1 / 11

An Introduction to Change Projects

An Introduction to Change Projects. Helen Phillips Research and Development Officer helen@ripfa.org.uk. What is a Change Project?. One of six strands of work for research in practice for adults

Download Presentation

An Introduction to Change Projects

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript


  1. An Introduction to Change Projects Helen Phillips Research and Development Officer helen@ripfa.org.uk.

  2. What is a Change Project? • One of six strands of work for research in practice for adults • They identify an area of practice, take account of the available evidence, pilot new ways of working and evaluate the impact • They are designed to enable participants to contribute to the improvement of evidence based approaches, both in their own agency and in the broader professional community • They provide an opportunity for us to work closely and collaboratively with Partner agencies in our network

  3. research in practice Change Projects • Completed Change Projects include • Teamwise: Using Research Evidence • Firm Foundations for Organisational Support • Current Change Projects include • Using evidence in court • Leadership for Evidence Informed Practice • Partnership working at the frontline • NIFTY Evaluation • Alcohol and offending • For further details of the above see www.rip.org.uk

  4. Change Projects are based on the following principles • hold improved outcomes for service users central to their aims • adopt an evidence-informed approach to all aspects of development • seek to include service users and/or service user views in the Change Project • are practical and hands-on • result in a product or event that can be shared widely to help improve practice

  5. Change Projects comprise 9 stages over 18 months - two years • Idea generation • Scoping study/literature search • Experts knowledge exchange/firm proposal • Recruit and run Change Project Group • Produce an Action Pack • Recruit/run Action Pack Pilot Group • Produce a final handbook • Launch and publicise the handbook • Promote and support use of handbook

  6. Stage 1: Idea generation (1) • Letter to Partner Agencies-Directors of Adult Social Care • Email to Link Officers • Analysis of key government documents • Analysis of ADSS current issues • Analysis of work programmes of key research organisations including SCIE, SPRU, PSRU, JRF, MASCRI • Liaison with our sister organisation research in practice

  7. Stage 1: Idea generation (2) • Brilliant response with over 40 topics identified! • Collated themes and cross checked these against activity already underway or about to commence • Identified top 5 ‘hot’ topics and explored these in greater detail • Identified themes for future Learning Events, Information and Evidence Clusters

  8. Stage 1: Idea generation (3)Top Topics! • Adult Protection/Vulnerable Adults • Information for Self Directed Care • E Learning/IT and training/development • Prevention • Quality Assurance

  9. Stage 1: Idea generation (4) • Consult with Partner Organisations and Link Officers over preferred topics • Finalise topic for first Change Project by end of February • Communicate chosen topic across the network • Seek expressions of interest to become part of the Change Project Group via Link Officers

  10. Next Steps…. • Stage 2 (March - April 2007) undertake/publish Literature Review • Stage 3 (May 2007) hold ‘Experts Knowledge Exchange’ and agree firm proposal • Stage 4 (June – October 2007) run Change Project Group • Stage 5 (October 2007 – January 2008) produce ‘Action Plan’

  11. Next Steps.... • Stage 6 (January – March 2008) pilot Action Plan • Stage 7 (April – May 2008) produce a final Handbook • Stage 8 (June 2008) launch and publicise the Handbook • Stage 9 (July 2008) promote and support the use of the Handbook

More Related