Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit at King's College London. Director: @AnnetteBoaz. Also at: @hscwru.bsky.social

London, England
Joined March 2012
Check out our upcoming webinar: "Probation work is not a branch of social work" exploring Post-1995 probation and social work. 24 February 2027, 1pm-3pm (chaired by @CarolineJBald). For more details & full list of speakers: kcl.ac.uk/events/probation-w…
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International interdisciplinary perspectives in homelessness Meeting hosted by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) at King’s kcl.ac.uk/news/international…
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Social Work History Network Next meeting: “Probation work is not a branch of social work”: Post-1995 probation, social work and the making of separate professions Wednesday, 24 February 2027 13:00 to 15:00 (UK) Webinar #SWHN More details & registration: kcl.ac.uk/events/probation-w…
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Care worker qualification rates continue downward trend, reveals report - Community Care communitycare.co.uk/content/…
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We've opened lots of funding opportunities in the last week! Find them in the thread below, or visit: nihr.ac.uk/funding-opportuni…
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National social care assessment service should be created to tackle 'postcode lottery', says report - Community Care communitycare.co.uk/content/…
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"DfE revising 'out of date' residential family centre standards following concerns over rapid growth of sector" - Community Care article cites report (June this year) by Mary Baginsky and Rick Hood. communitycare.co.uk/content/…
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NEW in our "LGBTQ+ life courses – health and social care research" webinar series Chemsex, homelessness, and deep social exclusion within LGBTQ+ communities. Presenters: Emily Porro and Matt Trew Date: 25th November 2026 Time: 13:30 GMT Location: online kcl.ac.uk/events/chemsex
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Coming up Navigating surveillance: The experience of prenatal women who use or who are in treatment for using drugs Webinar with @PollyRadcliffe 24 November 2026 14:00 to 15:15 All welcome kcl.ac.uk/events/navigating-…
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Research from our Homelessness Research Programme was presented at the 20th European Research Conference on Homelessness, Europe’s leading research conference on homelessness and housing exclusion. Carolin Hess (left) + Alí Ruiz Coronel were in Lisbon kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-researc…
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At the next Home Care Research Forum - 18 Nov. 2-4: Building relationships to support complex homecare for people with MND Eleanor Wilson (Nottingham) Delegated healthcare activities in homecare – The Pro-Health study Cat Forward & Abi Burgess (KCL) #hcrf kcl.ac.uk/events/home-care-r…
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On the Unit blog: How NHS support staff support learning in the workplace a preview of forthcoming research findings by our colleague at King's Business School, Professor Richard Griffin blogs.kcl.ac.uk/socialcarewo…
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Unit Director was on the Policy Institute panel at the Green Party conference @AnnetteBoaz was in Brighton on Friday discussing ‘From Workforce to Careforce’ from King's Better Health & Care Hub - illustrating the idea of careforce with Unit work kcl.ac.uk/news/unit-director…
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Unit to have knowledge mobilisation and implementation role in new Applied Research Collaboration ➡️Unit Director @AnnetteBoaz, and Senior Research Fellows Liz Such and Anna Numa Hopkins are leading HSCWRU's contribution in the new initiative kcl.ac.uk/news/unit-to-have-…
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King's co-leads £22m London health and social care partnership King’s College London is co-leading a new partnership uniting London’s health and care community, underpinned by a significant investment in the city’s research infrastructure. kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-joins-l…
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▶️ Starting today NEW STUDY: first in England to examine specialist homelessness residential care led by Jess Harris (KCL) and Michelle Cornes (Salford) with @AmmTowers @karlsw8 Stephen Martineau Michela Tinelli kcl.ac.uk/news/new-study-fir…
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Coming up on Monday: Agenda for Action – digging deep on the origins and impact of the Griffiths’ Community Care report for social work 05 October 2026 13:00 to 15:00 Jill Manthorpe Robin Means Jon Glasby @SocWkHistory kcl.ac.uk/events/griffiths-r…
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