Knowledge transfer and action research - developing a city-wide model for whole household interventions in Sheffield

知识转移和行动研究 - 为谢菲尔德的整个家庭干预开发全市模型

• 批准号: ES/J020877/1
• 负责人: David Robinson
• 金额: $ 11.22万
• 依托单位: Sheffield Hallam University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2012 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FJ020877%2F1
• 关键词: Knowledge; transfer; action; research; developing

The whole household approach can operate within different models, but key features include: a key worker providing assessment, direct support, advocacy, and referral to specialist services; a holistic understanding of behaviour and causes; intensive tailored support, targeted on causes as well as presenting problems; and a focus on whole households/families (and sometimes peers).The proposed research is intended to inform and support the ongoing development of the whole household approach in Sheffield, where a vision exists to make it the main mechanism for designing and delivering services to the most vulnerable families in the city. This is a bold move, requiring significant shifts in organisational cultures, ways of working and allocating resources. The researchers have already begun to engage with Sheffield City Council and its partners to exchange knowledge of whole household approaches, based on their previous studies. However, the evidence suggests that whole household approaches are hugely influenced by local factors (Nixon et al., 2006); thus, providing a strong case for more intensive, additional knowledge exchange and follow-on activity to situate the team's previous research within a Sheffield-specific context.An action research approach is proposed, meaning that the research will be a reflective process of progressive problem solving led by the applicants but with the active participation of Sheffield-wide service providers. Informed by the applicants' previous research, the new activity will seek to:1) help city-wide partners agree definitions to ensure a consistent understanding of what is meant by whole household and key worker approaches;2) inform development of a city-wide key worker role, informed by existing prototypes;3) inform development of a city-wide mechanism for referral to whole household intervention services;4) explore and facilitate local partnership working around the whole household approach, by seeking to understand and address cultural, operational, and system barriers; and5) develop a local calculator tool to demonstrate cost-benefits and inform collaborative funding arrangements for city-wide partners.Research activities include in-depth interviews with senior managers and practitioners across Sheffield-wide service partners to understand existing systems, practices, and partnership working arrangements, and to explore barriers to implementing what is known to work for whole household approaches. In-depth interviews with recipients will explore how key elements of the whole household prototypes are working for the people they support. A costing tool will be developed for use by Sheffield-wide partners, to calculate the costs and benefits of the whole household approach, and to inform partnership funding arrangements. An event is planned to disseminate the findings to policy-makers and practitioners nationally.This activity provides an exciting opportunity for a genuine shared learning experience between academia and wider public service. The project has the potential to lead to genuine improvements to the wellbeing of hundreds of vulnerable families in Sheffield and beyond.

整个家庭的办法可以在不同的模式下运作，但主要特点包括：一名关键工作人员提供评估、直接支助、宣传和转介专家服务;全面了解行为和原因;针对原因和提出的问题提供有针对性的密集支助;关注整个家庭/家庭（有时是同龄人）。拟议的研究旨在为谢菲尔德正在进行的全家庭方法的发展提供信息和支持，有一个愿景，使其成为设计和提供服务给城市中最脆弱家庭的主要机制。这是一个大胆的举措，需要在组织文化、工作方式和资源分配方面进行重大转变。研究人员已经开始与谢菲尔德市理事会及其合作伙伴接触，根据他们以前的研究，交流全户方法的知识。然而，有证据表明，整个家庭的方法受到当地因素的巨大影响（尼克松等人，2006年）;因此，提供了一个强有力的情况下，更密集的，额外的知识交流和后续活动，以验证该团队以前的研究在谢菲尔德的具体context.An行动研究的方法提出，这意味着研究将是一个反思的过程，逐步解决问题的申请人领导，但与谢菲尔德范围内的服务提供商的积极参与。根据申请人以前的研究，新活动将寻求：1）帮助全市合作伙伴商定定义，以确保对全家庭和关键工人方法的含义有一致的理解;2）根据现有的原型，为全市关键工人角色的发展提供信息;3）为全市转介全家庭干预服务的机制的发展提供信息;（4）探索和促进围绕整个家庭方法开展工作的地方伙伴关系，努力了解和解决文化、业务和制度方面的障碍;以及5）开发本地计算器工具，以展示成本效益，并为全市合作伙伴提供协作资金安排信息。研究活动包括与谢菲尔德各地的高级管理人员和从业人员进行深入访谈-广泛的服务伙伴了解现有的系统，做法和伙伴关系的工作安排，并探讨障碍，以执行什么是已知的工作，为整个家庭的办法。与受助人的深入访谈将探讨整个家庭原型的关键要素如何为他们所支持的人工作。将开发一个成本计算工具，供谢菲尔德范围内的伙伴使用，以计算整个家庭办法的成本和效益，并为伙伴关系供资安排提供信息。计划举办一次活动，向全国的决策者和从业人员传播研究结果，这一活动为学术界和更广泛的公共服务部门之间真正分享学习经验提供了一个令人兴奋的机会。该项目有可能导致真正改善谢菲尔德及其他地区数百个弱势家庭的福祉。

项目成果

Whole Household Key Worker Interventions: Learning from Sheffield

全家庭关键员工干预：向谢菲尔德学习

• 作者: Batty, E (authors Listed Alphabetically)