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We had a wonderful day at @Rise4Disability at Discovery Park yesterday! It was lovely to meet such a range of delegates as well as some brilliantly innovative businesses and other exhibitors.

It’s a good day for ASCOT ! Fabulous to see Dr Rasa Mikelytė (she/her) getting the credit she deserves 🤩👏🏻👏🏻

Huge congratulations to ⁦Dr Jolie Keemink (she/her)⁩ ⁦Professor Kathryn Almack⁩ and team ⁦NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs)⁩ for the attention their guide has got from local and national news! Can we go international? #ilpn2024 Inclusion guide for LGBTQ+ people in care home bbc.com/news/articles/…

Always a pleasure to attend the Kent Registered Manager Conference, and particularly great to have a growing research corner alongside @NIHRCRN_kss and Dr Jolie Keemink (she/her) and the CIRCLE study 😊

Magnificent practitioner-researcher, Hannah Kingsford (from our sister partnership Kent Research Partnership) discusses her study of social work burnout.

Disappointed is an understatement. Social care is so much more than 'wiping bottoms' - it's about supporting people to live lives of quality, building and maintaining relationships and working with colleagues in the NHS to meet the health and care needs of the population.

👏Excited to welcome NIHR ARC Kent, Surrey and Sussex social care research capacity building cohort! Particularly proud to supervise ⭐️ @LillyTrapp_ on her Fellowship project improving #recruitment and retention of asylum-seeking #CareWorkers. If you’re interested in this area, feel free to reach out!

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 Social Work Awards! 🌟🌟🌟

📢 How can dementia care be fairer? Join our online consultation to share your insights and ideas! 🗓 15th Jan 2025, 12–1.30pm 🎟 £25 voucher for participants Your voice can shape future research. Read more: research.kent.ac.uk/chss/online-co… #DementiaCare #EquaDem NIHR ARC Kent, Surrey and Sussex

New scoping review on older people's care transitions now available, led by Dr Wenjing Zhang NIHR School for Social Care Research "The review highlights the critical need for comprehensive support and guidance during older people’s moves between care settings." journal.ilpnetwork.org/articles/10.31…

🌟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. NIHR School for Social Care Research Journal of Long-Term Care Full text: journal.ilpnetwork.org/articles/10.31…

"highlights the critical need for comprehensive support and guidance during older people’s moves between care settings." Great to have this summary of evidence of the importance of expert input when older people face life changes; #socialwork needs to be central in this

📣The first Margaret Butterworth Care Home Forum of the year will be on Wednesday the 26th of Feb, 2.00-3.30! Speakers: Dr Wenjing Zhang on the Better Care Moves project James Faraday on making mealtimes better for people living with dementia Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/margaret-but…

📢 We are looking for a PROJECT MANAGER for the NIHR Social Care Workforce Research Partnership project, led by Prof Prof Ann-Marie Towers Full time post. Closing: 28-Mar-2025 Details 👇 kcl.ac.uk/jobs/109185-pr…

£24 million has been invested into 5 innovative new research partnerships designed to tackle major challenges facing NHS and social care staff. The partnerships will develop and test innovations to improve the quality of health and social care services – improving staff retention

Excited to be part of this important National Institute for Health and Care Research initiative to generate research evidence, build partnerships, and support a step change in adult social care workforce practice - with a fantastic team and inspiring leads.

The Homecare Association is excited to be part of this research partnership and look forward to working with everyone on this important area over the next few years.

We are delighted to announce our keynote speakers for our Celebration Event on 14th May! Lyn Romeo, CBE Lyn Romeo Tricia Pereira, FRSA Tricia Pereira.... BREATHE! Liz Jones National Care Forum Tickets available at: eventbrite.co.uk/e/kent-researc…

We are proud to be part of this research partnership. Our Chief Exec Dr Jane Townson OBE OBE said: "The Homecare Association warmly welcomes this important £5m investment into #socialcare workforce research. The 'Care Work' partnership, co-led by King's College London and the

We're thrilled to be involved in this essential National Institute for Health and Care Research work to tackle many of the workforce challenges we currently face in our sector, help find solutions for the future & create better wellbeing outcomes for a more sustainable care workforce nationalcareforum.org.uk/care-sector-ne…