I wanted to take the opportunity to say thank you to all of the professionals out there who I have met over the last few years who really care and work hard to try to change the system for kinship families… Read More
Where have all the feelings gone? Developing reflective and relationship-based management in child-care social work.
The latest article review in our series. Written by Dr David Wilkins on the paper ‘Where have all the feelings gone? Developing reflective and relationship-based management in child-care social work’ Read More
Does Household Income Affect children’s Outcomes? A Systematic Review of the Evidence
Our latest article review written by David Westlake on the article ‘Does Household Income Affect children’s Outcomes? A Systematic Review of the Evidence’ Read More
Challenging stigma, discrimination & poor outcomes for young parents in & leaving care
Young parents in and leaving care can often feel unsupported in negotiating the challenges of becoming a parent. Dr Louise Roberts conducted a five-year Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre (CASCADE) research study that was funded by Health and Care Research Wales… Read More
Breaking bad news: Child welfare workers’ informing parents of care order proceedings.
Dr David Wilkins has written the latest article review on the paper Breaking bad news: Child welfare workers’ informing parents of care order proceedings. Read More
Take part in sibling kinship care research
Your opportunity to tell your story about your experience of bringing up your younger brother or sister. Most people know that families are not always two parents bringing up their children, and that, for lots of reasons, sometimes children are brought up by someone who isn’t their mother or father… Read More
What makes life good? Care leavers’ views on their well-being
Since 2013, the Bright Spots programme has worked with children in care and care leavers to explore what makes life good for them. Their well-being is measured by the Your Life Your Care and Your Life Beyond Care surveys, which were coproduced with children and young people to capture what they felt was important. The… Read More
Lost in Transition? The post-school experiences of young people with vision impairment
This presentation explored evidence collected by the Longitudinal Transitions Study: a 11 year longitudinal qualitative study which has followed the post-school experiences of 80 young people with vision impairment and their progression into the labour market. During this session we focused on the different pathways pursued by the young people, giving consideration to the various… Read More
A Paradigm Framework for Social Work Theory for Early 21st Century Practice
The latest article review in our series. Written by Dr David Wilkins on the article ‘A Paradigm Framework for Social Work Theory for Early 21st Century Practice’ Read More
New report published on Schwartz Rounds being trialled in Social Care
Cascade are delighted to announce the publication of a report that Dr David Wilkins has been working on for 24 months. A Randomised Controlled Trial of Schwartz Rounds has been published by What Works for Children’s Social Care centre. This was investigated by working with eleven local authorities who were randomly allocated more than 2000… Read More
