Building better social care in Wales
In Germany, as in other countries, care leavers need a “leaving care” entitlement in order to strengthen their legal position in youth welfare services for the transition to adult life and to further develop transitional support on a broad basis. Read More
Article Review: Professor Harry Ferguson has used observational methods to explore what social workers do during home visits and how their work involves negotiated movement in intimate physical spaces… Read More
A research team from CASCADE are conducting a Health Care Research Wales funded research project in partnership with Barnardo’s aimed at developing a toolkit that enhances service and community responses to young people at risk or involved in child criminal exploitation… Read More
In Article Reviews, academics from CASCADE will identify an important recent article, summarise its findings and provide some critical thinking about the research and its implications… Read More
Article review by Dr David Wilkins on the article: What the Public Think About Social Services, A Report from Scotland Read More
During the pandemic, young people have reported a range of issues including increased anxiety, loneliness and isolation, loss of support networks, and more limited access to mental health and other services they usually rely on. A Mind Cymru survey found that… Read More
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… Read More
Findings show that some improvements have been made on the inclusion of people with learning disabilities in policy conversations, but that there remains considerable work to be done to achieve meaningful inclusion. Particularly, that policy consultations… Read More
There is a huge shortage of foster carers in England, and the University of Worcester has undertaken a research project to find out why Disabled people are excluded from fostering. This webinar presents findings which include a short video illuminating the key ethical and pragmatic issues in this neglected area of equal opportunities. The university… Read More
Researchers at CASCADE are currently conducting two research studies related to social worker decision-making and are seeking social workers to take part… Read More
