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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
• Northern Ireland Social Work
Leadership Network
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
Stakeholders Building a Research Community
References
1 Social Work Research and Continuous Improvement Strategy 2015 -2020(HSCB 2015) http://www.hscboard.hscni.net/ourwork/social-care-and-children/swresearch
2 Social Work Research and Continuous Improvement Strategy Review (HSCB 2019) Improving and Safeguarding
3 Social Wellbeing Social Work Strategy 2012-2020, (DOH 2012).
4 https://sites.google.com/nihr.ac.uk/pi-standards/standards
5 https://niscc.info/standards-and-guidance/
6 https://www.basw.co.uk/resources/voices-social-work-through-troubles
7 HSC R&D in Northern Ireland 'Research for Better Health and Social Care' (DoH 2016)
8 Professional in Practice Framework (PiP) The Continuous Professional Development Framework for Social Work (NISCC 2015)
9 Additional partners may be added to the wider stakeholder group as the work progresses but may not necessarily be part of
the Core Group - other methods of engaging wider stakeholders will be utilised.