The SCRiPT study

Enhancing research capacity in adult social care and social work in the East of England: testing the feasibility of Social Care Research in Practice Teams.

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What is SCRiPT?

The project is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health Services and Design Research (HSDR) in response to a call to build research capacity in Adult Social Care. SCRiPT is one of the six social care partnerships funded under this call in England.

Our aim is to see if we can use an approach known as ‘Communities of Practice’ to increase research skills in staff in adult social care services. We are doing this in two areas in the East of England (Hertfordshire and Norfolk). Communities of practice are small groups of practitioners with a common interest. They have been used in health care to help staff build research skills. We want to see how to make this approach work in social care settings.

WHAT ARE WE DOING?

We are working with partners in Adult Social Care at Hertfordshire County Council and Norfolk County Council. Together we are creating and testing four Communities of Practice that will focus on increasing research skills among social care staff…
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BACKGROUND

The NIHR has a remit to develop the evidence base to inform and improve adult social care practice in England by commissioning and conducting internationally leading research. However, the research culture and infrastructure to support…
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AIM AND OBJECTIVES

The overall aim is to establish teams of social care practitioners and service users (Research in Practice Teams) with academic support from the SCRiPT study team and evaluate if this model can mobilise research learning and promote the conduct of research that reflects the priorities…
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The topic areas identified are:

  • Exploring citizen attitudes towards the use of Technology Enabled Care home activity monitoring systems to provide proactive social care service interventions to support independent living at home

  • The impact of occupational therapy in adult social care learning disability services: exploring the experiences of people with learning disabilities, their carers and occupational therapists

  • Exploring the effectiveness of Occupational Therapy reablement services in increasing independence among residents

  • Exploring the lived experiences of older people discharged via ‘Discharge to Assess’ Pathway One, i.e., people who are discharged to their own homes

RiPTs

There are four Research in Practice Teams (RiPT) in SCRiPT

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News and updates

In this section you will find the latest news from the SCRiPT study

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SUI

In this section you will see the service user involvement

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