Building better social care in Wales
Our recent paper (Stabler, Wilkins and Carro, 2019) uses a novel method (Q-method) to explore what children and young people ‘in need’, ‘in care’ and ‘leaving care’ think about their social workers and personal advisors – and what the worker does when they spend time together…. Read More
Why is there such a dichotomy in these two direct accounts from students with care experience? Read More
Our recent paper examines the educational pathways of 18 care-experienced adults in Ireland… Read More
We worked with a group of young people in care to create a film highlighting key messages that young people want to share with social workers… Read More
This chapter, written with Louisa Roberts, Eleanor Staples and Ministry of Life, thinks about how to get the messages from research out to wide and diverse audiences…. Read More
This chapter, written with Dr Paul Rees, draws upon a study which considered the experiences and views of 165 key individuals involved in or experiencing supervised birth family contact at an identified contact centre within Wales. Read More
This chapter considers early parenthood for young people in and leaving state care in Wales. Drawing on data from a five-year pan-Wales study, funded by Health and Care Research Wales… Read More
View the latest edition of Thrive, a dedicated magazine for care-experienced children. Read More
Who we are matters. In research, when the interviewer meets their participants, both parties make judgements about each other which impact on what happens and what is said in the interview. Read More
This chapter focuses on participatory, qualitative and collaborative approaches to research. Read More
