The PLACES Implementation Study – Qualitative Senior Research Assistant
Northumbria University
Job Description:ABOUT THE ROLE
This twenty seven month post will enable you to explore the implementation of tailored early language interventions for young children at risk of speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) as part of a larger multi-method study within three local authorities.We want to work with a great qualitative researcher, who has excellent practical, analytic, and conceptual skills. You will be working as part of a lovely, friendly and supportive multi-disciplinary team including academics, regional providers and national project partners. You will be based in the Implementation and Innovation Research Group (IIR) at Northumbria University, working primarily with Tim Rapley.Working as part of multi-disciplinary team, you will support the delivery of qualitative work on the NIHR HSDR funded PLACES research project by undertaking research activity, writing up research work for publication and collaborating with project partners. The qualitative work will involve interviews, focus groups, workshops and observation with front line, technical, managerial and research staff and parents, carers and children over multiple sites across England. Some of the fieldwork will be conducted in person, so at times there will be travel to different parts of England, some will also be conducted remotely.The PLACES study seeks to understand whether evidence-based early language interventions be tailored to fit local needs and strengths to widen access to services and reduce inequalities in children’s language development. This is a mixed-methods study in three case study local authorities.Initially, the PLACES team will work with parents and early years professionals from local authority, health and voluntary services in three local authority areas to tailor interventions to meet the needs of their area. These interventions will then be rolled out and formally evaluated in relation to clinical outcomes, cost-effectiveness, and process. The qualitative work will explore the development, introduction, embedding and sustaining of the tailored interventions.Further information is available in the .This role is fixed-term for 27 months.This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 therefore the successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.ABOUT THE TEAMThe study is a collaboration between university partners – Newcastle University, Northumbria University and Durham University – alongside regional providers – Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust – and with national project partners – Institute of Health Visting, Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists, and Speech and Language UK.You will be will embedded in the Implementation and Innovation Research Group (IIR) – a small friendly cross departmental group between Nursing, Midwifery and Health and Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing at Northumbria University. IIRs work ranges from initiation, scoping and development of novel ideas for service, therapeutic and care innovations, to feasibility studies, pilot and full trials with embedded process evaluations, as well as the scaling up and scaling out of evidence-based interventions. IIR works with key health and social care stakeholders to develop innovative, individualised, community-based and organisational solutions to problems of implementation and knowledge mobilisation through applied research. Through high quality research, we develop theories, tools and methodologies as well as interventions to support implementation and knowledge mobilisation in practice.
Newcastle
Sat, 30 Mar 2024 01:58:30 GMT
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