The Kent Research Partnership is a four year programme of work, funded by NIHR Research Services and Delivery, to build capacity in adult social care research.
ALT A poster on a black background advertising the Kent Research Partnership Celebration Event. The Kent Research Partnership logo is in the top right corner.
Below that is a bold title of Celebration Event which overlaps a photo of attendees at a previous event. There is another orange bubble with details: 14th May, 9:30-4 at the Darwin Conference Suite, University of Kent.
Below this is a bold orange title of 'keynote speakers'. Each speaker has a round photo of their face, followed by their name and role:
Lyn Romeo, CBE, Former Chief Social Worker for Adults and Visiting Professor at King's College London
Tricia Pereira, FRSA - Strategic Advisor for Social Work, Quality and Safeguarding in Adult Social Care and Health, Kent County Council
Liz Jones - Policy Director of the National Care Forum
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This Event will also feature:
Insights from our Research Fellows on their projects and capacity-building experiences
Engaging panel discussions
Please join the Kent Research Partnership team for our Celebration Event to mark the end of our 4-year partnership!
🗓️Wednesday 14th May (9:30-4)
🗺️ Darwin Conference Suite, University of Kent
✍️Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/kent-rese…
More details to follow soon... 👀
🌟New publication to finish 2024: Our review explores the challenges older people face during moves between care settings, how social care staff can better support them, and what’s needed to facilitate better practice. @NIHRSSCR@JournalofLTC Full text: journal.ilpnetwork.org/artic…
In Kent, a third of the people who are eligible for Pension Credit are not claiming it. That's around 17,678 households who are missing out!
The deadline for Pension Credit to be eligible for Winter Fuel Payment 2024/2025, is Dec 21. kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-comm…
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Social Care Research Engagement Network (SCREEN) Showcase Event
21st January 2025
1:00 p.m - 3:30 p.m
Online via MS Teams Webinar
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Just seen this really interesting @NIHRresearch call nihr.ac.uk/funding/effective…
If you are applying and want a social care QoL outcome measure , the @ascot_pssru team have a braille version of the ASCOT-SCT4 that could be reproduced.
📢Funding news - @NIHRresearch has confirmed their most significant investment in social care research to date by providing £31m of funding to the SSCR over the next five years to address urgent challenges in social care. bit.ly/3BA7rKe
ALT A graphic announcing that the School for Social Care Research has been awarded another five years of funding to address the challenges in social care.
Images courtesy of Age Without Limits' positive image library.
Early Christmas present from the @SASCI_Project - incredibly useful for anyone working or researching innovation, change and systems in #socialcare . Very useful for the social care partnership evaluations too @ResearchKent colleagues?
Congrats to our silver winner of the Practitioner-led Research Award, Hannah Kingsford! @Kent_cc 🎉
Finalists: Dr Julie Feather & Nicola Whiteside - @edgehill, Katy Cleece - @WeAreLSCFT, Nick Perry - @EastSussexCC, Revelstoke Road Children's Home - @tfcsunderland#SWA24
The KRP team was delighted to be commended in the Best Team category at @Kent_cc Annual Adult Social Care and Health Awards!
Congratulations to all the winners and nominees, and thank you to KCC for such an uplifting event!
research.kent.ac.uk/chss/ken…
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Congratulations Hannah! 🏆
Hannah is a research and training fellow with the NIHR-funded Kent Research Partnership - as well as a passionate and innovative social worker!
research.kent.ac.uk/chss/han…
Genuinely cannot believe this happened! Incredibly grateful to everyone who has supported me at @ResearchKent, @Kent_cc and @CHSS_Kent who helped me get this far. Especially my wonderful supervisor @rasamikelyte ! #swa24
We are so proud of Hannah Kingsford, one of our fantastic Research Fellows, for being the Silver Award Winner in the new Practitioner-led Research category at @socialworkaward!
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How can you mobilise research knowledge within adult social care?
💻 Catch up on our webinar with Prof Claire Goodman will cover what you should consider when engaging with care homes and their stakeholders.
Register now: youtu.be/m7CGgnYXIQA
ALT Mobilising research knowledge with adult social care: experiences from working with care homes. watch our webinar
Sign-up now for 'They're Not Clapping Now: fixing the social care workforce crisis', with @LeedsNiche.
🗓️20 November
🕞3:30-6:30pm
📍Online
Find out more: eventbrite.co.uk/e/theyre-no…
Today is the day when our amazing @NCFCareForum colleagues are taking on the 3 peak challenge to raise vital funds for the @CareWorkersFund - please support them as they head off! A brilliant team raising money for a fantastic charity with major impact 💚💚justgiving.com/page/national…