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Spring Conference Series: Reducing the need for children to be in care
Exchange Wales is pleased to announce our Spring Conference Series: Reducing the need for children to be in care. This event will take place between 26th April – 28th May and features a variety of sessions including webinars with special guests…
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Opportunity for research participation
Cardiff University and The Fostering Network in Wales are undertaking a research study to explore the experiences of children and young people in care who have received mental health services online during COVID-19…
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Practitioners needed on research project about child exploitation
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…
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Article reviews
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…
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Research project spotlight #1: Who is at risk of entering care?
The number of children in local authority care in Wales has been increasing since the mid-1990s and there are large variations in the numbers of children in care across different Welsh local authorities…
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Extra Familial Harm: an overview of the Contextual Safeguarding Approach
Dr Carlene Firmin, Head of the Contextual Safeguarding Programme at the University of Bedfordshire, has argued that the traditional child protection system is not effective at safeguarding children from risks outside of the family…
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Child Practice Reviews in Wales – online workshop
ExChange Wales is delighted to bring you this online workshop about Child Practice Reviews in Wales, following the cancellation of our workshops in Cardiff and Colwyn Bay earlier this year (due to the pandemic)…
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Book launch: Critical Hospital Social Work Practice
Critical Hospital Social Work Practice sheds light on the fast-paced, high pressure role of the hospital social worker. At a time of public concern over the state of the NHS…
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Intergenerational care in care homes: Caveats and considerations
This workshop provides practitioners with the opportunity to learn more about intergenerational care and overcoming the potential challenges of supporting…
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Adopting Together – Working together to improve outcomes for children who wait
Adopting Together is an innovative, child-focused adoption service. It is being led by a partnership between St David’s Children Society and…
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