Adult Social Care Workforce Research Partnership Principal investigators: Ann-Marie Towers, Karen Spilsbury. The Adult Social Care Workforce Research Partnership (short title: Care Work) – exploring and addressing the challenges facing the adult social care workforce. Project status: Ongoing
Behind the decision to leave: understanding why people stop working in adult social care and social work (The Leavers Study) Principal investigators: Ann-Marie Towers. A joint-funded study Project status: Ongoing
Bridging gaps in Dementia care: co-producing culturally appropriate solutions with South Asian communities Addressing the lack of culturally appropriate engagement to include and represent South Asian communities in dementia care and research. Project status: Ongoing
Building social care research capacity We supported social care research capacity development in south London across the career pathway, from early-career to research leaders. Project status: Ongoing
Career Development in Adult Social Care Principal investigators: Nicole Steils. Exploring the current state of career development and progression in the social care workforce. Project status: Ongoing
Dementia Dementia research conducted at the Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit Project status: Ongoing
Developing biomarker-informed and socioeconomically contextualised artificial intelligence models to map dementia-related hospital care pathways and quantify the associated NHS costs Principal investigators: Wei Yang. Developing artificial intelligence (AI) models integrating biomarkers and socioeconomic data to map dementia hospital care pathways and quantify NHS costs. Project status: Ongoing
Evaluating the Implementation of Apprenticeships in Health and Social Care Principal investigators: Kalpa Kharicha. Examining the similarities and differences between the health and social care sectors in how they are carrying out the apprenticeship agenda. Project status: Ongoing
Evaluation of the Adult Social Care Social Work Bursary and Education Support Grant Funding Principal investigators: Nicole Steils. Study examining how well funding schemes help people start and finish social work courses and join the workforce. Project status: Ongoing
Homecare Workers as Proxy Healthcare Professionals: Evaluating Appropriateness, Acceptability, and Impact (‘PRO-HEALTH’) Principal investigators: Monica Leverton. Evaluating the positioning of homecare workers as proxy healthcare professionals, including the appropriateness, acceptability, impact of, and appetite for this Project status: Ongoing