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    1. About Us
    2. The Team
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    4. Governance
  2. Research, Implementation and Impact
    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
    13. Rapid Evidence Synthesis
  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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[Updated from 20/03/2024]

A new social care research learning community has been launched to support researchers to take effective action and leading roles to develop research capacity in social care across England.

Funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the social care capacity building learning community is being led by the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Kent, Surrey and Sussex (ARC KSS), as part of 15 regional ARCs working together to support applied health and care research that responds to and meets the needs of local populations and local health and care systems.

As the national lead ARC for Social Care and the lead for the National Priority Area programme in Adult Social Care across all ARCs, ARC KSS was selected to build and grow this community of social care researchers, across all regions, by providing a dedicated and inclusive environment for members with expertise within practice, as well as academia, to develop and/ or expand their skills in social care research.

Dr Stacey Rand, Senior Research Fellow and Social Care Capacity Lead at ARC KSS, said:
"The aim of our learning community is to support the career development of social care researchers by upskilling the workforce to develop and progress, understand how to better build social care capacity, so that people working in social care can take on, be involved in, and benefit from research. By embracing a collaborative approach and working together, we will be able to better support our communities, without duplicating work."

The national social care capacity building learning community, is part of an investment of more than £4 million from the NIHR, on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), to support and further build research capacity in the social care sector.

Parallel to this, NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) have each received up to £260,000 in funding to offer social care capacity building posts, fellowships and seed funding to local researchers, from a wide range of backgrounds, to build a research culture and infrastructure in social care, especially in under-served communities and appropriate communities in geographic areas where social needs are greatest.

As part of ARC KSS's work to build capacity in social care research in the region, they will be offering Fellowship Awards to individuals working in adult social care, who wish to develop their research skills and career. Details of these Awards can be found here.

For details of other regional Social Care Capacity Building Awards visit individual ARC websites below.

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