a) Service Users and Carers
• Those who have developed
research evidence
competence and capability
• Other service users and carers
b) Health and Social Care
• Department of Health
• Health and Social Care Board
• Health and Social Care Trusts
• Research and Development
Division - Public Health
Agency
• Northern Ireland Guardian ad
Litem Agency
• Social Care Council
• Regulation and Quality
Improvement Agency
• Patient and Client Council
c) Academia
• Queen's University
• Ulster University
• Open University
• Education Authority
d) Justice Agencies
• Department of Justice /
Northern Ireland Prison
Service
• Probation Board Northern
Ireland
e) Community and Voluntary
Sector
• Voypic - Voice of Young
People in Care
• Barnardo's NI
• Disability Research Network
• Children in Northern Ireland
• Older people representation
by Presbyterian Ireland
• Children and Young People
Strategic Partnership
f) Other research providers
• The membership of the
research community will be
kept under review as part of
the implementation plan and
invitations will be extended
to other research providers if
considered relevant.
g) Other organisations
• British Association of Social
Workers NI
• The Healthcare Libraries of
Northern Ireland
Appendix 1: Stakeholders - Building a
Research Community
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References
1 Research Community http://www.hscboard.hscni.net/our-work/social-care-and-children/swresearch
2 Research and Continuous Improvement Strategy 2020-2025 http://www.hscboard.hscni.net/get-involved/consultations/sw-researchcontinuous-improvement-strategy-2020-25/
3 Building a Research Community Framework Document Supporting Research Evidence in Social Work and Social Care in Northern Ireland