Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre
Our annual report provides a great introduction to our work. In 2020 CASCADE was delighted to receive infrastructure funding to develop our partnership with the Centres for Trials Research and Human Developmental Science at Cardiff University and Swansea University’s Secure Anonymised Information Linkage Centre. The funding allowed us to develop new ideas for research projects,… Read More
There is very little research on the experiences and outcomes of autistic children in foster or kinship care. This is an area I have been passionate about for a while and I am excited to be able to start a new project, made possible by a Health and Care Research Wales three-year fellowship. From the… Read More
As a qualified youth and community worker, I’ve always had an interest in working with young people who struggle with formal education, and who are marginalised or under-represented in research. It is widely known that, on average, many children in care find education to be difficult. What is less well understood is what happens to… Read More
Cascade are delighted to announce the publication of a report that Dr David Wilkins has been working on for 24 months. A Randomised Controlled Trial of Schwartz Rounds has been published by What Works for Children’s Social Care centre. This was investigated by working with eleven local authorities who were randomly allocated more than 2000… Read More
I really like Schwartz Rounds. I know when you undertake a scientific evaluation of something, you are supposed be carefully neutral, to avoid the suggestion of bias or that you might have pre-empted the outcome. But I am only human, and I have to be honest. I liked the idea of Schwartz Rounds before we… Read More
Registration for the Health and Care Research Wales conference on 14 October is open now! The theme of this year’s event is learning and looking forward and after the success of last year’s event, it will again be an entirely digital day. There are some great plenary sessions lined up on important topics including: Health and care… Read More
What question does this study focus on? Our study examined the impact of a checklist intervention on social workers’ forecasting abilities (how well they could predict the likelihood of different events and outcomes) and confirmation bias (the extent to which respondents sought information to confirm, rather challenge, their current view). You can see a copy of the… Read More
Today, at 10pm on Channel 4, a Cardiff University review of research by Julie Doughty, Nina Maxwell, and Tom Slater will be discussed on Channel 4’s Dispatches. Read More
CASCADE are delighted to have been commissioned by the Wales Violence Prevention Unit to undertake two evidence reviews: a mapping of the risk factors and interventions for the prevention of youth violence and implementing co-production in public services. These reports outline evidence-based approaches and interventions for working with young people and the prevention of youth… Read More
Over the past two decades in the UK and elsewhere, the importance of involving children, young people and parents in social work decision-making has been increasingly recognised. When enabled and supported to take part, children, young people and parents can play an essential role in the planning and delivery of services. Improved engagement and participation… Read More
