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Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Holland, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7600-3855, Westlake, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7507-3413, Mathur, Vibhor, Lloyd, Harriet, Bezeczky, Zoe, Ablitt, Jonathan, Hick, Rod ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1218-0809, Johnson, Matthew and Sanders, Michael 2025. Innovative and ambitious or unrealistic and risky? Initial professional perspectives on the Basic Income for Care Leavers in Wales pilot. The British Journal of Social Work , bcaf124. 10.1093/bjsw/bcaf124
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Mathur, Vibhor, Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Bezeczky, Zoe, Lloyd, Harriet, Vallis, Dimitris, Sanders, Michael, Pickett, Kate E., Johnson, Matthew, Hick, Rod ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1218-0809, Schroeder, Elizabeth, Fahr, Patrick, Petrou, Stavros, Lee, Hannah, Holland, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7600-3855 and Westlake, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7507-3413 2025. Basic income for care leavers in Wales pilot evaluation: second annual report, 2024 to 2025. [Project Report]. vol. 20/25. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: https://www.gov.wales/sites/default/files/statisti...
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Bennett, Verity ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9311-4124, Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Lugg-Widger, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0029-9703, Meindl, Melissa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1231-0175, Pallmann, Philip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8274-9696, Smith, Philip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3491-4519, Schroeder, Elizabeth-Ann, Adara, Linda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0015-3942, Munnery, Kim, Meister, Lena, Ayayo, Sharon, Rawlinson, Sarah, Forrester, Donald ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2293-5718, Petrou, Stavros, White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8371-8453 and Westlake, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7507-3413 2024. Student perspectives on school-based social workers: A mixed-methods study. Journal of Children's Services 19 (3) , pp. 189-221. 10.1108/JCS-04-2023-0021
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Westlake, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7507-3413, Holland, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7600-3855, Sanders, Michael, Schroeder, Elizabeth, Pickett, Kate E., Johnson, Matthew, Petrou, Stavros, Hick, Rod ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1218-0809, Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Rodriguez-Guzman, Guillermo, Vallis, Dimitris, Fahr, Patrick, Bezeczky, Zoe, Mathur, Vibhor and Lloyd, Harriet 2024. The basic income for care leavers in Wales pilot evaluation: Protocol of a quasi-experimental evaluation. PLoS ONE 19 (10) , e0303837. 10.1371/journal.pone.0303837
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Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549 and Taussig, Heather 2024. ‘Family doesn’t have to be mom and dad’: An exploration of the meaning of family for care-experienced young people. Families, Relationships and Societies 13 (3) , pp. 461-477. 10.1332/20467435Y2023D000000002
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Evans, Lilly, Fitz-Symonds, Samantha, Long, Fiona, Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Diaz, Clive ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5681-9056 and Powell, Shane 2024. “They seem to listen more now I have an advocate”: a study into the implementation of parental advocacy in Wales. Journal of Children's Services 19 (2) , pp. 89-104. 10.1108/JCS-05-2023-0027
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Schroeder, Elizabeth-Ann, Westlake, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7507-3413, Daher, Shahd, Adara, Linda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0015-3942, Ayayo, Sharon, Bennett, Verity ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9311-4124, Kim, Sungwook, Lugg-Widger, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0029-9703, Meindl, Melissa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1231-0175, Meister, Lena, Munnery, Kim, Pallmann, Philip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8274-9696, Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Rawlinson, Sarah, White, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8371-8453 and Petrou, Stavros 2024. The cost-effectiveness and cost-consequences of a school-based social worker intervention: a within-trial economic evaluation. [Online]. SSRN.
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Holland, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7600-3855, Westlake, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7507-3413, Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Vallis, Dimitris, Lloyd, Harriet, Sanders, Michael, Mathur, Vibhor, Bezeczky, Zoe, Pickett, Kate E., Johnson, Matthew, Hick, Rod ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1218-0809, Ablitt, Jonathan, Schroeder, Elizabeth, Fahr, Patrick and Petrou, Stavros 2024. Basic income for care leavers in Wales pilot evaluation: annual report, 2023 to 2024. Welsh Government. Available at: https://www.gov.wales/basic-income-care-leavers-wa...
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Taussig, Heather N., Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Scourfield, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6218-8158 and Franz, Colette 2023. “I'm glad that I was given a second chance to live”: The buffering impact of turning points in the lives of young people with foster care experience. International Journal on Child Maltreatment 6 , pp. 233-254. 10.1007/s42448-022-00129-6
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Taussig, Heather and Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549 2022. Early parenthood for males and females with foster care experience: an exploratory study of predictive factors at entry to care during preadolescence. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal 39 , pp. 657-668. 10.1007/s10560-022-00852-6
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Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Scourfield, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6218-8158 and Taussig, Heather 2022. Insights into turning points from the perspective of young people with out-of-home care experience: events, impact and facilitators of change. Developmental Child Welfare 4 (4) , pp. 72-76. 10.1177/25161032221118910
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Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Mannay, Dawn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7368-4111, Evans, Rhiannon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0239-6331, Staples, Eleanor and Hallett, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7792-4453 2022. Listening to the experts: Learning about relationships and their impact on educational experiences from children and young people in state care. Relational Social Work 6 (2) , pp. 36-57. 10.14605/RSW622202
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Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Mannay, Dawn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7368-4111, Bayfield, Hannah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9589-5120, Corliss, Cindy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0990-8798, Diaz, Clive ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5681-9056 and Vaughan, Rachael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6951-8647 2021. Corporate parenting in a pandemic: Considering the delivery and receipt of support to care leavers in Wales during Covid-19. Children and Youth Services Review 128 , 106155. 10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106155
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Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Mannay, Dawn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7368-4111, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Bayfield, Hannah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9589-5120, Corliss, Cindy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0990-8798, Diaz, Clive ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5681-9056 and Vaughan, Rachael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6951-8647 2021. ‘It’s been a massive struggle’: Exploring the experiences of young people leaving care during COVID-19. Young 29 (4S) , S81-S99. 10.1177/11033088211025949
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Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549 2021. The children of looked after children: outcomes, experiences and ensuring meaningful support to young parents in and leaving care. Bristol: Policy Press.

Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Bayfield, Hannah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9589-5120, Corliss, Cindy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0990-8798, Diaz, Clive ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5681-9056, Mannay, Dawn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7368-4111 and Vaughan, Rachael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6951-8647 2020. Young people leaving care, practitioners and the coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic: experiences, support, and lessons for the future. [Project Report]. CASCADE/Cardiff University.
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Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Maxwell, Nina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3931-7729 and Elliott, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8062-6913 2019. When young people in and leaving state care become parents: What happens and why? Children and Youth Services Review 104 , p. 104387. 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104387
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Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549 and Maxwell, Nina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3931-7729 2019. Supporting women at risk of repeat care proceedings: The development of Reflect services in Wales. Presented at: 27th European Social Services Conference, Milan, Italy, 5-7 June 2019.

Mannay, Dawn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7368-4111, Staples, Eleanor, Hallett, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7792-4453, Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Evans, Rhiannon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0239-6331 and Andrews, Darren 2019. Enabling talk and reframing messages: working creatively with care experienced children and young people to recount and re-represent their everyday experiences. Child Care in Practice 25 (1) , pp. 51-63. 10.1080/13575279.2018.1521375
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Mannay, Dawn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7368-4111, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965 and Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549 2019. Introduction. Mannay, D., Rees, A. and Roberts, L., eds. Children and young people 'looked after'? Education, intervention and the everyday culture of care in Wales., Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pp. 1-12. (10.2307/jj.14491626.6)

Mannay, Dawn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7368-4111, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965 and Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549 2019. Conclusion. Mannay, D., Rees, A. and Roberts, L., eds. Children and young people 'looked after'? Education, intervention and the everyday culture of care in Wales., Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pp. 228-240. (10.2307/jj.14491626.22)

Mannay, Dawn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7368-4111, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965 and Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, eds. 2019. Children and young people 'looked after'? Education, intervention and the everyday culture of care in Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.

Staples, Eleanor, Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Lyttleton-Smith, Jennifer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0704-2970 and Hallett, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7792-4453 2019. Enabling care-experienced young people’s participation in research: CASCADE Voices. Mannay, Dawn, Rees, Alyson and Roberts, Louise, eds. Children and Young People 'Looked After’? Education, Intervention and the Everyday Culture of Care in Wales, Cardiff: University of Wales Press,

Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Maxwell, Nina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3931-7729, Messenger, Rebecca and Palmer, Claire 2018. Evaluation of Reflect in Gwent: Final Report. Cardiff: CASCADE. Available at: https://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/cascade/our-projects/r...
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Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Long, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1284-9645, Young, Honor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0664-4002, Hewitt, Gillian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7946-4056, Murphy, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3589-3681 and Moore, Graham ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6136-3978 2018. Sexual health outcomes for young people in state care: Cross-sectional analysis of a national survey and views of social care professionals in Wales. Children and Youth Services Review 89 , pp. 281-288. 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.04.044
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Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Meakings, Sarah, Smith, Audra, Forrester, Donald ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2293-5718 and Shelton, Katherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1311-5291 2017. Care-leavers and their children placed for adoption. Children and Youth Services Review 79 , pp. 355-361. 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.06.030
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Mannay, Dawn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7368-4111, Evans, Rhiannon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0239-6331, Staples, Eleanor, Hallett, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7792-4453, Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965 and Andrews, Darren 2017. The consequences of being labelled ‘looked-after’: Exploring the educational experiences of looked-after children and young people in Wales. British Educational Research Journal 43 (4) , pp. 683-699. 10.1002/berj.3283
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Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549 2017. A small-scale qualitative scoping study into the experiences of looked after children and care leavers who are parents in Wales. Child & Family Social Work 22 (3) , pp. 1274-1282. 10.1111/cfs.12344
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Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549 2017. Time to change? Exploring the impact of time-limited service provision in a family support service. Child and Family Social Work 22 (S3) , pp. 21-30. 10.1111/cfs.12229
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Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Maxwell, Nina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3931-7729, Rees, P., Holland, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7600-3855 and Forbes, N. 2016. Improving well-being and outcomes for looked after children in Wales: A context sensitive review of interventions. Adoption and Fostering 40 (4) , pp. 309-324. 10.1177/0308575916675563
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Evans, Rhiannon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0239-6331, Hallett, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7792-4453, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965 and Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549 2016. The acceptability of educational interventions: Qualitative evidence from children and young people in care. Children and Youth Services Review 71 , pp. 68-76. 10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.10.030

Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549 2016. Using part-time fostering as a family support service: advantages, challenges and contradictions. British Journal of Social Work 46 (7) , pp. 2120-2136. 10.1093/bjsw/bcv075
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Mannay, Dawn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7368-4111, Staples, Eleanor, Hallett, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7792-4453, Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Evans, Rhiannon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0239-6331 and Andrews, Darren 2016. Exploring the educational experiences and aspirations of Looked After Children and Young People (LACYP) in Wales. [Project Report]. CASCADE Research Briefing, vol. 7. Cardiff: Children's Social Care and Research and Development Centre (CASCADE).
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Mannay, Dawn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7368-4111 and Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549 2016. What have we learnt from looked after children in Wales? Reflecting on their views about educational experiences and opinions, attainment, achievement and aspirations. Presented at: Workshop with Designated Teachers, Christchurch Centre, Newport, UK, 16 March 2016.
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Mannay, Dawn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7368-4111, Staples, Eleanor, Hallett, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7792-4453, Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Evans, Rhiannon Emily ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0239-6331 and Andrews, Darren 2015. Executive summary: Understanding the educational experiences and opinions, attainment, achievement and aspirations of looked after children in Wales. [Technical Report]. Cardiff: Welsh Government. Available at: http://gov.wales/docs/caecd/research/2015/151111-u...
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Mannay, Dawn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7368-4111, Staples, Eleanor, Hallett, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7792-4453, Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Evans, Rhiannon Emily ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0239-6331 and Andrews, Darren 2015. Understanding the educational experiences and opinions, attainment, achievement and aspirations of looked after children in Wales. [Project Report]. Social Research, vol. 62/201. Cardiff: Welsh Government. Available at: http://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/understan...
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Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549 2015. Meeting children's needs within a family focussed agenda: The case of support care. Children and Youth Services Review 53 , pp. 105-112. 10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.03.024
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Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549 2013. Supporting families in need: a qualitative case study of the support care intervention. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
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