CASCADE’s Completed research projects:
Evaluation of ‘Together a Chance’
Does embedding a social worker in prison to support mothers make a difference? Overview This research project evaluated ‘Together a Chance’, a three-year pilot scheme placing a Social Worker in…
Parental risk factors and children entering care
Children in households with substance misuse, domestic violence or mental health problems: Who is at risk of entering care? A study looking at the relationship between risk factors in adults…
Making sense of the SWIS Trial: Implications for Wales
This project will introduce the findings of the Social Workers in Schools (SWIS) Trial, to Welsh stakeholders with a view to developing SWIS for implementation in Wales. Overview The Social…
Next steps for the Caring Lives study of the young carer spectrum
One-year fellowship to disseminate and increase the impacts of a PhD study, Caring Lives, that investigated how the impacts of caring vary for children depending on their caring and family…
Social work fast track programmes: tracking retention and progression
What happens to the graduates of fast-track child and family social work programmes in the world of practice – do they stay? what are their working conditions? do they get…
The perceived impact of peer parental advocacy impact on child protection practice: A pilot evaluation
Peer Parental Advocacy aims to support parents who are engaged with the child protection process, through advice and advocacy. Part of this is helping them play a meaningful role in…