Dr Annie Williams

Research Fellow, CASCADE

School of Social Sciences

: williamsa55@cardiff.ac.uk
: +44 (0)29 2087 4983
: Room 0.03, 1- 3 Museum Place

My research interests lie in social care practice and delivery. Much work in recent years has been focused on relationship- based practice and its impact on service acceptability and efficacy within family support services. While involvement in this field continues, other recent and ongoing work is concerned with the care, experiences and outcomes of vulnerable young people referred to Secure Accommodation for welfare reasons.

2009 PhD Social Policy and Child Development. University of Glamorgan

2005 MSc Health Psychology. University West of England

2002 BSc (Hons) Psychology. Open Univevrsity

!983 BDS. Welsh National School of Medicine

Academic Positions

2018 - to date. Research Fellow, Cardiff University

2014- 2018. Post-doctoral Research Fellow. Cardiff University

2011-2014. Research Associate. Cardiff University

2009 - 2011. Research Assistant. Cardiff University

2020

Williams, A.et al. 2020. Care-experienced young people and higher education. Project Report. [Online]. London: What Works Centre for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/WWCSC_Care-experienced-Young-People-and-Higher-Education_report_May_2020_3-1.pdf
Williams, A.et al. 2020. Unlocking the facts: young people referred to secure children's homes. What Works for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/research-report/unlocking-the-facts-young-people-referred-to-secure-childrens-homes/

2019

Williams, A. 2019. Family support services delivered using a restorative approach: a framework for relationship and strengths-based whole-family practice?. Child and Family Social Work 24(4), pp. 555-564. (10.1111/cfs.12636)
Williams, A.et al. 2019. The experiences and outcomes of children and young people from Wales receiving Secure Accommodation Orders. Project Report. Cardiff: Social Care Wales.
Reed, H.et al. 2019. Improving relationship–based practice, practitioner confidence and family engagement skills through restorative approach training. Presented at: European Conference for Social Work Research 2019, Leuven, Belgium, 10-12 April 2019.

2018

Addis, S.et al. 2018. Reducing the need for children to enter into care: a survey of approaches used by local authorities in England. Project Report. [Online]. London: What Works Centre for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Reducing_the_number_of_children_in_statutory_care_a_survey_of_local_authorities.pdf
Williams, A.et al. 2018. Improving relationship-based practice, practitioner confidence and family engagement skills through restorative approach training. Children and Youth Services Review 93, pp. 170-177. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.07.014)
Reed, H., Williams, A. and Segrott, J. 2018. South Wales practitioner workshop: restorative approach in family practice: improving practitioner confidence and family engagement. Presented at: South Wales Practitioner Workshop: Restorative Approach in Family Practice: Improving Practitioner Confidence and Family Engagement, Cardiff, 19 July 2018.

2017

Moore, S. C.et al. 2017. The effectiveness of an intervention to reduce alcohol-related violence in premises licensed for the sale and on-site consumption of alcohol: a randomised controlled trial. Addiction 112(11), pp. 1898-1906. (10.1111/add.13878)
Williams, A. and Segrott, J. 2017. Development of a conceptual model for restorative approach in family service provision. Social Policy and Society (10.1017/S1474746417000318)

2016

Maxwell, N., Rees, A. and Williams, A. 2016. Evaluation of the Video Interaction Guidance Service, Cornwall Council. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: CASCADE. Available at: http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/cascade/files/2017/09/VIG-Evaluation-Report.pdf
Williams, A.et al. 2016. Process evaluation of an environmental health risk audit and action plan intervention to reduce alcohol related violence in licensed premises. BMC Public Health 16(1), article number: 455. (10.1186/s12889-016-3123-9)
Forrester, D.et al. 2016. Helping families where parents misuse drugs or alcohol? A mixed methods comparative evaluation of an intensive family preservation service. Child and Family Social Work 21(1), pp. 65-75. (10.1111/cfs.12111)

2015

Moore, S. C.et al. 2015. All-Wales Licensed Premises Intervention (AWLPI): a randomised controlled trial of an intervention to reduce alcohol-related violence. Public Health Research 3(10) (10.3310/phr03100)

2014

Holland, S., Williams, A. and Forrester, D. 2014. Navigating ethical moments when researching substance misuse with parents and their children. Qualitative Research 14(4), pp. 411-427. (10.1177/1468794112473495)
O'Connor, L.et al. 2014. Perspectives on children's experiences in families with parental substance misuse and child protection interventions. Children and Youth Services Review 38, pp. 66-74. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.01.008)
Williams, A.et al. 2014. The development of a designated dental pathway for looked after children. British Dental Journal 216(3), pp. E6. (10.1038/sj.bdj.2014.51)
Moore, S. C.et al. 2014. All-Wales licensed premises intervention (AWLPI): a randomised controlled trial to reduce alcohol-related violence. BMC Public Health 14(1), pp. -., article number: 21. (10.1186/1471-2458-14-21)

2013

Holland, S.et al. 2013. Parenting and substance misuse: understanding accounts and realities in child protection contexts. British Journal of Social Work n/a (10.1093/bjsw/bcs197)
Moore, G.et al. 2013. An exploratory cluster randomised trial of a university halls of residence based social norms marketing campaign to reduce alcohol consumption among 1st year students. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 8(1), pp. 15. (10.1186/1747-597X-8-15)

2012

Murphy, S.et al. 2012. An exploratory cluster randomised trial of a university halls of residence based social norms intervention in Wales, UK. BMC Public Health 12(1), pp. 186-193. (10.1186/1471-2458-12-186)

I recently completed a post-doctoral fellowship exploring the process and efficacy of delivering family services using a Restorative Approach. During the fellowship an additional project was carried out to assess the impact of training in Restorative Approach on practitioner service delivery. At present I am developing a model of using a Restorative Approach to support families of Military Veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. ESRC Impact Acceleration Account funding has just been awarded and will be used to explore use of a Restorative Approach framework to create and offer a community centre that seeks to meet the holistic needs of the community including those arising from family level mental health problems, domestic violence and substance misuse.

Recent work has also explored the life trajectories of young people from Wales referred to Secure Accommodation for welfare reasons and the outcomes of young people from England with similar experiences. This work identified a need for further research in this field, and much current work is focused on developing bids in this crucial, yet under-researched area.