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Dr Martin Elliott
DipSW PhD
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Uwch Gymrawd Ymchwil
Trosolwyg
Rwy'n Uwch Gymrawd Ymchwil yn y Ganolfan Ymchwil a Datblygu Gofal Cymdeithasol Plant (CASCADE) ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd. Ochr yn ochr â fy ymchwil fy hun, ar hyn o bryd rwy'n Gynghorydd Datblygu Ymchwil ar gyfer Cyfadran Ymchwil Iechyd a Gofal Cymru ac yn arweinydd academaidd ar gyfer rhaglen ExExchange Cymru gyfan.
Mae fy niddordebau ymchwil yn cynnwys plant sy'n 'derbyn gofal' gan y wladwriaeth; pobl ifanc mewn llety diogel; plant ar ymyl gofal; tlodi ac anghydraddoldebau cymdeithasol; gwasanaethau a chanlyniadau i blant a phobl ifanc anabl
Cyhoeddiad
2025
- Childs, M. J., Bailey, G. A., Griffiths, L. J., Hodges, H., Elliott, M. and Cowley, L. E. 2025. Disabilities in children receiving social care and support in Wales and factors associated with placement into care: A population-based data linkage study. Child Abuse & Neglect 166, article number: 107510. (10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107510)
- Purcell, C., Elliott, M., Corliss, C., Baginsky, M., Playle, R., Rees, A. and Robling, M. 2025. Understanding the impact of regulatory reforms in children’s residential care: Findings from an evidence review. Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care 24(1), pp. 123-147. (10.17868/strath.00092783)
- Sawle, L., Hannigan, M., Bennett, C., Fraser, C., Evans, N., Elliott, M. and Vaughan, R. 2025. CAMH-Crisis2: Crisis Mental Health Services for children and young people in England and Wales. Presented at: The ACMHN 48th International Mental Health Nursing Conference,, Perth, Australia, 30 October - 01 November 2024. Wiley, (10.1111/inm.13477)
2024
- Elliott, M., Smith, P. and Scourfield, J. 2024. The visibility of a socio-economic dimension in day-to-day child and family social work practice in Wales. The British Journal of Social Work 54(7), pp. 3391-3409., article number: bcae098. (10.1093/bjsw/bcae098)
- Williams, A., Bayfield, H., Elliott, M., Lyttleton-Smith, J., Young, H., Evans, R. and Long, S. 2024. Secure futures? A mixed methods study on opportunities for helping young people referred to secure children's homes for welfare reasons. Journal of Children's Services 19(1), pp. 38-53. (10.1108/JCS-06-2022-0019)
2023
- Scourfield, J. et al. 2023. Retention in statutory social work from fast-track child and family programmes. Journal of Social Work 23(6), pp. 1022-1042. (10.1177/14680173231194432)
- Bennett, C. et al. 2023. Crisis care for children and young people with mental health problems: national mapping, models of delivery, sustainability and experience (CAMH-Crisis2). A study protocol. NIHR Open Research 3, article number: 22. (10.3310/nihropenres.13414.1)
2022
- Allnatt, G., Elliott, M., Scourfield, J., Lee, A. and Griffiths, L. J. 2022. Use of linked administrative children’s social care data for research: a scoping review of existing UK studies. British Journal of Social Work 52(7), article number: bcac049. (10.1093/bjsw/bcac049)
- Allnatt, G., Lee, A., Scourfield, J., Elliott, M., Broadhurst, K. and Griffiths, L. 2022. Data resource profile: children looked after administrative records in Wales. International Journal of Population Data Science 1(1) (10.23889/ijpds.v7i1.1752)
- Lee, A., Elliott, M., Scourfield, J., Bedston, S., Broadhust, K., Ford, D. V. and Griffiths, L. J. 2022. Data resource: children receiving care and support and children in need, administrative records in Wales. International Journal of Population Data Science 7(1), article number: 8. (10.23889/ijpds.v7i1.1694)
2021
- Scourfield, J. et al. 2021. Social work fast-track programmes: Retention and progression. Final report. Project Report. [Online]. Department for Education, UK. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-work-fast-track-programmes-tracking-study
- Scourfield, J., Webb, C. J. R., Elliott, M., Staniland, L. and Bywaters, P. 2021. Are child welfare intervention rates higher or lower in areas targeted for enhanced early years services?. Child Abuse Review 30(4), pp. 306-317. (10.1002/car.2696)
- Webb, C., Bywaters, P., Elliott, M. and Scourfield, J. 2021. Income inequality and child welfare interventions in England and Wales. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 75, pp. 251-257. (10.1136/jech-2020-214501)
- Elliott, M. 2021. Ending child poverty in 2020 in Wales?. In: Gwilym, H. and Williams, C. eds. Social Policy for Welfare Practice in Wales. 3rd ed.. BASW, pp. 51-63.
2020
- Elliott, M. 2020. Child welfare inequalities in a time of rising numbers of children entering out-of-home care. British Journal of Social Work 50(2), pp. 581-597. (10.1093/bjsw/bcz154)
- Bywaters, P. et al. 2020. Child welfare inequalities in the four nations of the UK. Journal of Social Work 20(2), pp. 193-215. (10.1177/1468017318793479)
2019
- Roberts, L., Maxwell, N. and Elliott, M. 2019. When young people in and leaving state care become parents: What happens and why?. Children and Youth Services Review 104, pp. 104387. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104387)
- Elliott, M. 2019. Charting the rise of children and young people looked after in Wales. In: Mannay, D., Rees, A. and Roberts, L. eds. Children and Young People ‘Looked After’? Education, Intervention and the Everyday Culture of Care in Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pp. 15-28.
- Williams, A., Bayfield, H., Elliott, M., Lyttleton-Smith, J., Evans, R., Young, H. and Long, S. 2019. The experiences and outcomes of children and young people from Wales receiving Secure Accommodation Orders. Project Report. Cardiff: Social Care Wales.
- Elliott, M. 2019. The backgrounds of children entering public care in Wales. Self.
2018
- McCartan, C., Bunting, L., Bywaters, P., Davidson, G., Elliott, M. and Hooper, J. 2018. A four-nation comparison of kinship care in the UK: the relationship between formal kinship care and deprivation. Social Policy and Society 17(4), pp. 619-635. (10.1017/S1474746418000179)
- McGhee, J., Bunting, L., McCartan, C., Elliott, M., Bywaters, P. and Featherstone, B. 2018. Looking after children in the UK - convergence or divergence?. British Journal of Social Work 48(5), pp. 1176-1198. (10.1093/bjsw/bcx103)
- Elliott, M., Staples, E. and Scourfield, J. 2018. The characteristics of children and young people in residential care in Wales. Child Care in Practice 24(3), pp. 317-330. (10.1080/13575279.2017.1319798)
2017
- Elliott, M. 2017. Looked-after children in Wales: An analysis of the backgrounds of children entering public care. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
- Elliott, M. and Scourfield, J. 2017. Identifying and understanding inequalities in child welfare intervention rates. Project Report. [Online]. Child Welfare Inequalities Project. Available at: http://www.coventry.ac.uk/research/research-directories/current-projects/2014/child-welfare-inequality-uk/cwip-project-outputs/
2015
- Elliott, M. 2015. Quantitative research and the secondary analysis of longitudinal data in social work research. In: Hardwick, L., Smith, R. and Worsley, A. eds. Innovations in Social Work Research. London and Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, pp. 259-273.
Articles
- Childs, M. J., Bailey, G. A., Griffiths, L. J., Hodges, H., Elliott, M. and Cowley, L. E. 2025. Disabilities in children receiving social care and support in Wales and factors associated with placement into care: A population-based data linkage study. Child Abuse & Neglect 166, article number: 107510. (10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107510)
- Purcell, C., Elliott, M., Corliss, C., Baginsky, M., Playle, R., Rees, A. and Robling, M. 2025. Understanding the impact of regulatory reforms in children’s residential care: Findings from an evidence review. Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care 24(1), pp. 123-147. (10.17868/strath.00092783)
- Elliott, M., Smith, P. and Scourfield, J. 2024. The visibility of a socio-economic dimension in day-to-day child and family social work practice in Wales. The British Journal of Social Work 54(7), pp. 3391-3409., article number: bcae098. (10.1093/bjsw/bcae098)
- Williams, A., Bayfield, H., Elliott, M., Lyttleton-Smith, J., Young, H., Evans, R. and Long, S. 2024. Secure futures? A mixed methods study on opportunities for helping young people referred to secure children's homes for welfare reasons. Journal of Children's Services 19(1), pp. 38-53. (10.1108/JCS-06-2022-0019)
- Scourfield, J. et al. 2023. Retention in statutory social work from fast-track child and family programmes. Journal of Social Work 23(6), pp. 1022-1042. (10.1177/14680173231194432)
- Bennett, C. et al. 2023. Crisis care for children and young people with mental health problems: national mapping, models of delivery, sustainability and experience (CAMH-Crisis2). A study protocol. NIHR Open Research 3, article number: 22. (10.3310/nihropenres.13414.1)
- Allnatt, G., Elliott, M., Scourfield, J., Lee, A. and Griffiths, L. J. 2022. Use of linked administrative children’s social care data for research: a scoping review of existing UK studies. British Journal of Social Work 52(7), article number: bcac049. (10.1093/bjsw/bcac049)
- Allnatt, G., Lee, A., Scourfield, J., Elliott, M., Broadhurst, K. and Griffiths, L. 2022. Data resource profile: children looked after administrative records in Wales. International Journal of Population Data Science 1(1) (10.23889/ijpds.v7i1.1752)
- Lee, A., Elliott, M., Scourfield, J., Bedston, S., Broadhust, K., Ford, D. V. and Griffiths, L. J. 2022. Data resource: children receiving care and support and children in need, administrative records in Wales. International Journal of Population Data Science 7(1), article number: 8. (10.23889/ijpds.v7i1.1694)
- Scourfield, J., Webb, C. J. R., Elliott, M., Staniland, L. and Bywaters, P. 2021. Are child welfare intervention rates higher or lower in areas targeted for enhanced early years services?. Child Abuse Review 30(4), pp. 306-317. (10.1002/car.2696)
- Webb, C., Bywaters, P., Elliott, M. and Scourfield, J. 2021. Income inequality and child welfare interventions in England and Wales. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 75, pp. 251-257. (10.1136/jech-2020-214501)
- Elliott, M. 2020. Child welfare inequalities in a time of rising numbers of children entering out-of-home care. British Journal of Social Work 50(2), pp. 581-597. (10.1093/bjsw/bcz154)
- Bywaters, P. et al. 2020. Child welfare inequalities in the four nations of the UK. Journal of Social Work 20(2), pp. 193-215. (10.1177/1468017318793479)
- Roberts, L., Maxwell, N. and Elliott, M. 2019. When young people in and leaving state care become parents: What happens and why?. Children and Youth Services Review 104, pp. 104387. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104387)
- McCartan, C., Bunting, L., Bywaters, P., Davidson, G., Elliott, M. and Hooper, J. 2018. A four-nation comparison of kinship care in the UK: the relationship between formal kinship care and deprivation. Social Policy and Society 17(4), pp. 619-635. (10.1017/S1474746418000179)
- McGhee, J., Bunting, L., McCartan, C., Elliott, M., Bywaters, P. and Featherstone, B. 2018. Looking after children in the UK - convergence or divergence?. British Journal of Social Work 48(5), pp. 1176-1198. (10.1093/bjsw/bcx103)
- Elliott, M., Staples, E. and Scourfield, J. 2018. The characteristics of children and young people in residential care in Wales. Child Care in Practice 24(3), pp. 317-330. (10.1080/13575279.2017.1319798)
Book sections
- Elliott, M. 2021. Ending child poverty in 2020 in Wales?. In: Gwilym, H. and Williams, C. eds. Social Policy for Welfare Practice in Wales. 3rd ed.. BASW, pp. 51-63.
- Elliott, M. 2019. Charting the rise of children and young people looked after in Wales. In: Mannay, D., Rees, A. and Roberts, L. eds. Children and Young People ‘Looked After’? Education, Intervention and the Everyday Culture of Care in Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pp. 15-28.
- Elliott, M. 2015. Quantitative research and the secondary analysis of longitudinal data in social work research. In: Hardwick, L., Smith, R. and Worsley, A. eds. Innovations in Social Work Research. London and Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, pp. 259-273.
Conferences
- Sawle, L., Hannigan, M., Bennett, C., Fraser, C., Evans, N., Elliott, M. and Vaughan, R. 2025. CAMH-Crisis2: Crisis Mental Health Services for children and young people in England and Wales. Presented at: The ACMHN 48th International Mental Health Nursing Conference,, Perth, Australia, 30 October - 01 November 2024. Wiley, (10.1111/inm.13477)
Monographs
- Scourfield, J. et al. 2021. Social work fast-track programmes: Retention and progression. Final report. Project Report. [Online]. Department for Education, UK. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-work-fast-track-programmes-tracking-study
- Williams, A., Bayfield, H., Elliott, M., Lyttleton-Smith, J., Evans, R., Young, H. and Long, S. 2019. The experiences and outcomes of children and young people from Wales receiving Secure Accommodation Orders. Project Report. Cardiff: Social Care Wales.
- Elliott, M. 2019. The backgrounds of children entering public care in Wales. Self.
- Elliott, M. and Scourfield, J. 2017. Identifying and understanding inequalities in child welfare intervention rates. Project Report. [Online]. Child Welfare Inequalities Project. Available at: http://www.coventry.ac.uk/research/research-directories/current-projects/2014/child-welfare-inequality-uk/cwip-project-outputs/
Thesis
- Elliott, M. 2017. Looked-after children in Wales: An analysis of the backgrounds of children entering public care. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
- Elliott, M. 2017. Looked-after children in Wales: An analysis of the backgrounds of children entering public care. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Ymchwil
Cyllid Allanol
Forrester, D. (PI), Elliott, M. Holland, S., Lugg-Widger, F., Mannay, D., Maxwell, N., Roberts, L., Robling, M., Scourfield, Shelton, K. a Westlake, D. (2025-30) Grant Seilwaith Partneriaeth CASCADE (Ymchwil Iechyd a Gofal Cymru, £2,999,636)
2023 Zhang, ML. (PI), Elliott, M., Griffith, G. Asesiad gwerthusadwyedd o Sure Start (Gogledd Iwerddon) a Dechrau'n Deg gan ddefnyddio data gweinyddol ac arbrofion sy'n digwydd yn naturiol
2022 - 2025. Hannigan, B. (cyd-PI), Bennett, C. (Cyd-PI), Jones, A., Elliott, M., Pryjmachuk, S., Evans, N., Elliott, M., Fraser, C., Hails, E. a McMillan, I. CAMH-Argyfwng2: Gofal Argyfwng i Blant a Phobl Ifanc â Phroblemau Iechyd Meddwl: Mapio Cenedlaethol, Modelau Cyflenwi, Cynaliadwyedd a Phrofiad. (NIHR, £811,060)
2022 - 2024. Elliott, M. (PI), Rees, A., Manthorpe, G., Baginsky, M., Robling, M., Playle, R. Effaith rheoleiddio a chofrestru ar y gweithlu gofal plant preswyl: cymharu Cymru a Lloegr (Sefydliad Cenedlaethol Ymchwil Iechyd a Gofal £496,507)
2020 - 2023. Forrester, D.(PI) ac Elliott, M. Rhaglen meithrin galluoedd ymchwil (Ymchwil Iechyd a Gofal Cymru £137,602). Mae rhaglen o weithgareddau a fydd yn cynyddu capasiti ymchwil gofal cymdeithasol yng Nghymru yn canolbwyntio ar dri cham allweddol sy'n mynd ag ymarferydd trwy astudiaeth PhD, ymchwil ôl-ddoethurol/penodiad academaidd cyntaf, ac yna arweinyddiaeth ymchwil. Bwriad y rhaglen yw cefnogi a datblygu mwy: 1. Ceisiadau PhD o ansawdd uchel 2. Ceisiadau llwyddiannus am grantiau cyntaf 3. Arweinwyr ymchwil y dyfodol (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6NCiYC9p38).
2018 - 2020. Elliott, M.(PI), Scourfield, J. a Morris, K. Anghydraddoldebau Lles Plant yng Nghymru: ymarfer ac atal. (Ymchwil Iechyd a Gofal Cymru, £208,961) Prif amcan yr astudiaeth hon yw archwilio a disgrifio'r berthynas rhwng tlodi ac anghydraddoldeb cymdeithasol, ymarfer gwaith cymdeithasol a gwneud penderfyniadau, ac ymyriadau lles plant, megis plant yn cael eu 'derbyn gofal' neu eu rhoi ar y gofrestr amddiffyn plant.
2018 - 2019. Williams, A. (PI), Elliott, M., Evans, R., Lyttleton-Smith, J., Young, H. a Long, S. Pobl ifanc mewn llety diogel yng Nghymru (Gofal Cymdeithasol Cymru, £100,000) Roedd y prosiect hwn yn archwilio profiadau pobl ifanc o Gymru sydd wedi treulio amser mewn Cartrefi Plant Diogel ar sail lles. Gweithiodd y prosiect ansoddol hwn gyda rhai o'r bobl ifanc fwyaf agored i niwed yng Nghymru, a nododd nifer o feysydd lle mae angen newid polisi i sicrhau ein bod yn cefnogi pobl ifanc ar lefelau uchel o risg yn effeithiol
2018. Elliott, M. Cyngor Ymchwil Economaidd a Chymdeithasol (ESRC) cymrodoriaeth ymchwil ôl-ddoethurol blwyddyn (£93,303) Roedd y gymrodoriaeth flwyddyn hon wedi'i seilio ar fy nhraethawd doethurol '"Looked-after" children in Wales: An analysis of the backgrounds of children entering public care'.
2018. J. Lyttleton-Smith (PI), Scourfield, J. ac Elliott, M. Cefnogi'r agenda gwella o fewn Gwasanaethau Plant yng Nghymru. (Gofal Cymdeithasol Cymru, £15,558)
2015. Elliott, M (PI), Scourfield, J. a Staples, E. Dadansoddiad o ddata ar blant mewn gofal preswyl yng Nghymru (Cyngor Gofal Cymru, £7,400) Gan ddefnyddio data gweinyddol a gasglir yn rheolaidd o'r cyfrifiad plant sy'n derbyn gofal, archwiliodd yr ymchwil hon nodweddion plant a phobl ifanc sy'n dod i ofal mewn lleoliadau preswyl yng Nghymru.
Cyllid Mewnol
2017. Rhaglen Cyfleoedd Ymchwil Israddedig Prifysgol Caerdydd (CUROP) Anghydraddoldebau Lles Plant: Effaith rhaglenni Dechrau'n Deg ar gyfraddau ymyrraeth (£1600)
Addysgu
- Darlithoedd a gweithdai ar bynciau amrywiol gan gynnwys tlodi ac anghydraddoldebau, a gwaith cymdeithasol gyda phlant anabl a'u teuluoedd
Bywgraffiad
Rwy'n gyn-weithiwr cymdeithasol gyda 17 mlynedd o brofiad gwasanaethau plant statudol gan gynnwys, rheoli ac ymarfer rheng flaen; Contractio a chomisiynu; a gwaith datblygu strategol. Dechreuais fy ngyrfa academaidd fel ymchwilydd meintiol, gan wneud PhD yn seiliedig ar ddadansoddi data gweinyddol a gasglwyd yn rheolaidd a dadansoddiad Cymru ar gyfer y Prosiect Anghydraddoldebau Lles Plant pedair cenedl (https://www.coventry.ac.uk/research/research-directories/current-projects/2014/child-welfare-inequality-uk/). Rwyf bellach wedi symud tuag at wneud ymchwil dulliau mwy cymysg.
Addysg a Chymwysterau
1997 Diploma mewn Gwaith Cymdeithasol
1998 BA (Anrh) Astudiaethau Cymunedol (Gwaith Cymdeithasol)
2013 MSc Dulliau Ymchwil y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol
2018 PhD
Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau
Cyhoeddiad rhagorol gan ddyfarniad traethawd ymchwil doethurol, Cymdeithas Ymchwil Gwaith Cymdeithasol Ewrop (ESWRA). 2020.
Gwobr BASW Kay McDougall British Journal of Social Work 2021.
Pwyllgorau ac adolygu
Adolygydd cyfnodolion - British Journal of Social Work
Adolygydd cyfnodolyn - Gofal Plant yn Ymarferol
Adolygydd cyfnodolyn - Adolygiad o Wasanaethau Plant ac Ieuenctid
Adolygydd cyfnodolyn - Journal of Children's Services
Adolygydd cyfnodolyn - Triniaeth Breswyl i Blant ac Ieuenctid
Contact Details
+44 29208 76326
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Themâu ymchwil
Arbenigeddau
- Gwaith cymdeithasol