Building research capacity in adult social care
WHAT IS THE KENT RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP?
Kent Research Partnership is a four-year project which is co-led by University of Kent and Kent County Council and funded by the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR).
It is one of six capacity building, social care partnerships funded by the NIHR Health Services and Delivery (HS&DR) programme in England. Our four-year programme of work is developing sustainable Kent-based partnerships to support the delivery of high quality social care research on the topics that matter most in our region. Demand for social care in Kent is high. This partnership aims to improve care quality by investing in and valuing the social care workforce, and developing a culture of research and evidence-based practice and innovation.
WHAT ARE OUR AIMS?
The Kent Research Partnership aims to improve the quality of social care by:
- identifying research priorities to inform service change from the ground up;
- working with staff, users and carers to develop research ideas;
- sharing knowledge and resources, through accessible training and workshops;
- co-producing and evaluating three high quality projects led by social care colleagues.
PROGRESS AND NEXT STEPS
The partnership has achieved a great deal over the last three years. Learn more about ‘our achievements‘, and view our ‘outputs‘ and ‘resources and materials‘.
In the last year of the project, we are completing our research and training activity, and focusing on knowledge sharing and evaluating the success and assessing the impact of the three project workstreams and the partnership as a whole.
CONTACT US
KentResearchPartnership@kent.ac.uk
