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Relocation, Portability and Social Care Practic e: research in progress. Dave Marsland and Caroline White, Centre for Applied Research and Evaluation, University of Hull Professor Jill Manthorpe, Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College, London. . School for Social Care Research.
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Relocation, Portability and Social Care Practice: research in progress Dave Marsland and Caroline White, Centre for Applied Research and Evaluation, University of Hull Professor Jill Manthorpe, Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College, London. School for Social Care Research
Thoughts for today • Research in progress • Portability, practice and personalisation? 2
Aims • Identify the experiences of people moving their social care support across local authority boundaries for education and employment • To inform social care practice in respect of relocation • To produce information to support people wishing to relocate 3
Research Questions Relocating How portable is my social care? • Barriers and challenges to relocation? • Positive strategies? Social Care Practice How do social care practitioners support people to relocate? • Resources? • Skills and knowledge? • Procedures and policies? 4
Context and background • Reported experiences of people who have moved across local authority boundaries • Policy focus on portability – Care Bill 2013 (Part 1 s.36) • Little published information about experiences of relocating between local authorities • Current ‘economic crisis’ • Expansion of Higher Education 5
Method • Scoping review • Interviews with social care practitioners • Interviews with people who receive social care support and who have direct experience of relocation 6
Scoping review • Searches of electronic databases • Hand searches of key journals • Identification of grey literature 7
Scoping review – emerging themes • Challenges associated with portability of social care • Variation in application of eligibility criteria (FACS) • Access to appropriate housing and adaptations • Carers’ support needs • Personalised funding • Practitioner attitudes and knowledge 9
Interviews with social care practitioners - method • Interviews with practitioners, using vignettes • Agencies you would liaise with? • Actions you would take? • Resources? • Experience? • Knowledge? • Training? • Policies and procedures? • Difficulties and challenges? • Analysis of data using framework approach 10
Interviews with social care practitioners • 15 -25 practitioner interviews • A range of teams and roles – generic and specialist • A range of practitioners – managers, qualified/unqualified • A range of ‘relocation experience’ 11
Emerging themes • Multi-agency working • Anxiety • Local issues and challenges • Rights and entitlements • Relocation as a significant challenge • Time needed • Experience and knowledge 12
Interviews with people with direct experience of relocation Who have: • Moved local authority in the last 3 years • Have moved to work or study • Receive social care support • Are in the process of moving • Actively tried to move – but insurmountable barriers 13
Interviews with people with direct experience of relocation • Semi-structured interviews exploring; • Care and support prior to moving • Planning to move • Care and support after moving • Reflections on the experience • Thematic analysis to identify key themes 14
Disclaimer • This presentation includes independent research funded by the NIHR School for Social Care Research. The views expressed in this presentation are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIHR School for Social Care Research or the Department of Health/NIHR | 18
Dave Marsland d.marsland@hull.ac.uk Caroline Whitec.white@hull.ac.uk