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
Community First Responders and the ambulance service We aim to investigate the impact of Community First Responders as a positive, long established example of volunteers supporting the ambulance service. Project status: Ongoing
Continence support for people living at home with dementia (DemCon Homecare) Development, evaluation and implementation of continence-related resources for use by homecare workers Project status: Ongoing
Development, evaluation and provision of an intervention for primary and community NHS staff to help carers and homecare workers supporting people living at home with dementia with their continence (DemCon) Continence self-management guidance for people living with dementia, their carers and homecare workers. 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 Out-of-Hospital Care Models programme for people experiencing homelessness Principal investigators: Michelle Cornes. Capturing learning from test sites for the programme and evidencing outcomes that are being achieved (2021–2023) Project status: Ongoing
Falls in care homes national implementation study An implementation study of an earlier successful project that aims to help prevent falls in care homes. Project status: Ongoing
Forward with dementia Supporting people living with dementia and carers to live well after a dementia diagnosis and helping people in social care who are working with them. Project status: Ongoing
Health and Social Care Workforce Research Study Examining the impact of providing health and social care during COVID-19 on the well-being and quality of working life of the health and social care 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