ExChange Wales: Social care training & resource – Details, episodes & analysis

Join us for a conversation with Suzanne Cahill on 'Dementia, Human Rights and Social Care', hosted by Jeremy Dixon. 

Find out more about Suzanne's upcoming book 'Human Rights in Dementia Care: A Good Practice Guide' (2025): https://uk.jkp.com/products/human-rights-in-dementia-care

Purchase 'Dementia and Human Rights' (2018) by Suzanne Cahill: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/dementia-and-human-rights

This podcast was recorded as part of our Spring 2025 conference 'Dementia Support in a Diverse World'. Find out more about our conference on the ExChange Wales website and sign up to the webinars in this series: 

https://www.exchangewales.org/dementia-support-in-a-diverse-world/

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Join us for a discussion about the work of 'Maggie's Club' - with Enireth & Alex - a monthly creativity workshop provided by UCAN Productions in Cardiff, for children with visual impairments and additional disabilities. 

Hear testimonials from parents of children who have really benefitted from the workshops, and find out how you can get involved. 

Interviewer: Alyson Rees
Recorded in September 2024

This podcast was recorded as part of our Autumn 2024 ExChange Wales conference 'Being Seen, Heard and Valued'. 

Find out more on our website and sign up to the webinars in this series: 
https://www.exchangewales.org/being-seen-heard-and-valued/

Find out more about ExChange Wales on our website and sign up to future events: https://www.exchangewales.org/

Care experienced people may face numerous transitions throughout their lives, many of them relating to education. Whether it’s moving schools due to moving placements, transitioning to post-16 education, or making the jump to university, every transition has its own challenges – and opportunities. Here, CASCADE’s Hannah Bayfield (who researches care experienced young people’s experiences of higher education) and Lorna Stabler (who has lived experience of being a care experienced student as well as being a fellow CASCADE researcher) discuss Lorna’s own journey, sources of support and tips for transitions into HE.

Gall pobl â phrofiad gofal wynebu nifer o drosglwyddiadau drwy gydol eu bywydau, llawer ohonynt yn ymwneud ag addysg. P'un a yw'n symud ysgolion oherwydd symud lleoliadau, pontio i addysg ôl-16, neu wneud y naid i'r brifysgol, mae gan bob cyfnod pontio ei heriau ei hun – a’i gyfleoedd. Yma, mae Hannah Bayfield CASCADE (sy'n ymchwilio i brofiadau pobl ifanc o addysg uwch) a Lorna Stabler (sydd â phrofiad byw o fod yn fyfyriwr profiadol gofal yn ogystal â bod yn gyd-ymchwilydd CASCADE) yn trafod taith Lorna ei hun, ffynonellau cymorth ac awgrymiadau ar gyfer trosglwyddo i addysg uwch.

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Join Louise Roberts and Rachael Vaughan for this special edition podcast discussing parenthood for young people in and leaving care. The podcast features care-experienced parents, as well as guest speakers from Voices from Care Cymru, NYAS Cymru and TGP Cymru.  

An insightful and thought-provoking conversation, discussing the need for policy and practice change, innovative efforts to support parents and the newly developed good practice charter.

For more information on the project, visit our website.

Ymunwch â Louise Roberts a Rachael Vaughan ar gyfer y podlediad arbennig hwn yn trafod bod yn rhiant i bobl ifanc a gadael gofal. Mae'r podlediad yn cynnwys rhieni â phrofiad o ofal, yn ogystal â siaradwyr gwadd o Voices from Care Cymru, NYAS Cymru a TGP Cymru.

Sgwrs graff sy'n ysgogi'r meddwl, gan drafod yr angen am newid polisi ac ymarfer, ymdrechion arloesol i gefnogi rhieni a'r siarter arfer da sydd newydd ei datblygu.

Am fwy o wybodaeth am y prospect, ewch i'n wefan. 

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MI is now widely used in services for children, playing a key part in innovations such as Family Drug and Alcohol Courts, the Family Safeguarding model and Intensive Family Support Teams. In this session Steve Rollnick (co-creator of Motivational Interviewing) talks with Donald Forrester, David Wilkins and Charlie Whittaker about their forthcoming book on this topic. Discussion will cover the contribution that MI can make to child and family work and how to respond to key problems or challenges such as how to have difficult conversations and applying MI principles in the context of child protection - plus wherever else the conversation goes! There will be opportunities for those attending to ask questions, share experiences and be involved in the discussion.

Bellach, mae MI (Cyfweld Ysgogiadol) yn cael ei ddefnyddio'n helaeth mewn gwasanaethau plant, gan chwarae rhan allweddol mewn ymyriadau megis Llysoedd Cyffuriau ac Alcohol Teulu, y model Diogelu Teuluol a Thimau Cefnogi Teuluoedd Dwys. Yn y sesiwn hon bydd Steve Rollnick (cyd-grëwr Cyfweld Ysgogiadol) yn siarad â Donald Forrester, David Wilkins a Charlie Whittaker am eu llyfr sydd ar ddod ar y pwnc hwn. Bydd trafodaeth yn cwmpasu'r cyfraniad y gall MI ei wneud at waith plant a theuluoedd a sut i ymateb i broblemau neu heriau allweddol megis sut i gael sgyrsiau anodd a chymhwyso egwyddorion MI yng nghyd-destun amddiffyn plant - a ble bynnag arall mae'r sgwrs yn mynd! Bydd cyfleoedd i'r rhai sy'n mynychu ofyn cwestiynau, rhannu profiadau a chymryd rhan yn y drafodaeth. 

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Dr Daniel Burrows is in conversation with Chris Williamson, a social work practice educator  and trainer to talk about the implications of the study 'Voices of Carers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Messages for the future of unpaid caring in Wales' for social work practice. The study has been published by Cardiff University.

Mae Dr Daniel Burrows mewn cysylltiad â Chris Williamson, hyfforddwr ac addysgwr ymarfer gwaith cymdeithasol i drafod goblygiadau’r astudiaeth ‘Lleisiau Gofalwyr yn ystod Pandemig COVID-19: Negeseuon ar gyfer dyfodol rhoi gofal di-dâl yng Nghymru’ i ymarfer gwaith cymdeithasol. Mae’r astudiaeth wedi’i cyhoeddi gan Brifysgol Caerdydd.


Music: The Right Direction by Shane Ivers

Cerddoriaeth: The Right Direction by Shane Ives

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Donald Forrester is joined by Sue Williams, Programme Director Strengthening Families/Family Safeguarding in Hertfordshire County Council. She speaks about her experience within the sector, transforming Hertfordshire and collaborating with other authorities and Mission Impossible.

Bydd Sue Williams, Cyfarwyddwr Rhaglen Cryfhau Teuluoedd / Diogelu Teuluoedd yng Nghyngor Swydd Hertford yn ymuno â Donald Forrester. Mae hi'n siarad am ei phrofiad o fewn y sector, yn trawsnewid Swydd Hertford a chydweithio ag awdurdodau eraill a Mission Impossible

Music: The Right Direction by Shane Ivers

Cerddoriaeth: The Right Direction by Shane Ivers

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CASCADE Centre Director, Donald Forrester is joined by Jake Morgan, Director of Communities and Deputy Chief Executive and Stefan Smith, Head of Children’s Services in Carmarthenshire County Council. They speak about their journey into social work, integrating social work models into their work amongst a range of topics. 

Mae Jake Morgan, Cyfarwyddwr Cymunedau a Dirprwy Brif Weithredwr a Stefan Smith, Pennaeth Gwasanaethau Plant yng Nghyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin yn ymuno â Chyfarwyddwr Canolfan CASCADE, Donald Forrester. Maen nhw'n siarad am eu taith i waith cymdeithasol, gan integreiddio modelau gwaith cymdeithasol yn eu gwaith ymhlith amrywiaeth o bynciau.

Music: The Right Direction by Shane Ivers

Cerddoriaeth: The Right Direction by Shane Ivers

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CASCADE Research Centre Director, Donald Forrester, is joined by Andrew Jarrett, Director of Social Services, Health and Housing in Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Andrew talks about his journey and experience in social work and discusses, amongst many issues, the rates of children in care in Neath Port Talbot.

Bydd Cyfarwyddwr Canolfan Ymchwil CASCADE, Donald Forrester, yn ymuno ag Andrew Jarrett, Cyfarwyddwr Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, Iechyd a Thai yng Nghyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Castell-nedd Port Talbot. Bydd Andrew yn siarad am ei daith a'i brofiad ym maes gwaith cymdeithasol yn ogystal â llu o faterion eraill gan gynnwys cyfraddau plant o dan ofal yng Nghastell-nedd Port Talbot

Music: The Right Direction by Shane Ivers

Cerddoriaeth: The Right Direction gan Shane Ivers

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The podcast discusses the relationship between poverty and contact with children's services. Drawing on the Child Welfare Inequalities Project , Professor Brigid Featherstone, discusses potential approaches to supporting families around their material circumstances at the level of individual practice, local authorities, and national policy.

Mae'r podlediad yn trafod y berthynas rhwng tlodi a chyswllt â gwasanaethau plant.  Drwy ddefnyddio ei gwybodaeth am y prosiect Anghydraddoldebau Lles Plant, mae'r Athro Brigid Featherstone yn trafod sut y gall unigolion, awdurdodau lleol a pholisïau cenedlaethol gynorthwyo teuluoedd â’u hamgylchiadau materol.

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