Mr Martin Elliott
Research Development Officer, CASCADE
Ysgol y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol
- ElliottMC1@caerdydd.ac.uk
- +44 29208 76326
- sbarc|spark, Ystafell 03.14, Heol Maendy, Cathays, Caerdydd, CF24 4HQ
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Trosolwyg
I am a Research Development Officer for the Wales School for Social Care Research (WSSCR) based in the Children's Social Care Research and Development Centre (CASCADE) at Cardiff University.
My research interests include children 'looked after' by the state; children on the edge of care; poverty and social inequalities; services and outcomes for disabled children and young people
Cyhoeddiad
2023
- 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.
- Elliott, M. 2019. The backgrounds of children entering public care in Wales. Self.
- 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.
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)
- 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)
- 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)
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
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
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.
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
- Elliott, M. 2019. The backgrounds of children entering public care in Wales. Self.
- 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. 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
External Funding
2015. Elliott, M (PI), Scourfield, J. and Staples, E. Analysis of data on children in residential care in Wales (Care Council for Wales, £7,400)
Internal Funding
2017. Cardiff University Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (CUROP) Child Welfare Inequalities: The effect of Flying Start programmes on intervention rates (£1600)
Addysgu
- Darlithoedd a gweithdai ar bynciau amrywiol gan gynnwys tlodi ac anghydraddoldebau, a gwaith cymdeithasol gyda phlant anabl a'u teuluoedd
Bywgraffiad
Education and Qualifications
1997 Diploma in Social Work
1998 BA(Hons) Community Studies (Social Work)
2013 MSc Social Science Research Methods
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
Golygydd Cyswllt - Adolygiad Gwasanaethau Plant ac Ieuenctid
Adolygydd cyfnodolion - British Journal of Social Work
Adolygydd cyfnodolion - Child Care in Practice
adolygydd cyfnodolion - Children and Youth Services Review
Adolygydd Journal - Journal of Children's Services
adolygydd cyfnodolion - Triniaeth Breswyl i Blant ac Ieuenctid