Louisa Roberts

Biographic Data

ID6244098
NAMELouisa Roberts
GIVEN NAMESLouisa
FAMILY NAMERoberts
SIGNATUREROBERTS L
AFFILIATIONSCardiff University
ORCID0009-0009-5596-0280
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Participative rights in Welsh primary schools

    Open AccessAlison Murphy, Louisa Roberts et al.ARTICLEPolicy Futures in Education2025

    This paper presents the findings from the initial stage of an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded project which examines the pedagogic practices that embed young children’s participative rights in lower primary classrooms in Wales. An evaluation of relevant legislation and policy in Wales from 2000 to 2022 was undertaken to explicate the positioning of teachers and their responsibilities regarding children’s participative rights. D…

  • Economic Evaluation of a School-Based Social Worker Intervention (SWIS)

    Open AccessElizabeth-Ann Schroeder, David Westlake et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2025

    Schools are a source of at-risk referrals to Children Social Care (CSC), contributing the second highest proportion of all referrals in the UK, behind the police. Since 204 schools were also associated with the highest increase in referrals.Social workers have the lead responsibility for assessing and safeguarding children. This research evaluated an intervention that integrated social workers into schools (SWIS) to support education colleagues, …

  • A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of Social Workers in Schools (SWIS) in England

    Open AccessDavid Westlake, Philip Pallmann et al.ARTICLEResearch on Social Work Practice2025References: 3

    Purpose: “Social Workers in Schools” (SWIS) is a school-based intervention aiming to reduce the need for children to receive child protection services in England. This article reports the findings of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) designed to evaluate SWIS. Method: The study was a two-arm pragmatic cluster RCT with an embedded process and economic evaluation. The intervention physically located social workers within schools. The primary outc…

  • Student perspectives on school-based social workers

    Open AccessVerity Bennett, Louisa Roberts et al.ARTICLEJournal of Children s Services2024References: 6

    Purpose School social work, in various forms, is well established internationally and has a growing evidence base. Yet existing research focuses on professional perspectives rather than those of students. This study aims to fill this gap by exploring secondary school student perspectives of having social workers in schools (SWIS). It was undertaken in England as part of the SWIS trial, which tested whether secondary school-based social workers co…

  • The worst day of my life’

    Open AccessLouisa Roberts, Louisa M Roberts et al.ARTICLEAdoption & Fostering2024References: 3

    Appropriate allegation investigations within social care are paramount to protect children. However, many allegations are unsubstantiated ( Biehal et al., 2014 ) and result in stress and anxiety for fostering families ( Adams, Hassett and Lumsden, 2018 ), financial uncertainty ( Boffey, Stanton and Thomas, 2019 ), unplanned endings and foster carers leaving their role ( Adams, Hassett and Lumsden, 2018 ). There is little research into the prevale…

  • Doing with or doing to? A realist case study of factors affecting the implementation of guidance on child sexual exploitation in Wales

    Open AccessJuan Usubillaga, Sammi Fitz-Symonds et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2024References: 29

    Robust implementation plans are critical to effective policy implementation • Effective implementation requires significant investment in time and resources. • Access to collaborative spaces fosters shared responsibility for knowledge exchange. • A supportive organisational culture is crucial for effective policy implementation. • Participation of key stakeholders helps facilitate implementation. There is currently limited research which consider…

  • The cost-effectiveness and cost-consequences of a school-based social worker intervention

    Open AccessElizabeth-Ann Schroeder, David Westlake et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2024References: 7

    The SWIS trial compared a social worker assigned to schools (intervention) versus usual practice. • The mean total cost of the SWIS intervention per school was £106,771.30. • Variations in staff recruitment to SWIS teams led to differences in costs for local authorities. • Costs were re-estimated to account for staff time and quality of implementation. • The probability of SWIS being cost-effective for averting a section 47 enquiry at cost-effect…

  • The Socialism of Fools?

    Open AccessWilliam Brustein, William I Brustein et al.BOOKSocialism of Fools?2015

    Anti-Semitism, as it has existed historically in Europe, is generally thought of as having been a phenomenon of the political right. To the extent that nineteenth- and early twentieth-century leftist movements have been found to manifest anti-Semitism, their involvement has often been suggested to be a mere fleeting and insignificant phenomenon. As such, this study seeks to examine more fully the role that the historic European left has played in…