News and Events
Research with Vulnerable Children Workshop 23 & 24 April 2013
The Centre for Research on the Child and Family has a national and international reputation for innovative research with vulnerable children - for example: child protection; children at risk...
Service User’s and Carer’s Co-ordinator
The School of Social Work is very pleased to announce the appointment of Liz Chapman as Service User’s and Carer’s Co-ordinator with effect from 2 January 2013. We would also like to...
David Howe OBE
David Howe, Emeritus Professor of Social Work, has been recognised in the Queens New Year’s Honour’s list and awarded an OBE for his services to vulnerable children and families. David joined...
Queens Anniversary Prize 2014
The UEA’s nomination for the Queen’s Anniversary Prize 2014 will be from the School of Social Work under the proposed title of ‘Protecting children at risk through rigorous research and high...
Tri-borough Care Proceedings Pilot
A team from the Centre for Research on the Child and Family will be evaluating a crucially important, high-profile initiative to tackle the problem of delay in care proceedings about children. The...
Project to explore performance and stress management in social work
A research project starting this month at the University of East Anglia will look at what constitutes good performance in social work and how well social workers manage stress in their job. ...
Annual Conference of the Norwegian Government Department for Children Youth and Family Affairs
Emeritus Professor June Thoburn from the School of Social Work at the University of East Anglia presented her paper on 'Cultural Competence in Child and Family Social Work: What do we...
Supporting fathers after separation or divorce: evidence and insights October 18th 2012
The Centre for Research on the Child and Family has a new Report launched today reviewing evidence on how effective divorce-related interventions are in supporting fathers who are...
NSPCC Inter-Racial Adoption
Emeritus Professor June Thoburn from the School of Social Work attended a by invitation event held by the NSPCC on Inter-Racial Adoption at Roundtable in Westminster on Tuesday...
Contact after Adoption Research
Since August 2012 we have been interviewing birth relatives, adoptive parents, and adopted young people about their experiences of, and views on, contact after adoption. We have now completed over...