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My name is Gillian
I am from Scotland Growing up, I spent time in kinship care, residential schools, secure accommodation and foster homes. I had my first child when I was 17 years old. I have 2 other children; I was 23 when I had my second child and 27 when I had my third child. Do you think your experiences… Read More
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My name is Daniele
I come from Italy and as a child I spent a period in foster care and one in residential care, for a total of 11 years. I became a father at the age of 34. Do you think your experiences growing up affect the way you parent? We learn a lot from childhood, from the… Read More
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My name is Syd
I was born in England but moved to Wales when I was young. Growing up, I spent time in foster care and residential care. I first came into care when I was 5 and I left when I was 16. For a lot of this time, I lived with one foster family. They were amazing… Read More
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The Cardiff Christmas Dinner
Christmas can be a particularly tricky time of conflicting emotions for young people who have grown up in care…
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Understanding the implementation of children’s social care policy in Wales: a study of the new Child Sexual Exploitation guidance.
In this blog Richard Devine gives a summary of an article by Juan Usubillaga, Clive Diaz & Donald Forrester. How are policies implemented in children’s services? Developing an initial programme theory to evaluate the implementation of the new Child Sexual Exploitation guidance in Wales A wealth of policy, guidance and law in social work guides… Read More
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Empowering bystanders against domestic abuse
Domestic abuse is a major public health, human rights and criminal justice concern, costing the UK an estimated £66 billion every year…
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Domestic abuse: Being in care and my personal journey
Project Unity is a NYAS Cymru project funded by Welsh Government…
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Evaluation of a whole family integrated domestic abuse (DA) programme
Complex interventions are generally described as containing several interacting components due to intersecting issues or complexity of need…
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‘Children: the invisible victims?’
Times have changed and children are no longer ‘seen and not heard’ – policy makers and experts talk about and recognise the importance of hearing the voices of children and young people and of providing services that meet their needs…
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My Interpretation on Strength Based Approaches in Adult Social Care as a Human and Social Sciences Student.
Zuzanna Oliwkiewicz My name is Zuzanna, I am currently studying human and social sciences at Cardiff University. I’ve had the opportunity to work with CASCADE over the past semester as a part of my placement journey. I’ve joined meetings, webinars, searched for venues and even got sucked into helping with the big move! As I… Read More
Welcome to ExChange Wales
Building better social care in Wales
