Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre
In November 2017, the Department for Education announced that CASCADE would be its Research Partner for the What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care. Nesta were awarded a contract to help incubate and deliver the Centre itself. It’s been nearly three years since then, and much has changed. The What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care has been renamed and firmly established… Read More
Understanding the educational experiences and opinions, attainment, achievement and aspirations of looked after children in Wales. Authors Dawn Mannay, Eleanor Staples, Sophie Hallett, Louise Roberts, Alyson Rees, Rhiannon Evans, and Darren Andrews
The relationship between poverty and child maltreatment and by extension of being placed in out-of-home care is a well-established one. However, this study goes beyond recent UK studies on the scale of child welfare inequalities in the likelihood of being placed in out-of-home care by considering such inequalities over time. The study is an analysis… Read More
The Visiting Mum scheme aims to reduce reoffending, and reduce the emotional distress caused to women incarcerated away from their children. Authors Dr Alyson Rees, Dr Eleanor Staples, Dr Nina Maxwell Funders Big Lottery Fund
This project consisted of an evaluation of the impact of restorative approach training on voluntary sector practitioner confidence when delivery services and on their perceived engagement with families resistant to service use. Authors Dr Annie Williams Funders Tros Gynnal Plant
A systematic map and synthesis review was commissioned by the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel to assess what is known in the literature about child criminal exploitation. Read More
The number of private law applications has been rising, with parents demonstrating unrealistic expectations as to what the court can and should do. Read More
Individual, social, and economic circumstances faced by teenage mothers can challenge a successful start for children and interrupt mothers’ long-term socioeconomic stability. The Family-Nurse Partnership (FNP) is a licensed intensive home-visiting intervention developed in the United States and introduced into practice in England. Authors Michael Robling, Marie-Jet Bekkers, Kerry Bell, Christopher Butler, Rebecca Cannings-John, Sue Channon, Belen… Read More
AN EVALUATION OF CARING CHANGES:A TRAINING PROGRAMME FORRESIDENTIAL CARER A short sentence or two summarising the central purpose of the report. Authors Dr Alyson Rees, Edward Janes
Family support services, an integral part of many welfare systems across the developed world, have witnessed a growing demand for the use of relationshipand strengths‐based whole‐family approaches in the belief that this increases service engagement and effect. Despite this, knowledge that delivering services using such approaches can be challenging and calls for the identification and… Read More
