Current Projects

Here you will find our current active research projects. we regularly update our projects as work unfolds. Looking for something specific or just browsing, we have something for you.

Completed projects can also be found here

Our research themes

Beyond children’s social care services

Children and families in need

Children in care, adoption, and aftercare

Evaluations of services and innovations

Supporting the social care workforce

All Projects

Spotlighted Research

Beyond children’s social care services

This selection of research focuses on areas outside of care services

Police in Schools

Oct 25, 20234 min read

ASPIRE

Oct 25, 20232 min read

Family VOICE: Family Group Conferencing for Children and Families

Sep 25, 20243 min read

Evaluation of ‘Together a Chance’

May 6, 20254 min read

County lines: a co-ordinated Welsh community response to child criminal exploitation

Oct 23, 20246 min read

Evaluation of the Family Drug and Alcohol Court in Wales pilot

Oct 28, 20243 min read

Evaluation of People Offering Parents Support (POPS)

Dec 20, 20221 min read

Action for Children’s Serious Organised Crime Early Intervention Service (SOCEIS) Evaluation

Sep 24, 20245 min read

Children and families in need

This selection of research focuses on the live experiences of children and families and their situations.

Action for Children’s Serious Organised Crime Early Intervention Service (SOCEIS) Evaluation

Sep 24, 20245 min read

Supporting Parents in and Leaving Care: #MessagestoCorporateParents

Oct 22, 20243 min read

Step Up Step Down

Jan 17, 20242 min read

An Evaluation of Fostering Well-being

Aug 21, 20231 min read

How do young people, parents and social workers assess the quality of social work practice?

Mar 5, 20253 min read

Evaluation of People Offering Parents Support (POPS)

Dec 20, 20221 min read

Parental risk factors and children entering care

Feb 29, 20244 min read

Looked after children in the youth justice system A mixed methods feasibility study

Jul 5, 20235 min read

Children in care, adoption, and aftercare

This selection of research focuses on Children in care, Adoption and aftercare

An Evaluation of Fostering Well-being

Aug 21, 20231 min read

For young people from young people

Apr 10, 20242 min read

Evaluation of National Youth Advocacy Service Cymru parental advocacy project

Feb 27, 20233 min read

Evaluation of the Family Drug and Alcohol Court in Wales pilot

Oct 28, 20243 min read

Next steps for the Caring Lives study of the young carer spectrum

Nov 21, 20233 min read

Enhancing Understandings of Risky Behaviours

Dec 20, 20224 min read

Selfies, Snapchat and Keeping Safe: How do looked after children engage online?

Dec 20, 20221 min read

CLASS Cymru: Developing an online resource to support care experienced students

Aug 21, 20234 min read

Evaluations of services and innovations

This selection of research focuses on evaluating services and improving it for all

Exploring the role of personal advisors in Wales: A co-produced study with care-experienced young people

May 12, 20253 min read

Evaluation of the Family Drug and Alcohol Court in Wales pilot

Oct 28, 20243 min read

Evaluation of People Offering Parents Support (POPS)

Dec 20, 20221 min read

Evaluation of ‘Together a Chance’

May 6, 20254 min read

Wellbeing in Schools and Colleges – the WiSC Study

Feb 23, 20234 min read

ASPIRE

Oct 25, 20232 min read

Family VOICE: Family Group Conferencing for Children and Families

Sep 25, 20243 min read

County lines: a co-ordinated Welsh community response to child criminal exploitation

Oct 23, 20246 min read

Supporting the social care workforce

This selection of research focuses on supporting the social care workforce

The impact of regulation and registration on the residential childcare workforce: comparing England and Wales.

Nov 21, 20233 min read

How do young people, parents and social workers assess the quality of social work practice?

Mar 5, 20253 min read

All current & recently completed research

Projects sorted by most up-to-date

Exploring the role of personal advisors in Wales: A co-produced study with care-experienced young people

May 12, 20253 min read

Leaving a pupil referral unit: Exploring the transitions and post-16 destinations of care experienced young people

May 8, 20255 min read

The Welsh Basic Income Evaluation

Apr 7, 20255 min read

How do young people, parents and social workers assess the quality of social work practice?

Mar 5, 20253 min read

Parental Advocacy in England: a realist evaluation of implementation

Oct 30, 20243 min read

Family VOICE: Family Group Conferencing for Children and Families

Sep 25, 20243 min read

Special guardianship families in Wales: Experiences and support needs (Nuffield Foundation)

Sep 10, 20243 min read

The impact of Sure Start on health and social care

Jul 23, 20243 min read

For young people from young people

Apr 10, 20242 min read

How can we improve the experiences and outcomes of autistic children in care? A mixed methods study of needs, services, and good practice

Feb 28, 20243 min read

Step Up Step Down

Jan 17, 20242 min read

A mixed-methods evaluation of parental advocacy in Wales

Jan 17, 20244 min read

Ethnic and religious inequalities in children’s social services in Wales: Patterns and outcomes

Dec 12, 20234 min read

The impact of regulation and registration on the residential childcare workforce: comparing England and Wales.

Nov 21, 20233 min read

Police in Schools

Oct 25, 20234 min read

ASPIRE

Oct 25, 20232 min read

Post-18 support for young people leaving care

Oct 24, 20231 min read

Returning Home from Care

Sep 25, 20233 min read

Falling Between the Gaps PhD studentship

Aug 30, 20231 min read

What are the service outcomes for criminally exploited children?

Aug 23, 20233 min read

Looked after children in the youth justice system A mixed methods feasibility study

Jul 5, 20235 min read

The SWIS Trial: An evaluation of school based social work

Jun 21, 20233 min read

Understanding how advocacy services support care-experienced young people to participate in decision-making.

Jun 21, 20234 min read

Evaluation of National Youth Advocacy Service Cymru parental advocacy project

Feb 27, 20233 min read

Understanding the implementation of children’s social care policy in Wales

Feb 27, 20233 min read

Wellbeing in Schools and Colleges – the WiSC Study

Feb 23, 20234 min read

Evaluation of People Offering Parents Support (POPS)

Dec 20, 20221 min read

Selfies, Snapchat and Keeping Safe: How do looked after children engage online?

Dec 20, 20221 min read

Snakes and Ladders: Developing a training tool for use in the youth justice system

Dec 20, 20223 min read

Enhancing Understandings of Risky Behaviours

Dec 20, 20224 min read

Completed projects

Are you looking for a previous project that has finished? Check our completed projects page to find our research projects that have finished.

Completed projects

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