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Bailey, Grace A., Broadhurst, Karen, Scourfield, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6218-8158, Harron, Katie, Bailey, Rowena, Goodman, Alissa, Raybould, Alyce, McBride, Orla, Silverwood, Richard, Boyd, Andy, Turner, Emma L., Elliott, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8062-6913, Harker, Lisa and Griffiths, Lucy J. 2026. Linking UK-based longitudinal population studies to administrative data on children’s social care: A scoping review : Linking UK cohort data to child social care. International Journal of Population Data Science Item availability restricted.

Bernheim, Bekkah, Hayes, Jennie, Singh, Alankrita, Wyatt, Katrina, Forrester, Donald ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2293-5718 and Stabler, Lorna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0742-4271 2026. Family‐led decision‐making meetings as an alternative to initial child protection conferences: Findings from a realist evaluation of the Safeguarding Family Group Conferencing pilot in England. Child & Family Social Work 10.1111/cfs.70131

Corten, Chloe, Keam, Josie, Scourfield, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6218-8158, Maxwell, Nina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3931-7729, Warner, Nell ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6347-7354 and Elliott, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8062-6913 2026. Numbers and demographic characteristics of UK social work students over time. Social Work Education 45 (3) , pp. 740-756. 10.1080/02615479.2025.2531855

Day, Jo, O'Rourke, Sarah, Lang, Iain, Wyatt, Katrina and Stabler, Lorna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0742-4271 2026. Contextual factors influencing the implementation of an innovation in child protection services in England: a qualitative analysis using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. The British Journal of Social Work 56 (3) , pp. 1077-1096. 10.1093/bjsw/bcaf232

Elliott, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8062-6913, Purcell, Carl, Corliss, Cindy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0990-8798, Baginsky, Mary, Playle, Rebecca ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2989-1092, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965 and Robling, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1004-036X 2026. Induction, training, and the registration of the residential childcare workforce. Residential Treatment for Children and Youth 10.1080/0886571x.2026.2682944

Forrester, Donald ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2293-5718, Westlake, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7507-3413 and Killian, Michael 2026. What is the relationship between social work skills in simulated and real interviews? Journal of Children's Services 10.1108/jcs-12-2025-0054

Foye, Chris and Liao, Lois 2026. From doors to scores: The financialization and algorithmization of discrimination in the private rented sector. Economy and Society 10.1080/03085147.2026.2689262

Havlicek, Judy, Holland, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7600-3855 and Taussig, Heather 2026. Navigating relationships with birth family after aging out of foster care: experiences of young people. Families in Society 107 (2) , pp. 400-419. 10.1177/10443894241303193

Holmes, Lisa, Hood, Rick, Mc Grath-Lone, Louise, Méndez Pineda, Rocio, Park, Jeongeun, Scourfield, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6218-8158, Soraghan, Joanna and Woodman, Jenny 2026. Just because we can does not mean we should: Responsible and meaningful uses of administrative data in the evaluation of complex interventions in children’s social care. The British Journal of Social Work , bcag017. 10.1093/bjsw/bcag017

Loucks, Nancy, Beresford, Sarah, Wright, Polly, Raikes, Ben, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Kenny, Freya and Stevenson, Sylvia 2026. Children at the centre: considering the whole child in a national model of support for children with a parent in prison. Social Sciences 15 (2) , 137. 10.3390/socsci15020137

Lowthian, Emily, Bedston, Stuart, Deavall, Olivia, Crick, Tom, Griffiths, Lucy J., Akbari, Ashley, Lee, Alex, Hammerton, Gemma, Heron, Jon and Forrester, Donald ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2293-5718 2026. Educational pathways and outcomes for care‐experienced children: A 16‐year longitudinal study. British Educational Research Journal 10.1002/berj.70155

Lowthian, Emily, Bedston, Stuart, Lee, Alex, Akbari, Ashley, Griffiths, Lucy, Crick, Tom and Forrester, Donald ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2293-5718 2026. Children’s early care experiences and their educational attainment: a population data-linkage study in Wales. Oxford Review of Education 52 (5) , pp. 671-690. 10.1080/03054985.2025.2540036

Marshall, Michael and Zhang, Meng Le 2026. Evaluating the effect of grant on affordable housing supply in England using a quasi-experiment. International Journal of Housing Policy 26 (4) , pp. 665-688. 10.1080/19491247.2025.2482212

Maxwell, Nina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3931-7729 2026. 'Shove that. There’s always hope': Young people’s lived experience of child criminal exploitation. Journal of Youth Studies 29 (1) , pp. 54-70. 10.1080/13676261.2024.2397025

Maxwell, Nina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3931-7729, Khurana, Kriti and Cserző, Dorottya ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2676-9427 2026. ‘They’re not seeing young people as victims’: Professional perspectives on policy and practice for criminally exploited children in Wales. Youth Justice 10.1177/14732254261428267

McAuley, Colette, Forrester, Donald ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2293-5718, Holland, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7600-3855, Mannay, Dawn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7368-4111, Keam, Josie and Lyttleton-Smith, Jennifer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0704-2970 2026. Understanding the subjective well-being of 10-and-11-year old foster children in Wales: relationships and their interconnectedness with places, possessions and activities. Child Indicators Research 19 , pp. 2267-2294. 10.1007/s12187-026-10381-8

Meindl, Melissa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1231-0175 and Wilkins, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2780-0385 2026. A randomised controlled trial of a ‘checklist’ intervention to mitigate confirmation bias and improve forecasting accuracy in social work. The British Journal of Social Work , bcag212. 10.1093/bjsw/bcag212

Opoku, Richmond, Judd, Natasha, Cresswell, Katie, Parker, Michael, James, Michaela, Scourfield, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6218-8158, Hughes, Karen, Noyes, Jane, Bristow, Dan, Kontopantelis, Evangelos, Brophy, Sinead and Kennedy, Natasha 2026. Mapping the evidence on outcomes of childhood out-of-home care: A scoping review of reviews. PLoS ONE 21 (2) , e0325409. 10.1371/journal.pone.0325409

Powell, Shane, Preter, Emilia, Fitz-Symonds, Samantha, Diaz, Clive and Hansly, Vicky 2026. Evaluating “People Offering Parents Support” (POPS): A qualitative study of peer parental advocacy in Welsh child welfare services. Child Care in Practice 32 (3) , pp. 312-331. 10.1080/13575279.2026.2648980

Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Bezeczky, Zoe, Holland, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7600-3855, Mathur, Vibhor and Westlake, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7507-3413 2026. “I feel like my future is in my control”: Exploring young people’s early experiences of the basic income for care leavers in Wales pilot through the lens of self-determination theory. Children and Youth Services Review 188 , 109111. 10.1016/j.childyouth.2026.109111

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 2026. 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 56 (1) , pp. 26-45. 10.1093/bjsw/bcaf124

Stabler, Lorna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0742-4271, Sampson, Mthoko Ngobese, Bernheim, Bekkah, Day, Jo and O'Rourke, Sarah 2026. Exploring how “risk” can be conceptualised and addressed to overcome barriers to implementing family-led innovations in child protection social work. Journal of Children's Services 10.1108/jcs-05-2025-0025

Stabler, Lorna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0742-4271, Wyatt, Katrina, Day, Jo, Lang, Iain, Wilkins, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2780-0385, Forrester, Donald ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2293-5718, Bernheim, Bekkah, Singh, Alankrita, O’Rourke, Sarah, Hayes, Jennie and Prestat, Helene 2026. Family Group Conferences as an alternative to Initial Child Protection Conferences for families on the Child Protection pathway: Synopsis. Health and Social Care Delivery Research 14 (22) 10.3310/plqs7147

Warner, Nell ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6347-7354, Hodges, Helen, Scourfield, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6218-8158 and Cannings-John, Rebecca ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5235-6517 2026. Identifying the parental figures of children who enter care: The pros and cons of different data linkage methods using Welsh datasets. International Journal of Population Data Science 11 (1) , 3381. 10.23889/ijpds.v11i1.3381

Warner, Nell ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6347-7354, Scourfield, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6218-8158, Cannings-John, Rebecca ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5235-6517, Rouquette, Olivier Y. and John, Ann 2026. What affects the likelihood of children entering public care? The interaction of household low income, area-level deprivation and parental risk factors. Children and Youth Services Review 183 , 108851. 10.1016/j.childyouth.2026.108851

Warner, Nell ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6347-7354, Scourfield, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6218-8158, Forrester, Donald ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2293-5718, Cannings‐John, Rebecca ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5235-6517, Broadhurst, Karen and John, Ann 2026. The variations in children entering care across local authorities: Taking population characteristics into account. Children & Society 10.1111/chso.70105

Warner, Nell ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6347-7354, Smith, Phil ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3491-4519 and Rawlings, Anna 2026. Alternative educational provision and care experienced young people: An administrative data study in Wales. European Journal of Education 61 (4) , e70854. 10.1111/ejed.70854

Westlake, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7507-3413, Meindl, Melissa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1231-0175 and Bennett, Verity ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9311-4124 2026. Theory of disruption: A method for understanding context in social policy evaluations with a worked example based on the COVID-19 pandemic. Evaluation 10.1177/13563890261439289

Wilkins, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2780-0385 and Bennett, Verity ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9311-4124 2026. Making accurate judgements in child welfare: comparing ChatGPT with qualified social workers. Child & Family Social Work 31 (2) , pp. 703-712. 10.1111/cfs.13304

Book Section

Smith, Philip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3491-4519 and Evans, Ceryn 2026. Supporting transitions for care experienced young people and students: Exploring the importance of social capital in their educational and life transitions. Jindal-Snape, Divya, ed. The Palgrave International Handbook of Multiple and Multi-Dimensional Educational and Life Transitions, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 159-178. (10.1007/978-3-032-11145-6_8)

Conference or Workshop Item - unpublished

Mannay, Dawn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7368-4111 2026. Creative research methods: insights, innovations and applications. Presented at: Creative Methods in Ageing Research Seminar, London, UK, 21 July 2026.

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Bezeczky, Zoe, Mathur, Vibhor, Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, 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, Holland, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7600-3855 and Westlake, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7507-3413 2026. Basic income for care leavers in Wales pilot evaluation: third annual report, 2025 to 2026. [Project Report]. Welsh Government. Available at: https://www.gov.wales/basic-income-care-leavers-wa...

Mannay, Dawn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7368-4111, Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Stevenson, Sylvia and Baker, Emily 2026. An evaluation of the Step Up Step Down pilot programme in Pembrokeshire. [Project Report]. Cardiff: Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre (CASCADE). Available at: https://cascadewales.org/research/step-up-step-dow...

Paine, Amy L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9025-3719, Evans, Georgia, Shelton, Katherine H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1311-5291, Dorrans, Ellie M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1191-4540, Warner, Nell ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6347-7354 and Stabler, Lorna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0742-4271 2026. Special guardianship families: Identifying children’s strengths and support needs. [Project Report]. Cardiff University.

Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Mannay, Dawn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7368-4111, Stevenson, Sylvia and Baker, Emily 2026. Executive Summary: An evaluation of the Step Up Step Down pilot programme in Pembrokeshire. [Project Report]. Cardiff: Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre (CASCADE). Available at: https://cascadewales.org/research/step-up-step-dow...

Stabler, Lorna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0742-4271, Warner, Nell ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6347-7354, Shelton, Katherine H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1311-5291, Paine, Amy L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9025-3719, Dorrans, Ellie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1191-4540, Evans, Georgia, Bennett, Verity ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9311-4124, Chaudhuri, Daisy, Haarhoff, Bobbie-Jo and Hall, Michelle 2026. Special guardianship families in Wales: Summary report. [Project Report]. Cardiff University.

Warner, Nell ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6347-7354, Dorrans, Ellie Mae ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1191-4540, Bennett, Verity ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9311-4124, Rawlings, Anna, Onayade, Mobuolafoluwa, Shelton, Katherine H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1311-5291, Paine, Amy L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9025-3719, Evans, Georgia and Stabler, Lorna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0742-4271 2026. Special guardianship families in Wales: Characteristics and care pathways. [Project Report]. Cardiff University.

Short Communication

Heilmann, Anja, Holland, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7600-3855, Lacey, Rebecca and Gershoff, Elizabeth T. 2026. Physical punishment of children: ineffective and harmful [Editorial]. BMJ 394 , e100233. 10.1136/bmj-2026-100233