During the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of services that have been previously delivered face-to-face had to move online, one of these being mental health services… Read More
The impact of COVID-19 on higher education: a review of emerging evidence
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on higher education worldwide in virtually all aspects of its functioning… Read More
ExChange Wales Well-Being Conference Series Launch Event: The Significance of ‘Well-Being’ to Welsh Social Care
Welcome to this launch event for the ExChange Wales summer conference series 2021 on Well-Being. Read More
What do service users want from mental health social workers? A best-worst scaling analysis
Article review by Dr David Wilkins on the article; What Do Service Users Want from Mental Health Social Workers? A Best-Worst Scaling Analysis. Read More
Cascade talks: Transforming Hertfordshire
Donald Forrester is joined by Sue Williams, Programme Director Strengthening Families/Family Safeguarding in Hertfordshire County Council. She speaks about her experience within the sector, transforming Hertfordshire and collaborating with other authorities and Mission Impossible.
Summer Conference Series
We are launching our Wellbeing conference with a range of events taking place over 3 weeks between 21 June – 13 July Read More
Motivational interviewing for working with children and families: a conversation
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is now widely used in services for children, playing a key part in innovations such as Family Drug and Alcohol Courts, the Family Safeguarding model and Intensive Family Support Teams. In this webinar, Steve Rollnick (co-creator of Motivational Interviewing) is in conversation with Donald Forrester, David Wilkins and Charlie Whittaker about their… Read More
Health inequalities and dementia care: what matters to people living with dementia and their families?
Little is known about the dementia experiences and additional challenges faced by communities with multiple identities linked to ethnic background, sexuality and disability. In this session you will be hearing about a project that aimed to address this significant gap in engaging and understanding the needs of diverse communities (Bengali, Greek, Somali, Welsh speaking, LGBT,… Read More
10, 000 voices: Looked after children and young people’s views on their well-being
The Bright Spots Programme began in 2013 with the aim of understanding children and young people’s experience of care. The Programme uses four online surveys of well-being to capture the views of looked after children (age 4-7 years and 8-10 years), young people (11-18 years), and care leavers (18-25 years). In this presentation survey data from 10,000… Read More
Experiences of unpaid carers during the pandemic and beyond
Unpaid carers are the backbone of the health and social care system in Wales and across the United Kingdom. As part of our wellbeing conference Dr Jen Lyttleton-Smith talks about a study which formed a report about this and Dr Dan Burrows is in conversation with Chris Williamson. Read More
