Having a secure, safe and affordable home is an essential element in the experience of a
'good enough'childhood. This is not available to a large and growing number of children and …

The Munro Review of Child Protection asserted that the English child protection system had
become overly 'defensive','bureaucratised'and 'standardised', meaning that social workers …

The rate of children in care in Wales is one of the highest in the world and has increased
considerably in the past two decades. Whilst many factors may be driving these increases …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consider some possible reasons for the relatively
high rate in Wales of children looked after by local authorities. Design/methodology …

In recent times the production of research linking childhood experiences with later life
outcomes has had the effect of producing new understandings of child development, with …

This study explored how day-to-day social work practice with children and families in Wales
responds to poverty, building on case studies already published in the other three UK …

An inequality perspective fundamentally shapes our understanding of child abuse and
neglect, the goals of policy initiatives, and the necessary courses of action. We conducted a …

Research on poverty and child maltreatment has significantly expanded in both volume and
quality across various disciplines. Whilst there may be some discrepancies in specific …

This review assesses the evidence that the housing available to families in the United
Kingdom influences children's health and wellbeing, and subsequent involvement in health …

This chapter reviews two recent UK initiatives, Family Hubs in England and Family Support
Hubs in Northern Ireland (NI) and approaches to parental participation in the planning and …