Prof. Jim Clifford OBE

Read Jim’s profile and find out more about the Community Interest Company that he founded, Sonnet Impact & Advisory, where he is Chief Executive.  The research report “A home for me? A comparative review of the value of different forms of permanence for children – Adoption, SGOs and Fostering” that Jim will be discussing in… Read More

New special edition of Thrive magazine – Money, money, money! 

The issue tries to address some of the worries and fears that young people told us they have about money; and looks at what support is available to help them – plus there’s all our usual features, like ‘Ask Matt’ and ‘Real Life’.  We also look at the basic income pilot for care leavers in Wales… Read More

New special edition of Thrive magazine – Money, money, money! 

The issue tries to address some of the worries and fears that young people told us they have about money; and looks at what support is available to help them – plus there’s all our usual features, like ‘Ask Matt’ and ‘Real Life’.  We also look at the basic income pilot for care leavers in Wales and interview a Welsh Government minister to find out more.  Read More

British Academy launch of Reframing Childhood: exploring the report in a Welsh context

With the launch of ‘Reframing Childhood’, the British Academy final report of the Childhood Policy programme, over 50 childhood stakeholders meet at the CASCADE Centre at Cardiff University to discuss the report’s findings. This blog summarises and highlights key ideas that emerged during this discussion… Read More

How many is too many?

Person is guilty Person is innocent Person is judged guilty True positive False positive Person is judged not-guilty False negative True negative In the context of child and family social work, the more abused children we identify, the more families will undergo child protection investigations. The more children we keep from being seriously maltreated, the… Read More