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    2. The Team
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    1. Research, Implementation and Impact
    2. Impact
    3. Social Care and Social Work
      1. Social Care and Social Work
      2. Social Care - Kent, Surrey & Sussex Region
    4. Starting Well: Children's Mental Health
    5. Primary and Community Health Services
    6. Living Well with Dementia
    7. Co-production
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    10. Economics of Health and Social Care
    11. Covid-19
    12. Implementation
  3. Public and Community Involvement
    1. Public and Community Involvement
    2. What is PCIE?
    3. Getting Involved
    4. Support for researchers
    5. Resources
    6. PCIE Guide
      1. PCIE Guide
      2. Contents
      3. Introduction
        1. Introduction
        2. An overview of ARC KSS
        3. Who can help you with PCIE?
        4. Terminology and PCIE
      4. Why and When to do PCIE
        1. Why and When to do PCIE
        2. Why involve members of the public in research?
        3. Why do members of the public want to get involved in research?
        4. When to get members of the public involved?
      5. How to do PCIE
        1. How to do PCIE
        2. Communication and Accessibility
        3. Budgeting
        4. Planning for involvement and engagement
        5. How to recruit members of the public
        6. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)
        7. Approaches – different options for undertaking PCIE
        8. Facilitating meetings and Group dynamics
        9. Ethics
        10. Feedback
        11. Impact and Evaluation
      6. Examples/Case Studies
      7. Appendix/Useful tools
  4. Learning and Development
    1. Learning and Development
    2. ARC KSS AcademyARC KSS Academy
    3. Learning and DevelopmentLearning and Development
      1. Learning and Development
      2. Learning and Development Finder
      3. Researchers Journeys
    4. MentorshipMentorship
    5. Research communities of practiceResearch communities of practice
    6. Research Week Research Week
      1. Research Week
      2. Previous Research Weeks
    7. Your Health and Social Care Research Quick GuideYour Health and Social Care Research Quick Guide
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Michelle Gardener

Public Advisor ARC KSS Board

Michelle Gardener

Michelle is one of three Public Advisors to the Applied Research Collaborative (ARC KSS) Board. She sits on the professionals Regional Patient, Community, Involvement & Engagement & Co-Production Forum & the wider Co-Production Group.

Michelle holds a Bachelor of Laws, LLB; Executive Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM); is qualified & specialised in Quality Assurance (CES); Change Management; Advocacy Services; Medical & Research Ethics at King’s College London; EDI; Assets-Based Approaches & NHS employee mandatory certified. Michelle is a Kent Surrey & Sussex Health Leadership, Patient Leader.

Michelle has a professional background in senior specialist solution services, across health, regulation, management, communications, & complaints. She has directly managed and worked with diverse and complex teams across sectors and in multiple settings. Delivering and assisting others to achieve significant improvements in performance & service targets.

Michelle has held non-executive director, chair and co-chair roles within various local, regional and international charities – from small localised to multi-million providers. She was a mentor for disadvantaged teenagers. During Covid lockdown, Michelle personally recruited over 300 volunteers & raised just under £2,000 for essential equipment for immunisation sites in West Kent.

Currently representing patient & citizens voices, through a number of wide-ranging roles across health and social care. Michelle is a national patient & public expert advisor to NHSE. Chair, co-chair and member, across various health and social care: strategic governance boards; advisory committee and operational / public facing groups, across the wider health and social care footprint and integrated system in Kent & Medway.
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