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Dr Lorna Stabler
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BA, MA, MSc, PhD
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Cymrawd Ymchwil
Trosolwyg
Rwy'n Gymrawd Ymchwil o fewn CASCADE. Rwy'n arwain ymchwil yn bennaf sy'n canolbwyntio ar ofal perthnasol, a gwneud penderfyniadau a arweinir gan deuluoedd, gan gynnwys yn fwyaf diweddar astudiaeth a ariennir gan Sefydliad Nuffield sy'n canolbwyntio ar Orchmynion Gwarcheidwad Arbennig yng Nghymru, ac astudiaeth NIHR sy'n canolbwyntio ar ddeall sut y gellir ymgorffori Cynadleddau Grŵp Teulu mewn gwaith cymdeithasol plant a theuluoedd. Ar hyn o bryd rwy'n dal gwobr Advancing Researcher a ariennir gan HCRW i ddatblygu ymchwil bellach sy'n gysylltiedig â gofal perthnasol. Rwyf hefyd yn Arweinydd Arbenigedd HCRW ar gyfer Gofal Cymdeithasol a Lleoliadau Preswyl ledled Cymru.
Dechreuais fy ngwaith gyda CASCADE ar raglen waith ar gyfer Canolfan Gofal Cymdeithasol Plant What Work. Yn flaenorol, gweithiais i Ganolfan Gwaith Cymdeithasol a Gofal Cymdeithasol Tilda Goldberg fel ymchwilydd mewnol mewn Awdurdod Lleol mewnol Llundain, gan ganolbwyntio ar wella ymarfer gwaith cymdeithasol amddiffyn plant.
Rwy'n arbennig o ysgogi deall beth all wneud gwahaniaeth i deuluoedd a phobl ifanc sy'n ymwneud â gofal cymdeithasol plant, a chysylltiadau rhwng yr hyn y mae gweithwyr cymdeithasol yn ei wneud a chanlyniadau teuluol ehangach. Gyda'r nod hwnnw mewn golwg, rwyf wedi gweithio ar nifer o brosiectau realistig sy'n archwilio beth sy'n gweithio'n dda, i bwy, o dan ba amgylchiadau i leihau'r angen i blant fod mewn gofal.
Cyhoeddiad
2026
- Stabler, L. et al. 2026. Exploring how “risk” can be conceptualised and addressed to overcome barriers to implementing family-led innovations in child protection social work. Journal of Children's Services (10.1108/jcs-05-2025-0025)
- Paine, A. L. et al. 2026. Special guardianship families: Identifying children’s strengths and support needs. Project Report.Cardiff University.
- Stabler, L. et al. 2026. Special guardianship families in Wales: Summary report. Project Report.Cardiff University.
- Stabler, L. et al. 2026. Family Group Conferences as an alternative to Initial Child Protection Conferences for families on the Child Protection pathway: Synopsis. Health and Social Care Delivery Research 14 (22)(10.3310/plqs7147)
- Warner, N. et al. 2026. Special guardianship families in Wales: Characteristics and care pathways. Project Report.Cardiff University.
- Day, J. et al., 2026. Contextual factors influencing the implementation of an innovation in child protection services in England: a qualitative analysis using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. The British Journal of Social Work 56 (3), pp.1077-1096. (10.1093/bjsw/bcaf232)
- Bernheim, B. et al., 2026. Family‐led decision‐making meetings as an alternative to initial child protection conferences: Findings from a realist evaluation of the Safeguarding Family Group Conferencing pilot in England. Child & Family Social Work (10.1111/cfs.70131)
- Fitz-Symonds, S. and Stabler, L. 2026. Advocacy for children in care. In: Diaz, C. , Fitz-Symonds, S. and Fisher, T. eds. Participatory Approaches in Child and Family Social Work. Policy Press. , pp.167-188. (10.51952/9781447373407.ch009)
- Stabler, L. , Fisher, T. and Man Au, K. 2026. Strengthening families through family group conferencing. In: Diaz, C. , Fitz-Symonds, S. and Fisher, T. eds. Participatory Approaches in Child and Family Social Work. Policy Press. , pp.87-110. (10.51952/9781447373407.ch006)
2025
- Stabler, L. 2025. Learning from experience: how lived, living and learned experiences can cocreate knowledge [Editorial]. BMJ Paediatrics Open 9 (1) e004125. (10.1136/bmjpo-2025-004125)
- Stabler, L. 2025. Signs of Safety – what is it, and what did the evidence say?. In: Sanders, M. , Westlake, D. and Hirneis, V. eds. Experimental Methods and Children's Social Care: The Contribution of Randomised Controlled Trials. Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2025 Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. , pp.66-76. (10.4337/9781035327157.00014)
- Bernheim, B. et al., 2025. The power and potential of space and place in family group conferencing: Reimagining the role of the venue in child protection practice. Qualitative Social Work 24 (4), pp.355-372. (10.1177/14733250241301829)
- Bernheim, B. et al., 2025. Applying a realist evaluation to an intervention in children’s social care: A worked example from the Safeguarding Family Group Conference study. Evaluation 31 (1), pp.49-69. (10.1177/13563890241309643)
- Stabler, L. et al. 2025. How might shared decision-making meetings reduce the need for children to be in care? A rapid realist review. Journal of Social Work 25 (1), pp.102-124. (10.1177/14680173241258891)
- Stabler, L. 2025. An exploration of sibling kinship care with siblings, policy makers and practitioners in the UK: Identifying pathways for improving understanding and outcomes. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
2024
- Stabler, L. 2024. “They finally see me, they trust me, my brother’s coming home” Recognising the motivations and role of siblings who become kinship carers. Societies 14 (2) 24. (10.3390/soc14020024)
2023
- Stabler, L. et al. 2023. ‘I probably wouldn’t want to talk about anything too personal’: A qualitative exploration of how issues of privacy, confidentiality and surveillance in the home impact on access and engagement with online services and spaces for care-experienced young people. Adoption & Fostering 47 (3), pp.277-294. (10.1177/03085759231203019)
- Fitz-Symonds, S. , Stabler, L. and Diaz, C. 2023. Understanding how advocacy services support care-experienced young people to participate in decision-making. Cardiff: What Works for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/CASCADE-Spark-advocacy-services-trial-protocol.pdf.
2022
- Wood, S. et al. 2022. How might changes to family income affect the likelihood of children being in out-of-home care? Evidence from a realist and qualitative rapid evidence assessment of interventions. Children and Youth Services Review 143 106685. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106685)
- Mannay, D. et al. 2022. The strengths and challenges of online services and interventions to support the mental health and wellbeing of care-experienced children and young people: A study exploring the views of young people, carers, and social care professionals in Wales during the Coronavirus pandemic. Project Report.Cardiff: The Fostering Network in Wales.
2021
- Stabler, L. et al. 2021. A rapid realist review of effective mental health interventions for individuals with chronic physical health conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic using a systems-level mental health promotion framework. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 (23) 12292. (10.3390/ijerph182312292)
- 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
- Stabler, L. , Wilkins, D. and Carro, H. 2020. What do children think about their social worker? A Q-method study of children's services. Child and Family Social Work 25 (1), pp.118-126. (10.1111/cfs.12665)
2019
- Brand, S. et al. 2019. How family budget change interventions affect children being in care: a rapid evidence assessment. Project Report.[Online].Cardiff, Wales: What Works for Children's Social Care. Available at: http://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/WWCSC_Family_Budget_Change_rapid_evidence_assessment_Full_Report_Aug2019.pdf.
- Brand, S. et al. 2019. Mapping the evidence about what works to safely reduce the entry of children and young people into statutory care: a systematic scoping review protocol. BMJ Open 9 (8) e026967. (10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026967)
- 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.
- Stabler, L. et al. 2019. Shared decision-making: What is good practice in delivering meetings? Involving families meaningfully in decision-making to keep children safely at home: A rapid realist review. Technical Report.
2018
- Wilkins, D. et al. 2018. Evaluating the quality of social work supervision in UK children's services: comparing self-report and independent observations. Clinical Social Work Journal 46 (4), pp.350-360. (10.1007/s10615-018-0680-7)
- 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.
Adrannau llyfrau
- Fitz-Symonds, S. and Stabler, L. 2026. Advocacy for children in care. In: Diaz, C. , Fitz-Symonds, S. and Fisher, T. eds. Participatory Approaches in Child and Family Social Work. Policy Press. , pp.167-188. (10.51952/9781447373407.ch009)
- Stabler, L. , Fisher, T. and Man Au, K. 2026. Strengthening families through family group conferencing. In: Diaz, C. , Fitz-Symonds, S. and Fisher, T. eds. Participatory Approaches in Child and Family Social Work. Policy Press. , pp.87-110. (10.51952/9781447373407.ch006)
- Stabler, L. 2025. Signs of Safety – what is it, and what did the evidence say?. In: Sanders, M. , Westlake, D. and Hirneis, V. eds. Experimental Methods and Children's Social Care: The Contribution of Randomised Controlled Trials. Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2025 Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. , pp.66-76. (10.4337/9781035327157.00014)
Erthyglau
- Stabler, L. et al. 2026. Exploring how “risk” can be conceptualised and addressed to overcome barriers to implementing family-led innovations in child protection social work. Journal of Children's Services (10.1108/jcs-05-2025-0025)
- Stabler, L. et al. 2026. Family Group Conferences as an alternative to Initial Child Protection Conferences for families on the Child Protection pathway: Synopsis. Health and Social Care Delivery Research 14 (22)(10.3310/plqs7147)
- Day, J. et al., 2026. Contextual factors influencing the implementation of an innovation in child protection services in England: a qualitative analysis using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. The British Journal of Social Work 56 (3), pp.1077-1096. (10.1093/bjsw/bcaf232)
- Bernheim, B. et al., 2026. Family‐led decision‐making meetings as an alternative to initial child protection conferences: Findings from a realist evaluation of the Safeguarding Family Group Conferencing pilot in England. Child & Family Social Work (10.1111/cfs.70131)
- Stabler, L. 2025. Learning from experience: how lived, living and learned experiences can cocreate knowledge [Editorial]. BMJ Paediatrics Open 9 (1) e004125. (10.1136/bmjpo-2025-004125)
- Bernheim, B. et al., 2025. The power and potential of space and place in family group conferencing: Reimagining the role of the venue in child protection practice. Qualitative Social Work 24 (4), pp.355-372. (10.1177/14733250241301829)
- Bernheim, B. et al., 2025. Applying a realist evaluation to an intervention in children’s social care: A worked example from the Safeguarding Family Group Conference study. Evaluation 31 (1), pp.49-69. (10.1177/13563890241309643)
- Stabler, L. et al. 2025. How might shared decision-making meetings reduce the need for children to be in care? A rapid realist review. Journal of Social Work 25 (1), pp.102-124. (10.1177/14680173241258891)
- Stabler, L. 2024. “They finally see me, they trust me, my brother’s coming home” Recognising the motivations and role of siblings who become kinship carers. Societies 14 (2) 24. (10.3390/soc14020024)
- Stabler, L. et al. 2023. ‘I probably wouldn’t want to talk about anything too personal’: A qualitative exploration of how issues of privacy, confidentiality and surveillance in the home impact on access and engagement with online services and spaces for care-experienced young people. Adoption & Fostering 47 (3), pp.277-294. (10.1177/03085759231203019)
- Wood, S. et al. 2022. How might changes to family income affect the likelihood of children being in out-of-home care? Evidence from a realist and qualitative rapid evidence assessment of interventions. Children and Youth Services Review 143 106685. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106685)
- Stabler, L. et al. 2021. A rapid realist review of effective mental health interventions for individuals with chronic physical health conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic using a systems-level mental health promotion framework. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 (23) 12292. (10.3390/ijerph182312292)
- 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)
- Stabler, L. , Wilkins, D. and Carro, H. 2020. What do children think about their social worker? A Q-method study of children's services. Child and Family Social Work 25 (1), pp.118-126. (10.1111/cfs.12665)
- Brand, S. et al. 2019. Mapping the evidence about what works to safely reduce the entry of children and young people into statutory care: a systematic scoping review protocol. BMJ Open 9 (8) e026967. (10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026967)
- Wilkins, D. et al. 2018. Evaluating the quality of social work supervision in UK children's services: comparing self-report and independent observations. Clinical Social Work Journal 46 (4), pp.350-360. (10.1007/s10615-018-0680-7)
Gosodiad
- Stabler, L. 2025. An exploration of sibling kinship care with siblings, policy makers and practitioners in the UK: Identifying pathways for improving understanding and outcomes. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
Monograffau
- Paine, A. L. et al. 2026. Special guardianship families: Identifying children’s strengths and support needs. Project Report.Cardiff University.
- Stabler, L. et al. 2026. Special guardianship families in Wales: Summary report. Project Report.Cardiff University.
- Warner, N. et al. 2026. Special guardianship families in Wales: Characteristics and care pathways. Project Report.Cardiff University.
- Fitz-Symonds, S. , Stabler, L. and Diaz, C. 2023. Understanding how advocacy services support care-experienced young people to participate in decision-making. Cardiff: What Works for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/CASCADE-Spark-advocacy-services-trial-protocol.pdf.
- Mannay, D. et al. 2022. The strengths and challenges of online services and interventions to support the mental health and wellbeing of care-experienced children and young people: A study exploring the views of young people, carers, and social care professionals in Wales during the Coronavirus pandemic. Project Report.Cardiff: The Fostering Network in Wales.
- Brand, S. et al. 2019. How family budget change interventions affect children being in care: a rapid evidence assessment. Project Report.[Online].Cardiff, Wales: What Works for Children's Social Care. Available at: http://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/WWCSC_Family_Budget_Change_rapid_evidence_assessment_Full_Report_Aug2019.pdf.
- 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.
- Stabler, L. et al. 2019. Shared decision-making: What is good practice in delivering meetings? Involving families meaningfully in decision-making to keep children safely at home: A rapid realist review. Technical Report.
- 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.
Ymchwil
Rwy'n gweithio mewn partneriaeth â staff ar draws gwahanol ddisgyblaethau. Rwy'n arwain prosiect cydweithredol a ariennir gan NIHR, gan dynnu ar arbenigedd gofal cymdeithasol plant yn CASCADE, arbenigedd Gwyddoniaeth Gweithredu yn Ysgol Feddygol Prifysgol Exeter a phrofiad ymarfer gwaith cymdeithasol gydag awdurdodau lleol partner. Yn ddiweddar, rwyf wedi gweithio ar brosiect a ariannwyd gan TRIUMPH (Ymchwil Trawsddisgyblaethol ar gyfer Gwella Iechyd Cyhoeddus Meddwl Ieuenctid) gyda DECIPHER ar addasu offer ar-lein i gefnogi iechyd meddwl pobl ifanc. Yn ogystal, rwyf wedi gweithio ar nifer o geisiadau a phrosiectau gydag ymchwilwyr ledled y DU ac yng Nghanada.
Rwy'n awyddus i ddatblygu rhaglen waith sy'n gysylltiedig â gofal sy'n berthnasau. Ar hyn o bryd rwy'n gweithio ar raglen PhD a ariennir gan ESRC sy'n archwilio profiadau gofalwyr sy'n berthnasau brodyr a chwiorydd ac anghenion cymorth. Yn ogystal, rwyf wedi derbyn Cymrodoriaeth Ymddiriedolaeth Goffa Winston Churchill yn 2019 i deithio i wledydd yn Asia (Cambodia, India a Japan) i archwilio dulliau o ofalu am faethu a gofal gan berthnasau.
Addysgu
MA Gwaith Cymdeithasol
Goruchwyliaeth traethawd hir myfyrwyr (israddedig a meistr)
Bywgraffiad
- 2023 - Cymrawd Ymchwil Parhaus , CASCADE, Prifysgol Caerdydd
- 2018 - 2023 Cydymaith Ymchwil, CASCADE, Prifysgol Caerdydd
- 2016 - 2018 Cynorthwy-ydd Ymchwil, Canolfan Tilda Goldberg, Prifysgol Swydd Bedford
- 2015 - 2016 Cynorthwy-ydd Ymchwil, Arholiadau Rhyngwladol Caergrawnt, Prifysgol Caergrawnt
Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau
Cymrodoriaeth Churchill (2019).
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
Aelod o Gymdeithas Ymchwil Gwaith Cymdeithasol Ewrop
Pwyllgorau ac adolygu
- Adolygydd cyfnodolion, Gwaith Cymdeithasol Ansoddol
- Adolygydd cyfnodolion, Addysg Gwaith Cymdeithasol
- Adolygydd y prosiect, NSPCC
Meysydd goruchwyliaeth
- Gofal perthnasol / Gwarcheidwad Arbennig
- Gwella canlyniadau i bobl ifanc sydd â phrofiad o ofal
- Cynadledda Grŵp Teulu / Cynnwys Rhwydwaith Teulu
- Ymchwil / cyd-ddylunio a chyd-gynhyrchu dan arweiniad profiad byw
- Methodoleg realistig
- Realaeth Feirniadol
News articles
Contact Details
Themâu ymchwil
Arbenigeddau
- Gofal Kinship
- Gwaith cymdeithasol
- Profiad gofal
- Gofal maeth
- Cyd-gynhyrchu
