HIGHLIGHT

New scoping studies commissioned

Following an internal review of research priorities, the School's commissioned studies and gaps in the current evidence base, we have commissioned new scoping reviews and adding value projects on key issues. These include:

People who fund their own social care Professor Caroline Glendinning, Social Policy Research Unit, University of York

Practice and profile of care home managers Katharine Orellana, Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London
Risk, safety and safeguarding: understanding and application of concepts and implications for integrated care services Professor Yvonne Birks and Dr Fiona Aspinal, Social Policy Research Unit, University of York
The development and testing of a local framework for evaluating prevention effects in England Dr Jose-Luis Fernandez, Personal Social Services Research Unit, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Findings from these reviews will be available by the end of April 2014. Email us for further information

RESEARCH

Protecting adults from domestic violence through multi-agency cooperation with social care

Professor Hugh McLaughlin at Manchester Metropolitan University is conducting ground-breaking research into the effectiveness of MARACs (Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences) which bring together diverse public and voluntary sector agencies to focus on adults facing high risk of domestic violence. Read more about the study

WEBINAR

Public involvement in adult social care research – BME Groups

This second webinar in our series with NIHR INVOLVE focuses on the involvement of Black and Ethnic Minority (BME) Groups in research.

It will include talks on SSCR's Methods Review in this area and examples of how people from BME communities are being involved in research.

Register your place here

MEET

Professor Jill Manthorpe, SSCR Associate Director

Professor Manthorpe is SSCR Associate Director and Director of the Social Care Workforce Research Unit at King's College London.

She is also Chair of SSCR's User, Carer, Practitioner Reference Group (UCPRG) and talks about the UCPRG's work and the importance of the group here.

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