Melissa Meindl

(hi/ei)

2026

• Lugg-Widger, F. V. et al. 2026. Understanding inequalities in adult social care in Wales: Protocol for the CARE lab linked administrative data study. International Journal of Population Data Science 11 (1)(10.23889/ijpds.v11i1.3393)
• Westlake, D. et al. 2026. A cluster randomised controlled trial of Social Workers in Schools (SWIS) in England. Research on Social Work Practice 36 (5), pp.651-671. (10.1177/10497315251338227)
• Westlake, D. , Meindl, M. and Bennett, V. 2026. Theory of disruption: A method for understanding context in social policy evaluations with a worked example based on the COVID-19 pandemic. Evaluation (10.1177/13563890261439289)

2025

• Scourfield, J. , Wood, S. and Meindl, M. 2025. The international evidence on Family Group Conferences. In: Sanders, M. , Westlake, D. and Hirneis, V. eds. Experimental Methods and Children's Social Care. The Contribution of Randomised Controlled Trials. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. , pp.29-42. (10.4337/9781035327157.00011)
• Schroeder, E. et al., 2025. Economic evaluation of a school-based social worker intervention (SWIS) [Abstract]. Presented at: 2nd North American Conference on Integrated Care Calgary, Canada 15-17 October 2024. Vol. 25.Vol. 060. (10.5334/ijic.NACIC24060)
• Meindl, M. and Wilkins, D. 2025. Can social workers forecast future actions, events, and outcomes? A study of referrals to children’s services in England. Child Care in Practice 31 (2), pp.321-335. (10.1080/13575279.2021.2001434)
• Wilkins, D. and Meindl, M. 2025. Can child protection social workers forecast future actions, events and outcomes? A case study of long-term work with five families. Child Care in Practice 31 (2), pp.301-320. (10.1080/13575279.2022.2118674)

2024

• Schroeder, E. et al., 2024. The cost-effectiveness and cost-consequences of a school-based social worker intervention: a within-trial economic evaluation. Children and Youth Services Review 166 107928. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107928)
• Bennett, V. et al. 2024. Student perspectives on school-based social workers: A mixed-methods study. Journal of Children's Services 19 (3), pp.189-221. (10.1108/JCS-04-2023-0021)
• Westlake, D. et al. 2024. Social workers in schools: A feasibility study of three local authorities. Journal of Social Work 24 (5), pp.607-626. (10.1177/14680173241258927)
• Wood, S. et al. 2024. Family group conference provision in UK local authorities and associations with children looked after rates. The British Journal of Social Work 54 (5), pp.2045-2066. (10.1093/bjsw/bcae019)
• Meindl, M. and Westlake, D. 2024. Evaluation of the Family Drug and Alcohol Court in Wales pilot: Final Report. Project Report.Cardiff: CASCADE.
• Wilkins, D. and Meindl, M. 2024. Measuring the ratio of true-positive to false-positive judgements made by child and family social workers in England: A case vignette study. Child & Family Social Work 29 (2), pp.327-338. (10.1111/cfs.13086)
• Wilkins, D. and Meindl, M. 2024. Can social workers estimate the likelihood of future actions and events? A forecasting accuracy study. The British Journal of Social Work 54 (3), pp.1150-1169. (10.1093/bjsw/bcad234)
• Schroeder, E. et al., 2024. The cost-effectiveness and cost-consequences of a school-based social worker intervention: a within-trial economic evaluation. SSRN 4776734. (10.2139/ssrn.4776734)

2023

• Adara, L. et al. 2023. The Social Workers in Schools Trial: An evaluation of school based social work.. Project Report.Early Intervention Foundation.

2022

• Wood, S. et al. 2022. A UK-wide survey of family group conference provision. Project Report.Cardiff: CASCADE.
• Westlake, D. et al. 2022. Devolved budgets in Children’s Social Care: A logic model based on three pilot evaluations. British Journal of Social Work 52 (7), pp.3999-4020. (10.1093/bjsw/bcac019)
• Meindl, M. , Hosch, M. and Westlake, D. 2022. An evaluation of the Family Drug and Alcohol Court in Wales pilot: Interim report. Project Report.[Online].Cardiff University. Available at: https://cascadewales.org/research/evaluation-of-the-family-drug-and-alcohol-court-in-wales-pilot/.

2021

• Wilkins, D. and Meindl, M. 2021. A randomised controlled trial of a ‘checklist’ intervention to mitigate confirmation bias and improve forecasting accuracy in social work.
• Stabler, L. et al. 2021. A scoping review of system-level mechanisms to prevent children being in out-of-home care. British Journal of Social Work 52 (5), pp.2515-2536. bcab213. (10.1093/bjsw/bcab213)

2020

• Westlake, D. et al. 2020. Social workers in schools: an evaluation of pilots in three 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/WWCSC_Social-Workers-in-Schools_pilot-study_full-report_May-2020.pdf.
• Westlake, D. et al. 2020. Devolved budgets: an evaluation of pilots in three 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/WWCSC_Devolved_Budgets_Full_Report_March_2020_FINAL.pdf.

2019

• Meindl, M. et al. 2019. How do family drug and alcohol courts work with parents to safely reduce the number of children in care? A rapid realist review. Project Report.[Online].London: What Works Centre for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/WWCSC_FDAC_rapid_realist_review_Oct2019.pdf.

2018

• Brand, S. et al. 2018. Mapping the evidence about what works to safely reduce the number of children and young people in statutory care: A systematic scoping review. Technical Report.