The impact of staff training in VIG for professionals and families Authors Nina Maxwell, Alyson Rees, Sue Thomas Funders Cornwall Council
Why don’t more care-experienced young people go to university?
University can be one of the most exciting times in a young person’s life; they have the prospect of studying something they are really interested in, meet new people, have new experiences and have a place to make those first adult steps of independence into the world. With all this on offer, why are care… Read More
Understanding the educational experiences and opinions, attainment, achievement and aspirations of looked after children in Wales. Project Report.
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
Child Welfare Inequalities in a Time of Rising Numbers of Children Entering Out-of-Home Care
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
Evaluation of Visiting Mum Scheme: Final Report June 2017. Cardiff: CASCADE.
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
Restorative Approaches Family Engagement Project April 2015 – June 2018
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 of Child Criminal Exploitation – October 2019
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
Developing a Supporting Separating Families Alliance: a scoping study
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
An Evaluation of Caring Changes: A Training Programme for Residential Carers
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
Fostering Wellbeing
As part of the Confidence in Care research, Alyson Rees and colleagues are also undertaking a discrete feasibility study to be completed by May 2016. This will be considering the practicalities of running a skills and mentoring programme in Wales. The programme is entitled ‘Fostering Healthy Futures’, and has been developed in Colorado for young people in foster… Read More