social care professionals across Wales. Attracting leading national speakers, together we learn and advise on research, impacting both policy and practice. Our events and resources enrich skills while foregrounding the lived experience of care-experienced people.
We have a range of ways that you can work with ExChange. If you wish to host an ExChange workshop, webinar, podcast or blog, simply contact us.
Upcoming events
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Out-of-home care experienced children’s educational careers – What can be learnt from studies of their educational pathways?
It is well known that children with out-of-home care (OHC) experience perform poorly within school and in the educational system. However, we know less about their educational careers over time, and how their educational pathways compare to their same-aged peers. Based on a 50-year follow up of around 12 000 children born in Stockholm, out… Read More
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Social workers in hospitals
Local authorities in Wales often locate teams of social workers in hospitals to carry out discharge planning for older people who will require ongoing care and support in order to leave hospital…
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Ethnic, socioeconomic, and intersectional inequalities in child welfare intervention rates
There is often an assumption that the two inequalities are either equivalent, requiring only one practice and policy response, or totally disparate, requiring unconnected policy and practice responses. This webinar will present the findings from…
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Developing Evidence-Enriched Practice (DEEP)
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…
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Ready to attend your event? View our Events Checklist
There are a few ways you can prepare for an ExChange Wales event. Research the venue and consider…
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Webinar: Use of secure accommodation for welfare purposes in Wales
A recent project explored the experiences of young people from Wales prior to, during and following a referral to secure accommodation…
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From identification to support: Assessing and improving services for young carers
Family carers are sometimes described as an ‘invisible army’ – a large group of citizens who bear a significant proportion of the national social care strategy…
