For those of you who don’t like a long read, the short answer is that nobody actually knows for sure, but that it looks somewhere between unlikely and very unlikely… Read More
Birthday cakes, rockets and washing machines: How Fuzzy logic can empower young people
Imagine you gathered a group of people together and gave them the ingredients and instructions to bake a cake. If they followed the instructions eventually, they should all be able to bake a cake… Read More
“We talk issues and have ‘bants'” : What do children and young people think about their social worker?
Our recent paper (Stabler, Wilkins and Carro, 2019) uses a novel method (Q-method) to explore what children and young people ‘in need’, ‘in care’ and ‘leaving care’ think about their social workers and personal advisors – and what the worker does when they spend time together…. Read More
How can it be that ‘being a student with care experience is very daunting’ and ‘…..supportive, inclusive, diverse and fun… a joy actually’?
Why is there such a dichotomy in these two direct accounts from students with care experience? Read More
‘Are we ready’ Conference with Voices From Care Cymru, 4th September
Are you ready for the ‘Are We Ready’ conference on 4th September? Join Voices From Care Cymru in Llandrindod Wells. Contact Jane@vfcc.org.uk or call 029 20451431 to register by 12th August. Please spread the word! Click here for more information.
How can we improve the experiences of young homeless people living in supported accommodation?
On 21st June 2019 (Cardiff) and 26th June (Bangor) ExChange welcomed Natalie Roberts from Bangor University to deliver a workshop on the experiences of young homeless people living in supported accommodation. Findings were presented from a project working with a North Wales based homeless charity, Digartref. Attendees included a wide array of professionals, many of whom… Read More
Practitioner Workshop: Decision-making in child and family social work – can we learn to do it better?
This workshop aimed to provide a brief introduction to what we know about how social workers make decisions, followed by some practical exercises to test out and see what difference they might make. The workshop was led by Dr David Wilkins and Dr Catherine Foster. The workshop began by exploring the importance of the decisions made by social… Read More
Improving the experiences of young homeless people in supported accommodation
This workshop reviews the experiences of young homeless people living in supported accommodation… Read More
Practitioner Workshop: Decision-making in child and family social work; Can we learn to do it better?
This workshop provides a brief introduction to what we know about how social workers make decisions, followed by some practical exercises to test out and see what difference they might make… Read More
Purpose and agency in teaching
In February of 2015, the Welsh Government released Successful Futures, an “independent review of curriculum and assessment arrangements in Wales.” A number of recommendations were made in this report… Read More
