Join us to experience work from local young people, care-experienced professional artists, and a few special surprises… Read More
Childhood and youth research group 2021-2022
Please join us for the first online meeting of the academic year to hear about two projects with care-experienced young people and to contribute your ideas for the 2021-2022 programme… Read More
The voice of the child in practice
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child mandates that children have the right to share what they think and feel and to be listened to and taken seriously… Read More
BASW England: celebrating 30 years of partnership with the Children Act 1989
This event will be a unique opportunity to reflect on the achievements of the Children Act over the past 30 years. The Children Act 1989 has been heralded the world over, described as… Read More
Supervision in child protection: a space and place for reflection or an excruciating marathon of compliance?
Our latest article review written by Dr David Wilkins on the article ‘Supervision in child protection: a space and place for reflection or an excruciating marathon of compliance?’ Read More
Self-respect through street art
A fine mist of self-expression, grassroots politics, protest and youth culture was sprayed out of the nozzle of paint cans when Leicestershire Cares teamed up with arts organisation Pedestrian to create a new mural for our warehouse space… Read More
The co-operation agreement 2021
This agreement outlines how the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru will work together over the next three years on policies where there is a common interest… Read More
CASCADE Talks is now available on your favourite Podcast service!
Cascade are thrilled to announced that our podcast ‘Cascade Talks’ is now publicly available on streaming services. CASCADE Talks is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. Our podcasts have a variety of conversations with industry practitioners who speak about their journey into social work, the issues that they face and an ever-changing sector. Our researchers speak about… Read More
Motivational interviewing
Motivational Interviewing is a refined guidance communication style originating in the counselling field. It aims to guide clients in the process of changing many types of unhealthy behaviours including drugs and alcohol use… Read More
An introduction to self-harm & suicide
The training will explore young people, self-harm and suicide. It will outline young people’s mental health, the issues that young people experience and the reasons why young people self-harm, the difference between self-harm and suicide and ways to support young people who do so… Read More