Staff Profile
Jim Wade
Senior Research Fellow
Jim has a background in youth and community work and social work with teenagers. Since entering research in 1990 he has developed a broad interest in social work services for teenagers, including young people in and leaving care, young runaways from home or care and unaccompanied asylum seeking children. He has been involved in the development of national guidance and service standards in relation to leaving care and young runaways.
Jim Wade's Social Work Research Interests
- child care social work
- children in care
- leaving care
- young runaways
- unaccompanied asylum seeking children.
Jim Wade's Current Social Work Research Projects
- Allegations concerning the maltreatment of looked after children
- An investigation of special guardianship
Jim Wade's Social Work Advisory Positions
- Member, Department for Education Expert Working Group on Returning Looked After Children Home
- Member, Department for Education Expert Working Group on Permanence for Looked After Children
- Member, International Research Network on Leaving Care (INTRAC)
- Member, European Migration Network
- Member, British Association of Adoption and Fostering, Research Group Advisory Committee
- Member, 'Beyond the Adoption Order' Advisory Group, Department for Education
- Member, 'Working with families of children placed away from home: Perspectives from four European countries' Advisory Group, Nuffield Foundation.
Jim Wade's Publications
2012
Fostering Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Young People: A research project, 2012
Wade, J., Sirriyeh, A., Kohli, R. and Simmonds, J., British Association of Adoption & Fostering. Fostering Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Young People: Creating a family life across 'a world of difference', 2012
Wade, J., Sirriyeh, A., Kohli, R. and Simmonds, J. , British Association of Adoption & Fostering. 2011
Preparation and transition planning for unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee young people: a review of evidence in England, 2011
Wade, J., Children and Youth Services Review, 33, 12, 2424-2430. Caring for Abused and Neglected Children: Making the right decisions for reunification or long-term care, 2011
Wade, J., Biehal, N., Farrelly, N. and Sinclair, I., Jessica Kingsley Publishers. 2010
Maltreated children in the looked after system: a comparison of outcomes for those who go home and those who do not, 2010
Wade, J., Biehal, N., Farrelly, N. and Sinclair, I., Research Brief, DFE-RBX-10-06, Department for Education. Special Guardianship in Practice, 2010
Wade, J., Dixon, J. and Richards, A., BAAF. 2009
Commissioning, Delivery and Perceptions of Emergency Accommodation for Young Runaways, 2009
Rees, G., Franks, M., Medforth, R. and Wade, J., Department for Children, Schools and Families Research Report, DCSF-RR181. Placement of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, 2009
Wade, J., pp. 382-400 in G. Schofield and J. Simmonds (eds.) The Child Placement Handbook: Research, policy and practice, British Association for Adoption & Fostering. Implementing special guardianship, 2009
Wade, J., Dixon, J. and Richards, A., Research Brief, DCSF-RBX-09-17, Department for Children, Schools and Families. 2008
Preparation and transition planning for unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people: a review of existing evidence in England, 2008
Wade, J., Care Matters: Transforming Lives - Improving Outcomes Conference, 7-9 July 2008, Keble College, Oxford, UK: Digest of Papers, pp. 84-87. The ties that bind: support from birth families and substitute families for young people leaving care, 2008
Wade, J., British Journal of Social Work, 38, 1, 39-54. Young people leaving care in the United Kingdom: Experiences, outcomes and interventions, 2008
Wade, J. in C. Canali, T. Vecciato and J. Whittaker (eds.) Assessing the Evidence Base of Intervention for Vulnerable Children and their Families, Fondazione Emmanuela Zancan. United Kingdom, 2008
Wade, J. and Munro, E., pp. 209-224 in M. Stein and E. Munro (eds.) Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood: International research and practice, Jessica Kingsley. 2007
The potential of secondary data sources to explore the life chances of looked-after children in the care system in the UK, 2007
Attar, S., Parker, G. and Wade, J., Journal of Children's Services, 2, 2, 39-47. Leaving Care? Transition planning and support for unaccompanied young people, 2007
Dixon, J. and Wade, J. in R. Kohli and F. Mitchell (eds.) Working with Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children: Issues for policy and practice, Palgrave McMillan. 2006
Young People Leaving Care: A Study of Costs and Outcomes: Final Report to the Department for Education & Skills, 2006
Dixon, J., Wade, J., Byford, S., Weatherly, H., and Lee, J.. Contributing author , 2006
Wade, J. in Bullying Today, Office of the Children's Commissioner. Support for young people leaving care in the UK, 2006
Wade, J. in C. McAuley, P. Pecora, & W. Rose (eds.) Enhancing the Wellbeing of Children and Families through Effective Interventions - UK and USA Evidence for Practice, Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Making a home, finding a job: investigating early housing and employment outcomes for young people leaving care, 2006
Wade, J. and Dixon, J., Child and Family Social Work, 11, 3, 199-208. 2005
Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children: The response of social work services , 2005
Wade, J., Mitchell, F. and Baylis, G. , Executive Summary, Social Work Research and Development Unit. Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children: The response of social work services, 2005
Wade, J., Mitchell, F., & Baylis, G., British Association for Adoption & Fostering. 2004
Developing leaving care services, 2004
Biehal, N., Clayden, J., Stein, M., & Wade, J. , pp. 295-301 in N. Frost (ed. ) Child Welfare: Major Themes in Health and Social Welfare, Routledge. Young people leaving care: a study of outcomes and costs, 2004
Dixon, J., Wade, J., Byford, S., Weatherly, H. and Lee, J., Research Summary, Social Work Research and Development Unit. 2003
Lost from View: Missing Persons in the UK, 2003
Biehal, N., Mitchell, F., & Wade, J., The Policy Press. Lost from view: missing persons in the UK, 2003
Biehal, N., Mitchell, F., & Wade, J. , Research Summary, Social Work Research and Development Unit. Children on the edge: patterns of running away in the UK, 2003
Wade, J., Child and Family Law Quarterly, 15, 4, 343-352. Leaving Care , 2003
Wade, J. , Quality Protects Research Briefing, no. 7, Research in Practice. 2002
Children who go missing: research, policy and practice, 2002
Biehal, N. and Wade, J.. Running Away in Wales: Patterns, Needs and Services, 2002
Mitchell, F., Rees, G. and Wade, J., Social Work Research and Development Unit. Missing Out: Young Runaways in Scotland, 2002
Wade, J., Aberlour Child Care Trust.
Contact
Social Policy Research Unit,
University of York,
Heslington,
York,
United Kingdom,
YO10 5DD
University of York,
Heslington,
York,
United Kingdom,
YO10 5DD
Telephone: +44 (0)1904 321297
