This open course will provide tools to improve practice in assessing and planning for separated and unaccompanied children and young people and concentrates on developing practice around the statutory assessment and planning processes, including core assessment, needs assessment, pathway planning and care planning for looked after children and young people… Read More
Undertaking Child Permanence Reports
This open course will support social workers to understand the content, purpose and function of the Child Permanence Report (CPR), good practice in its undertaking and how it can be used to provide a full picture of each child’s journey and needs… Read More
Learning from research webinar: Family group conferencing in pre-proceedings
Coram evaluators carried out the UK’s first and the world’s largest ever Randomised Control Trial of the use of Family Group Conferencing at pre-proceedings stage. In this webinar you will learn about this important research and its implications from Dr Sarah Taylor, Coram Head of Evaluation… Read More
National Adoption Week Webinars: Early Permanence – learning from experience
Early Permanence maximises the chances of children being able to make early attachments and minimises disruption by reducing placement moves. This webinar will explore learning from the experience of RAAs, VAAs, adopters and birth families… Read More
CLASS Cymru: Supporting care-experienced people into higher education in Wales
Staff from CASCADE and the Centre for Student Life at Cardiff University launched a new website to help care-experienced young people in Wales and those who support them learn more about higher education and transitions to university… Read More
Care experience and culture book club
A hybrid in-person and online event exploring the power of first-hand accounts in the narratives of care experience… Read More
Poetry resources to facilitate discussion on mental health
These four poems explore daily realities and strategies associated with mental health. Each poem has been written using the direct quotes from the research participants who were involved with Bridget Handley’s PhD that researches the mental health journeys of care experienced young people who live in Wales… Read More
Free Basic German language course for Primary teachers
Primary school teachers in Wales with very basic knowledge or German (A1-Level) are invited to participate in this Teacher Training Day at Cardiff University… Read More
‘Inside Out’ – photography exhibition
‘Inside Out’ – Photography of Cardiff’s Butetown area from 1970’s-1990’s by brothers Anthony and Simon Campbell is currently showing in Cardiff University… Read More
New evidence on the education and health outcomes of children with social workers: What does it mean for policy and practice?
At Cardiff and Swansea University we researched over 30,000 children in Wales to understand what happens over time to children who have help from social services… Read More