• Are you interested in social care research?
• Are you someone who uses, works in, or commissions social care?
• Do you have a good idea for a research project but don’t know where to begin?

If so, then this free online event is for you.

Run by the NIHR Research Design Service (RDS) London and RDS South-East (Kent, Surrey, Sussex) with support from the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Kent, Surrey and Sussex), the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) North-West London and CRN Kent, Surrey and Sussex, NIHR School for Social Care (SSCR) and Making Research Count, this event will:

• Raise awareness of the support and funding available for social care research through the NIHR
• Share learning from successful collaborations and partnerships
• Offer an opportunity to network with people with shared interests, with a view to collaborating and building capacity in our regions.

Who should attend

• Researchers with an interest in social care or the interface between health and social care
• Social care practitioners
• Health professionals working in social care settings or with social care users
• Social care users and their informal carers
• Commissioners and providers of care.

Agenda

Session one: 10.00-11.00

1. How is the NIHR building capacity in social care research? Dr Mike Clarke, Programme Manager, NIHR School for Social Care Research

2. My research journey: a practitioner’s perspective; Matthew Bushell, Adults Services Team Manager, Kent County Council

3. How can the NIHR Research Design Service support me? Professor Jorg Huber, Director, NIHR RDS South-East and Dr Martin Stevens, Social Care Lead, RDS London

Session two: 11.10-12.00

4. What regional support exists for social care practitioners who want to undertake research? An overview of the new NIHR funded Social Care Partnerships in London and the South-East; Professor Annette Boaz, Lead, London Social Care Partnership, Professor of Health and Social Care Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Ann-Marie Towers, Lead of Kent Social Care Partnership, Reader in Social Care, University of Kent, Collaborator, RDS South-East

5. How are the NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) supporting social care research? Professor Julien Forder, Social Care Theme Lead, ARC KSS, National Priorities Lead - Adult Social Care and Social Work, NIHR ARC

6. How can the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) support my study? Becky Dilley, Research Delivery Manager - Primary Care, Public Health and Health Services Research and Social Care for CRN Kent, Surrey and Sussex and Sandra O’Sullivan, Research Delivery Manager - Primary Care, CRN North-West London.

We look forward to seeing you there.

RDS London and RDS South East