Respectful, responsive and relational: a mixed-methods qualitative study on how to define, evidence and improve social care in Scotland

TY - GEN

T1 - Respectful, responsive and relational

T2 - a mixed-methods qualitative study on how to define, evidence and improve social care in Scotland

AU - Breckenridge, Jenna

N1 - © Crown copyright 2024. Open Government Licence (OGL): https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

PY - 2024/7/11

Y1 - 2024/7/11

N2 - This report shares the findings from an academic research project conducted through an ESRC Policy Fellowship with the Social Care Analytical Unit, Scottish Government during 2022-2023. Embedding an academic researcher in government sought to bring academic expertise on a priority policy issue and to facilitate knowledge exchange and partnership-building between policy and academia. The aim of the research was to explore how evidence-informed understandings of 'good' social care are embedded into the design, implementation and continued improvement of the National Care Service. The project was co-designed with policy and analytical colleagues at Scottish Government to maximise its usefulness and impact across policy areas. This report presents the combined findings from a mixed-methods qualitative study, using individual interviews and creative research workshops to develop a model that explains how 'good' social care in Scotland can be defined, evidenced and improved. A video summary of the project is also available. The project contributes to the developing evidence base for the National Care Service with a focus on how we understand, evidence and improve good practice in social care to inform policy making.

AB - This report shares the findings from an academic research project conducted through an ESRC Policy Fellowship with the Social Care Analytical Unit, Scottish Government during 2022-2023. Embedding an academic researcher in government sought to bring academic expertise on a priority policy issue and to facilitate knowledge exchange and partnership-building between policy and academia. The aim of the research was to explore how evidence-informed understandings of 'good' social care are embedded into the design, implementation and continued improvement of the National Care Service. The project was co-designed with policy and analytical colleagues at Scottish Government to maximise its usefulness and impact across policy areas. This report presents the combined findings from a mixed-methods qualitative study, using individual interviews and creative research workshops to develop a model that explains how 'good' social care in Scotland can be defined, evidenced and improved. A video summary of the project is also available. The project contributes to the developing evidence base for the National Care Service with a focus on how we understand, evidence and improve good practice in social care to inform policy making.

UR - https://www.gov.scot/publications/respectful-responsive-relational-mixed-methods-qualitative-study-define-evidence-improve-social-care-scotland/

UR - https://www.gov.scot/publications/respectful-responsive-relational-mixed-methods-qualitative-study-define-evidence-improve-social-care-scotland/documents/

M3 - Other contribution

SN - 2045-6964

PB - Scottish Government

CY - Edinburgh

ER -