Zoe Bezeczky (nee Meredith)
Research Associate, CASCADE
- bezeczkyz@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 29225 10957
- sbarc|spark, Maindy Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ
Overview
I am a research associate and doctoral student in the Children’s Social Care Research and Development centre (CASCADE) at Cardiff University.
My PhD aims to explore how care experienced children at-risk of criminalisation are supported by the presence of local, multi-agency protocols. This research is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.
Biography
Education
- Social Science Research Methods MSc, Distinction, Cardiff University (2020)
- Psychology BSc with a Professional Placement, 1st Class, Cardiff University (2014)
Academic positions
- Research Associate- School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University (2022-current)
- Research Assistant- School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University (2018-2022)
- Research Assistant- Public Health Wales (2016-2018)
- Research Assistant- School of Medicine, Cardiff University (2015-2016)
Speaking engagements
- Bezeczky, Z. (2022). How can multi-agency protocols work to reduce the criminalisation of children in care? Presented at: British Society of Criminology, Surrey, UK, 29th June - 1st July 2022.
- Bezeczky, Z., Barton, E. & Roderick, J. (2018). Informing Intervention and Prevention Strategies Through a Multi-agency Violence Surveillance and Analysis System. Presented at: Welsh Public Health Conference, Cardiff, UK, 8th-9th November 2018.
- Taylor, P., Robling, M., Moriarty, Y, Meredith, Z. & Playle, R. (2017). Groups for Alcohol-misusing Short-term Prisoners: the results of a randomised controlled trial. Presented at: International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services Conference, Split, Croatia, 13th-15th June 2017.
- Taylor, P., Kissell, A., Mason, B., McNamara, R., Meredith, Z., Yvonne, M., Playle, R. & Davies, E. (2016). Trial in Prison: We Can Randomize, But Can We Control? Presented at: International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services Conference, New York, US, 21st-23rd June 2016
Publications
2024
- Wilkins, D., Thompson, S., Jones, R., Bezeczky, Z. and Bennett, V. 2024. Implementing Schwartz Rounds in children’s social care: enablers and barriers. Journal of Social Work (10.1177/14680173241278249)
- Westlake, D. et al. 2024. The basic income for care leavers in Wales pilot evaluation: Protocol of a quasi-experimental evaluation. PLoS ONE 19(10), article number: e0303837. (10.1371/journal.pone.0303837)
- Holland, S. et al. 2024. Basic income for care leavers in Wales pilot evaluation: annual report, 2023 to 2024. Welsh Government. Available at: https://www.gov.wales/basic-income-care-leavers-wales-pilot-evaluation-annual-report-2023-2024
- Rees, A., Waits, C. and Bezeczky, Z. 2024. Final report. Together a chance: Evaluation of the social workers for Mother in Prison pilot project, 2021-2023. Project Report. Cardiff, Wales: CASCADE Research Centre.
2023
- Maxwell, N., Ablitt, J., Bennett, C., Bezeczky, Z. and Nightingale, M. 2023. Serious Organised Crime Early Intervention Service Evaluation. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: CASCADE. Available at: https://cascadewales.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/06/SOCEIS-Evaluation-2023.pdf
- Rees, A., Waits, C. and Bezeczky, Z. 2023. Together a chance. Evaluation of the Social Worker for Mothers in Prison pilot project, 2021-2023 : Second interim report. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff Univeristy. Available at: https://cascadewales.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/06/Together-a-Chance-Evaluation-Y2-Interim-Report-22-June-.pdf
- Jones, R., Wilkins, D., Bezeczky, Z. and Thompson, S. 2023. How did levels of psychological distress and perceptions of workplace support among children’s social work staff change during the Covid-19 pandemic?. British Journal of Social Work 53(1), pp. 405-424. (10.1093/bjsw/bcac126)
2022
- Bezeczky, Z. and Wilkins, D. 2022. Repeat missing child reports: Prevalence, timing, and risk factors. Children and Youth Services Review 136, article number: 106454. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106454)
- Maxwell, N., Williams, A., Ablitt, J., Bezeczky, Z., Thompson, S. and Crowley, A. 2022. Serious Organised Crime Early Intervention Service: Interim Evaluation Report. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: CASCADE. Available at: https://cascadewales.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/10/Serious-Organised-Crime-Early-Intervention-Service-Evaluation-Report.pdf
2021
- Wilkins, D., Thompson, S., Bezeczky, Z., Daher, S., Bennett, V., Jones, R. and Clayton, V. 2021. A randomised controlled trial of Schwartz Rounds: An intervention to reduce psychological distress for staff in children's services. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/research-report/a-randomised-controlled-trial-of-schwartz-rounds/
- Wilkins, D., Thompson, S., Bezeczky, Z., Daher, S., Bennett, V., Jones, R. and Clayton, V. 2021. A randomised controlled trial of Schwartz Rounds: an intervention to reduce psychological distress for staff in Children's Services. Project Report. [Online]. What Work's for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/research-report/a-randomised-controlled-trial-of-schwartz-rounds/
2020
- Taylor, P. J. et al. 2020. A randomised controlled trial of a Group psychological intervention to increase locus of control for alcohol consumption among Alcohol-Misusing Short-term (male) Prisoners (GASP). Addiction 115(10), pp. 1844-1854. (10.1111/add.15006)
- O'Connor, S., Bezeczky, Z., Moriarty, Y., Kalebic, N. and Taylor, P. J. 2020. Adjustment to short-term imprisonment under low prison staffing. BJPsych Bulletin 44(4), pp. 139-144. (10.1192/bjb.2020.2)
- Wilkins, D., Thompson, S. and Bezeczky, Z. 2020. Child and family social work during the COVID-19 pandemic: a rapid review of the evidence in relation to social work practice, natural disasters and pandemics. Project Report. [Online]. London: What Works Centre for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/WWCSC_Natural-Disasters-Rapid-Review_Aug-2020.pdf
- Wilkins, D., Thompson, S. and Bezeczky, Z. 2020. Child and family social work during the COVID-19 pandemic: a rapid review of the evidence in relation to remote leadership. Project Report. [Online]. London: What Works Centre for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/WWCSC_Rapid_Review_Remote_Leadership_June_2020.pdf
- Ford, K. et al. 2020. Understanding the outcome of police safeguarding notifications to social services in South Wales. Police Journal 93(2), pp. 87-108. (10.1177/0032258X19836144)
- Bezeczky, Z., El-Banna, A., Petrou, S., Kemp, A., Scourfield, J., Forrester, D. and Nurmatov, U. B. 2020. Intensive family preservaton services to prevent out-of-home placement of children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Child Abuse and Neglect 102, article number: 104394. (10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104394)
- Kalebic, N., Adams, A., Bezeczky, Z., Argent, S., Bagshaw, R. and Taylor, P. J. 2020. Social workers' perspectives on people parenting while patients in a secure hospital. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology 31(3), pp. 364-384. (10.1080/14789949.2020.1746822)
- Nurmatov, U. et al. 2020. Impact of shared decision-making family meetings on children's out-of-home care, family empowerment and satisfaction: a systematic review. Project Report. [Online]. London: What Works Centre for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/WWCSC_Family_Group_Conferencing_Report.pdf
2019
- Ford, K., Barton, E. R., Newbury, A., Hughes, K., Bezeczky, Z., Roderick, J. and Bellis, M. A. 2019. Understanding the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in a male offender population in Wales: The prisoner ACE survey. Public Health Wales.
- 2019. Intensive family preservation services to prevent out-of-home placement of children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Project Report. [Online]. London: What Works Centre for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/WWCSC-Intensive-Family-Preservation-Services-to-prevent-out-of-home-placement-of-children-v2.pdf
2018
- Argent, S. E., Riddleston, L., Warr, J., Tippetts, H., Bezeczky, Z. and Taylor, P. . J. 2018. A period prevalence study of being a parent in a secure psychiatric hospital and a description of the parents, the children and the impact of admission on parent-child contact. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health 85(99), pp. 85-99. (10.1002/cbm.2046)
- Bezeczky, Z., Barton, E., Ford, K. and Roderkick, J. 2018. United Kingdom (Wales). Strengthening resilience through the early intervention and prevention: breaking the generational cycle of crime project. In: Ziglio, E. ed. Health 2020 Priority Area Four: Creating Supportive Environments and Resilient Communities. A Compendium of Inspirational Examples. World Health Organization, pp. 134-144.
2017
- Ford, K., Kelly, S., Evans, J., Newbury, A., Meredith, Z. and Roderick, J. 2017. Adverse childhood experiences: breaking the generational cycle of crime turning understanding into action: summary report. Project Report. Public Health Wales.
2016
- Powell, G., Bezeczky, Z., McMillin, R. and Freeman, T. C. A. 2016. Bayesian models of individual differences: combining autistic traits and sensory thresholds to predict motion perception. Psychological Science 27(12), pp. 1562-1572. (10.1177/0956797616665351)
- Moriarty, Y., McNamara, R., Robling, M. R., Bezeczky, Z., Playle, R. A. and Taylor, P. J. 2016. Contextual and personal factors impact on intervention delivery in the GASP (Groups for Alcohol-misusing Short-term Prisoners) trial. Presented at: 12th UKSBM Annual Scientific Meeting: Complex interventions in a complex world: applications of Behavioural Medicine, Cardiff, UK, 1-2 December 2016.
Current projects:
- Evaluation of protocols that seek to reduce the criminlisation of care experienced children.
- Evaluation of a serious organised crime intervention service.
- Evaluation of a pilot project of a Social Worker based within two women's prisons.
Previous projects include:
- Randomised control trial of an intervention to reduce psychological distress for staff in children's services.
- Rapid literature reviews of child and family social work during the COVID-19 pandemic, including evidence in relation to social work practice and remote leadership.
- Systematic review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Intensive Family Preservation Services in reducing out-of-home care placements.
- Survey of the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences in a male offender population in Wales.
- Mixed-methods study exploring the vulnerability-related calls received by South Wales Police and their understanding of vulnerability and adverse childhood experiences.
- Randomised control trial of a psychological group intervention to increase local of control for alcohol-misusing short-term prisoners.