Date: 8th July, 2024
“An investigation of social care worker’s perceptions of team resilience”
“I would like to invite you to assist me in conducting a research study. Before you decide you need to understand why the research is being done and what it would involve for you as a participant. Please take time to read the following information carefully. Ask questions if anything you read is not clear or if you would like more information. Take time to decide whether to participate in this research.
WHO I AM AND WHAT THIS STUDY IS ABOUT
My name is Sandra Stafford. I am an MA in social care leadership and management student, in TUDublin. This study aims to investigate resilience within teams in Social Care settings. What does resilience mean to social care professionals? Is it part of your team meeting agenda, supervision and workplace training? What can impede and promote resilience within a social care team? An anonymised online Questionnaire will be accessed via a link through Social Care Ireland. The sample group are Social Care Ireland members who have worked in social care for two years plus, post qualification. I hope that by learning from your experiences I can ascertain the level of knowledge about resilience within social care teams. I can identify current resources that promote and support resilience within teams and see potential gaps in supporting resilience within teams that may need addressing through potential further training for social care workers and managers. Ethical approval has been provided by: TU Dublin Head of School of Social Sciences Law and Education.
WHAT TAKING PART IN THE RESEARCH WILL INVOLVE?
Taking part in the research will involve completing the anonymised online questionnaire no longer that 10 minutes.
Your participation is voluntary. You have the right to refrain from answering questions, you can withdraw prior to submission of questionnaire.
WHO WILL HAVE ACCESS TO DATA FROM RESEARCH?
All information will be confidential. Your identity is anonymised. All information gathered from questionnaires, will be stored securely on a password protected computer.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY?
The results of this study will form part of an MA thesis outside of my employment and may be published and viewed by examiners and students. No identifying information will be included.
WHO SHOULD YOU CONTACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION?
You can get more information or answers to your questions about the study, your participation in the study, and your rights, by contacting me at d21123975@mytudublin.ie or sinead.freeman@tudublin.ie
Date: 1st May, 2024
Title of Research: From Childcare to CORU – the suitability of social care education for practice from 1971 to 2024.
Overview: You are being invited to participate in a study to explore the social care practitioners’ lived experience of practice and his/her perspective on the integrated knowledge received from their formal education in social care post 2019. This study is being conducted by researcher Charlotte Burke. The primary supervisor for this project is Dr Denise Lyons, and the co-supervisors are Dr Dean McDonnell and Dr Hazel O Brien from the Department of Humanities at South East Technological University (SETU). This research project is part of a Doctorate in Philosophy in Social Care.
Aim: To assess the social care workers’ perspective on the impact of social care education to practice from 2019.
Why have you been approached to participate?
You have been identified as a possible participant in this study because you can provide insight into your experience of graduating from a social care programme in Ireland post-2019.
What are you being asked to do?
Participation will involve a one hour semi-structured interview at a time and date of your choice. It is proposed that this will involve a face to face interview at a convenient location.
Research – Participant Information Sheet
If you are interested in participating or if you have any further question please contact:
Charlotte Burke – C00265253@setu.ie
Thanking you in advance!