Connect with Care Work

Email: CareWork@kcl.ac.uk

As well as joining our Community of Practice, you can connect with Care Work to ensure you are linked with a world-leading team of researchers in the field of social care workforce.

In all cases, we ask that your research is aligned to one of our themes and you are:

  • An active member of our Community of Practice (sign up)

  • Willing to write a blog or provide a testimonial about the impact of Care Work on your own research

  • Committed to keeping us updated on your research and findings

Opportunities for early and mid-career researchers

Early and mid-career researchers can connect with Care Work for:

  • Pre-award support (e.g. presenting to our Community of Practice).

  • Support with individual awards, including NIHR academy applications.

  • Mentorship from leading social care workforce researchers.

Please complete this form to request support. We aim to respond within 7 working days. 

Care Work Connected Projects

Care Work aims to be a hub for social care workforce research.

Research projects on topics closely related to Care Work themes
can connect to Care Work to share learning and support impact
through our network.

Please complete this form to connect. We aim to respond within
7 working days.  

Care Work Adopted Projects

Care Work may adopt projects closely related to our Themes if at least one of our team is a co-applicant in the research. The research may be at application stage or already underway; we welcome the opportunity to work with colleagues at these different stages of the research process.

We will work with project teams to agree how Care Work will add value to your research, including.

  • Priority access to present at Community of Practice meetings, including social care stakeholders and experts by experience

  • Knowledge mobilisation through our evidence repository (coming soon)

  • Opportunities for collaborative outputs to enhance the impact of research form the range of projects focusing on the adult social care workforce

Please complete this form to request to be an adopted project as early as possible into your application. You should already have one of our team involved as a co-applicant when you submit this request. We aim to respond within 5 working days.

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