cwdc research programme lisa baldwin development manager – workforce data
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Research Strategy Published strategy Sets out CWDC’s research objectives and priorities: How priority issues will be identified What research will be conducted / supported How research will be conducted How research findings are disseminatedTRANSCRIPT
CWDC Research Programme
Lisa Baldwin
Development Manager – Workforce Data
Introduction CWDC research programme
Strategy Governance Key projects & challenges
Example of a recent project (LIWS)
Lessons learnt / next steps
Research Strategy
Published strategy www.cwdcouncil.org.uk/research
Sets out CWDC’s research objectives and priorities: How priority issues will be identified What research will be conducted / supported How research will be conducted How research findings are disseminated
Research Governance
Governance policy Research ethics Approval Consent Data: collection, use & protection
Research Advisory Group
Peer review
Key Projects
Large evaluations:
Social Work RemodellingNewly Qualified Social WorkersGraduate Leader Fund
Rolling programme of smaller research projects:
Practitioner Led Research Team Around the Child State of the Children’s Social Care Workforce Literature reviews
Challenges
Data gaps
Little trend data / benchmarking
CWDC footprint vs one children’s workforce
Policy development (faster than evaluation) GLF Social work & youth workforce
An Example….
Analysis of Local Integrated Workforce Strategies
Commissioned June 2008
CfBT Education Trust Ltd
Final report published Spring 2009
Group discussion
Key findings from analysis of Local Integrated Workforce Strategies
Requirements of 2020 Children and Young People’s Workforce Strategy (DCSF)
Next steps?
