George joined research in practice for adults in May 2006. Her current responsibilities include: • restructuring the knowledge and writing evidence clusters
• contributing to publications
• some helpline queries
• providing the content of the website and promotion of the discussion forum
'I suppose it is true to say that my background is Special Education, having spent most of the past 8 years researching and lecturing in the area of provision for children with profound and multiple learning disabilities. Following a first degree at Cardiff University, I decided to remain there studying for another 3 years before spending a fabulous 4 years working at St Patrick’s College, Dublin. More recently I have spent just over a year on a large scale household survey at the Office for National Statistics in Newport, Wales. I am delighted to have joined research in practice for adults and look forward to the challenges that the post will bring.'
Naomi Le Maistre Research and Development Officer
Naomi joined research in practice for adults in May 2007.
current responsibilities include:
• Writing evidence clusters
• Responding to some helpline queries
• Providing content for the website
• Liaising with Link Officers in Partner Agencies
• Leading on some of the Learning Events
'My long-standing passion is for research that helps patients and service users become more involved in decisions about their own health and social care. After completing a Masters in Social Policy at Birmingham University in 2002, I spent four years in Health Services Research. I was involved in evaluations of some of the first Patient Choice pilots at Picker Institute Europe from 2002 to 2004, while more recently, at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, I helped develop new evidence-based referral guidelines for chronic knee pain sufferers. I am very happy to have made the transition into the field of evidence-informed practice in adult social care at research in practice for adults as this feels like a logical step, presenting exciting new challenges for me.'
Alison Petch Director
Alison joined research in practice for adults in October 2005. She:
• will take forward the next stage in the growth of research in practice for adults
• will liaise with Celia Atherton (director of
research in practice) to ensure that both organisations work together in the most effective way
‘After training in planning and in social work, most of my career has been involved with research and policy, latterly in health and social care. From 1985 to 1993 I worked at the Social Work Research Centre (Stirling University), established to evaluate social work effectiveness. In 1993 I moved to Glasgow University as Director of the Nuffield Centre for Community Care Studies. The centre has focused on the evaluation, promotion and dissemination of community care policy and practice. My interests have always hovered on the boundary of research and practice and I am therefore delighted to be involved with developing research in practice for adults .’
Barbara Pintaske Learning Events Co-ordinator
Barbara joined research in practice for adults in August 2007. She is coordinating our learning events which includes:
• pre-event organization, e.g. sourcing venues, negotiating rates, acting as the main contact for venues during the organization of the event, speaker administration and preparation of delegate packs
• on-site event management at a range of learning events
• Follow up after event, e.g. compile feedback and generate a range of reports and databases that inform future events, monitoring of event budgets
• Answering event related queries
'With a background in Marketing and advertising I have worked in a range of advertising agencies in Germany and the public sector since moving to the UK in 1998. All jobs incorporated coordination of a wide range of events (e.g. press conferences, HE Special Interest Groups and the SW CI summit at Dartington in 2006) and I am pleased about the opportunity to utilize experience gained to support the delivery of events for research in practice for adults.'
Claire Richards Research and Development Officer
Claire joined research in practice for adults in July 2007.
Her current responsibilities include:
• Developing the one-to-one support programme for partner agencies
• Responding to some helpline queries
• Liaising with Link Officers in partner agencies
• Organising and contributing to some learning events
'My background is in social work practice, most recently as a Senior Social Worker in Somerset. I qualified with a Masters in Social Work Studies and Diploma in Social Work in 2001 and gained my Post Qualifying Award in 2006. I have worked with various service user groups both pre and post qualifying, including work with adults with learning disabilities in day services, care management with older people and those who are physically disabled, social work with Deaf people and support work with young people in educational settings. I have always had a passion for learning and education, believing strongly in equality of opportunity, I believe it is important for practitioners to have accessible research and learning materials readily available to them.'
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