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Strategic Advisor for Social Work and Social Care
Research

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Aims

• to progress a UK-wide strategy to develop a
  sound long-term infrastructure for social work
  and social care research
• to promote high quality research and capacity of
  research community to produce it (distinctive
  focus on knowledge generation)
• to identify the optimal role for ESRC and others
  in advancing the agenda
• to build on existing momentum for change and
  concurrent initiatives, to invigorate the
  research field and research community of practice

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A formidable challenge..

• bringing together diverse and dispersed
  stakeholder perspectives
• making productive connections with other
  disciplines while promoting distinctive social
  work and social care research
• developing shared recommendations for research
  themes, priorities, structure, mechanisms,
  funding
• establishing complementarity with concurrent
  policy/research strategies and initiatives
• developing coherent working arrangements for
  future planning
• balancing enhancement of intrinsic research
  quality with utility for policy and practice

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Stage 1 Objectives

• To consolidate current evidence
• base on
• research capacity and capability needs
• existing resources and opportunities
• career pathway points for intervention
• key interdisciplinary linkages
• funding models
• gaps in all the above

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Stage 2 Objectives

• To plan for future and agree
• recommendations for
• organising research themes
• short, medium and long-term research priorities
• optimal structures, mechanisms, and career
  intervention points
• (co)funding models to support these

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Methodology Delphi technique

• structured group communication process diverse
  and dispersed experts address complex problem
  through iterative stages, towards common
  objectives
• establish consultative panel (c30 members)
  representing as full as possible range of
  stakeholder perspectives
• iterative web based exchange, culminating in
  consultative event to test recommendations
• advantages logistics, time, cost, equal voice,
  committed network formally constituted
• embedded within a four-stage work programme Sept
  08-Aug 09

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Preliminary Stage (Sept/Oct 2008)

• orientation, planning, networking and preliminary
  consultation (includes Steering Group UKSCRC)
• identifying sampling frame -organisations and key
  individuals
• recruitment to consultative panel
• desktop review of available evidence and gaps
• identification of exemplar research themes for
  consultation focus
• design of Stage 1 questionnaire and setting up
  consultation website

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Stage 1 Consultation Analysis (Nov 2008 Feb
2009)

• questionnaire summarizes existing evidence base,
  using exemplar research themes
• invites responses to confirm or modify,
• address gaps, highlight constituency-specific
• issues, suggest priorities
• analysis/synthesis of feedback incorporated
• into discussion document for further comment
• analysis/synthesis informs Interim Progress
• Report and design of Stage 2 questionnaire

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Stage 2 Consultation Analysis (Mar - Jun
2009)

• questionnaire drawing on Stage 1 synthesis to
  elicit views on
• further research themes and priorities
• optimal structures, mechanisms, career
  intervention points
• potential (co)funding models
• analysis/synthesis of feedback incorporated into
  discussion document for further comment
• analysis/synthesis of above consultation with
  Steering Group and UK SCRC preparation of draft
  report and recommendations

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Stage 3 Testing and Finalising Recommendations
(Jul/Aug 2009)

• two linked events special interest group
  meeting and symposium at JSWERC conference July
  2009
• to test draft recommendations with panel
  members and wider reference group consolidate
  shared ownership of recommendations
• feedback to be incorporated into final Report and
  recommendations to Steering Group