Building better social care in Wales
Abstract Involvement with children’s services makes many parents fearful, confused, and powerless. This makes it harder for them to engage, which in turn makes it harder for social workers to make accurate assessments of risk. Limited engagement by parents can therefore result in an escalation of child protection involvement. Parental advocacy is a potentially valuable… Read More
Abstract Large language models (LLMs – a type of artificial intelligence) are developing at extraordinary speed, and have increasingly become part of everyday life. This technology has the potential to change how social care professionals and the public access, understand and communicate information. However, LLMs have been adopted at such incredible speed across the country… Read More
Abstract Social care faces growing challenges associated with population ageing, including rising demand for support, increasing caregiver workload, and the need to preserve older adults’ independence, wellbeing, and dignity. Socially assistive robots (SARs) offer opportunities to complement existing care by supporting Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), assisting therapeutic interventions, and enabling more personalised and dignified… Read More
Abstract This webinar will present emerging findings from an all-Wales qualitative case study, and associated European literature review, within the SERENA consortium project. SERENA (Assessing and improving access to health and social care SErvices for children RENdered vulnerable by Abuse) is a Horizon Europe-funded consortium project bringing together research from 12 countries across Europe. The team in Cardiff… Read More
Abstract The Wales Safeguarding Repository (WSR) is a digital repository of safeguarding reviews from Wales. Safeguarding reviews in Wales historically fell under separate processes depending on the type of victim or perpetrator, for example, Child Practice Reviews, Adult Practice Reviews, Domestic Homicide Reviews, and Mental Health Homicide Reviews. However, these reviews often held common themes… Read More
Abstract There is high demand on children’s social care (CSC) from families with young children: one in five children will be referred to CSC services before age five. Given these pressures, understanding whether early years programmes can reduce demand is crucial. This webinar will feature findings from two studies to measure the impact of place-based… Read More
Abstract When a child cannot safely live with their parents, kinship care can keep children with people who love them, rather than them being fostered or adopted by people they do not know. There has been an increasing awareness of how important kinship care is and the need for more recognition and support, particularly in… Read More
Abstract This talk will discuss the needs for support with developing positive romantic/intimate relationships of people using mental health services. It will provide an overview of current evidence regarding the views of practitioners and people using mental health services, and the perceived barriers and challenges with discussing or offering support with romantic/intimate relationships. Different models… Read More
Abstract Effective children’s services need to work with parents, yet there is comparatively little research directly observing these often complicated and sometimes difficult conversations. The first half of this talk will share findings from studies observing over 300 recordings of practice to identify key features of effective practice. It will introduce a reliable coding scheme… Read More
Abstract I will tell you about two of our NIHR-funded studies: the Victoria & Stuart Project (co-producing a toolkit of co-created resources that help people with a learning disability to be involved in end of life care planning) and the DAPPLE Project (looking at models of palliative and end of life care delivery for people… Read More
