CIRCLE

Text: "Join our team!" Centre for Care logo

Join our team!

We are recruiting a Research Associate to support important research and impact activity within the Centre’s ‘Digital Care and Innovation’ theme.

Learn more and apply here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNN783/r...

#hiring #job #research

@sheffielduni.bsky.social @acadsocsciences.bsky.social

At #PMQs yesterday @libdemdaisy.bsky.social was right to highlight the serious impact that the UK gov's proposed #welfarereforms could have on #carers.
As @charliegrosset.bsky.social sets out, these changes risk pushing more carers into poverty and crisis: centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/2... 1/2

Daisy Cooper argued that “Not a single carer should lose a penny” while #CarersAllowance is fixed. We agree. #Carers are being punished by a broken system, forced to repay thousands for tiny errors. Sue Yeandle OBE calls it what it is: a national scandal:
centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/2... 2/2

CIRCLE Showcase June 2025 On Tuesday 17th June 2025, CIRCLE held a showcase of our research theme updates for colleagues at the University of Sheffield.

On Tuesday 17th June 2025, CIRCLE held a showcase of our research theme updates for colleagues at the University of Sheffield.

@danswilliamson.bsky.social provides a write up here:
www.sheffield.ac.uk/circle/news/...

#research #care #caring

QAR-Net Care second workshop: Call for papers QAR-Net Care announces its second workshop in Sheffield on the 15th and 16th of December 2025, submit your papers!

Call for Papers, Please share!
Our second workshop, 'Care and Inequality: Bridging Research and Practice', will be held in Sheffield on the 15th & 16th of December 2025.
Find out more here & submit your papers!
centreforcare.ac.uk/qar-net-care...
@mariapetrillo.bsky.social @j-zhang.bsky.social

A Quantitative Lens on Care Inequalities: Socioeconomic Disparities and Structural Barriers Discover research on care inequalities at QAR-NET Care's symposium during the Transforming Care Conference 2025.

We now have more details about our symposium at Transforming Care Conference this month in Helsinki!
Follow this link and please share!
centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2025...
@mariapetrillo.bsky.social @j-zhang.bsky.social

🚨 Our research on the income penalty of informal care was cited in Parliamentary debate by MP @wendychambld.bsky.social (thank you 🙏)

Work by our own @dvaldenegro.bsky.social & @crahal.com with @mariapetrillo.bsky.social & co-authors from @centreforcare.bsky.social — here’s what we found 🧵1/6

Our new research report, produced with @centreforcare.bsky.social, looks at the risks children in contact with the social care system face that could result in criminal justice involvement & explores practical responses to mitigate these.

Read it in full:
ow.ly/VIKE50W2qYj

Yesterday at a Parliamentary debate on Carer’s Leave, @wendychambld.bsky.social shared our research findings, including the Centre for Care’s recent work estimating the value of unpaid care to the UK economy- £162 billion a year.
@sheffielduni.bsky.social @houseofcommons.parliament.uk

Reducing the criminalisation of children in contact with the care system The launch of 'Joining the dots: Reducing the risk of criminal justice involvement for children in contact with the social care system'.

Next week we launch our new research with @centreforcare.bsky.social on reducing the risk of CJS involvement for children in contact with the care system.

Sign up to hear from Anna Leyland, senior researcher, Caroline Adams, @CollegeofPolice & Charlene Richardson, Safer Options.

ow.ly/LOoX50VTLzn

Time to value kinship carers - Sheffield leads the way! Highlighting the role of kinship carers in society, contributing £4.3 billion annually, along with the challenges they face and the urgent need for government support.

To mark National Children's Day in the UK (18th May), Centre for Care Researcher, Becky Driscoll updates us on policy progress regarding support for kinship carers, also providing context on this crucial issue:
centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/2...
@kinshipcharity.bsky.social

Frontiers | Paid care worker organizing in England: priorities and progress?

New open access article, written with colleague Liam Foster, about organising and union activity in the context of adult social care work in England www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc... @centreforcare.bsky.social

Centre for Care team and invited guests at UK Parliament

We're hosting a Policy Breakfast today with @wendychambld.bsky.social, we will discuss support for working carers to balance caring responsibilities with paid employment, including the evidence in support of paid carer’s leave. #unpaidcarers @sheffielduni.bsky.social

On Wednesday morning, I hosted a roundtable organised by @centreforcare.bsky.social. We heard from working carers and employers who generously shared their experiences of juggling work and care, as well as from researchers who presented research evidence in support of paid carer’s leave.

Positive change for paid care workers – what, how, and when? It is tempting to say that these workers want to change pretty much everything about their work. That may be an exaggeration, but it is certainly true that their list of desired changes is long and fa...

In @duncfsh.bsky.social's latest commentary he reflects on meetings with a group of paid #careworkers to bring together their views on what they want to see change in their work situation: centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/2...
@sheffielduni.bsky.social

Developing a method to classify the adult social care workforce in England Associate Professor Charlie Rahal, was asked to be part of a small methods advisory group for the Office for National Statistics, as they look to develop a Machine Language framework to estimate the s...

@crahal.com was asked to be part of a Methodological Advisory Group for the Office for National Statistics, as they develop a Machine Language framework to estimate the size of the Adult Social Care workforce in the UK.
Read more here: centreforcare.ac.uk/care-workfor...
@oxforddemsci.bsky.social

Text: "Overview of welfare reforms by Charlie Grosset" Image: Person using wheelchair looking at laptop Charlie Grosset profile picture, logos for Centre for Care, ESRC, NIHR

PhD Student @charliegrosset.bsky.social explores the recent UK welfare reforms, focusing on the emotional, social and financial impact on disabled people:
centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/2...
#socialcare #welfarereforms

Runners at the Sheffield Half Marathon

Our half marathon runners absolutely smashed it on Sunday in Sheffield, running for Sheffield Mencap & Gateway! We're all very proud of our team from the @circleshef.bsky.social and @impadultcare.bsky.social who enjoyed the event thoroughly.

Donate here: sheffieldmencap.enthuse.com/pf/centre-fo...

New report warns thousands of vulnerable children at risk of criminal exploitation - Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre A report by the Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre warns thousands of vulnerable children are at risk of criminal exploitation.

Published today, a new @childofthenorth.bsky.social @cfyounglives.bsky.social report coordinated by @vp-centre.bsky.social researchers argues for a whole-child approach to childhood vulnerability that focuses on needs

vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/news/new-rep...