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Dez is responsible for the overall leadership of Research in Practice. She is interested in knowledge mobilisation, systems leadership, adolescence, safeguarding and participative practice.
For enquiries please contact Chris Green.
Susannah leads the Research in Practice children and families team on core delivery to the Partnership network, as well as a range of commissioned project activities.
Lisa leads the Research in Practice adults team overseeing the delivery of our services to Partners, and leading on commissioned projects. She is particularly interested in safeguarding adults, co-production, systems re-design and supporting organisational change.
Katy oversees the annual programme of development and delivery of the evidence-informed resources produced for Partners. She also works with individual partners to support the promotion and best use of resources within local areas.
Melika works with Partners across adult services to to embed knowledge, skills and resources into their organisations and wider networks. She also works closely in producing information for our publications and in designing workshops, webinars and other digital content. She is interested in human rights and social justice.
Susan supports a number of Partners to embed Research in Practice into their organisation. She also helps to ensure the voice of children and families informs our resources. Susan is a qualified social worker and she is interested in addressing extra-familial harms, participation and co-production.
Fidelma champions the use of research within the organisation and has particular responsibility for ensuring quality research is embedded into all outputs. She is also Account Manager for Partners across the South West region and the topic lead for the monthly children and families Research and Policy Updates.
Geoff leads our Partner Engagement team and manages our Account Management service. Geoff’s work focuses on developing, maintaining and strengthening the relationships between Research in Practice and our network of Partners.
Research and Development Officer: Partner Engagement
Claire Williams
Claire works with partners across children, families and adult services to support them in using our evidence-informed resources. She also leads on specific topics for the annual delivery programme. She is interested in co-production and how the perspectives of people with lived experience can be included in service design and delivery.
Laura is responsible for the coordination and development of the Research in Practice tailored support provision for children and families. She is also an Account Manager for Partners in the East Midlands region.
Kate is responsible for the coordination and development of the Research in Practice tailored support provision for adults and also leads on specific topics on the delivery programme. She is also an account manager for several partners.
Bethan supports the coordination and delivery of workshops and events for adult services, along with the development and preparation of workshop materials.
Oli is the lead for all primary research and evaluation projects at Research in Practice. Current and former projects include evaluations of services for young people in care and at risk of serious youth violence / gang involvement; young people who have committed sexual offences; care leavers in prison; young people at risk of extrafamilial harm and exploitation; and women who have had multiple children removed from their care.
Karen works in the Research and Evaluation team, assisting on evaluations across children’s and adults’ social care. She has particular interests in quantitative analysis and survey research.
Chris leads our administration team providing organisational support. He provides the Director with diary management and administrative support, supports recruitment and HR, implementation of new business process and procedures and coordinates governance activity, such as Partnership Board and Management Team meetings.
Andrew works closely and collaboratively with various teams, ensuring that they are assisted by effective administration and general support where required.
Gem provides administrative support by maintaining records in our database, scheduling meetings with Partners and supporting engagement activity for both the children, families and adult Partner networks.
Rhian is responsible for our purchase ordering system, the processing of purchase invoices and raising all sales invoices. She also assists in the finance and budget monitoring of larger projects.
Claire manages the delivery of the Research in Practice project portfolio as well as managing and supporting other programmes the organisation is involved in.
Louise manages the delivery of the Research in Practice project portfolio as well as managing and supporting other programmes the organisation is involved in.
Senior Communications, Marketing and Engagement Coordinator
Karen Young
Karen is responsible for managing a range of marketing communications activities for Research in Practice. This includes digital communications, publicity materials and public relations.
Lloyd works on a wide variety of projects and platforms to effectively communicate and promote the work of Research in Practice. This includes digital communications, social media and publicity materials.
Simon oversees the production of publications and resources at Research in Practice, liaising with the authors, editing drafts and working with our brilliant design team.
Robin oversees the design and production of Research in Practice resources in different formats, including publications and digital materials, such as podcasts, videos, webinars and tools. He ensures everything that reaches our Partners is high-quality, clear and consistent.
Amy works on a variety of activities to develop, implement and maintain effective web systems across a range of platforms that communicate and promote the work of Research in Practice.
Ella coordinates operational planning and delivery of large scale practice development programmes and commissioned workshops, alongside logistical planning and delivery of conferences.
Abbi provides administrative support to the Learning Events Coordinator and Events Officers with the delivery of all events across the children, families and adults programmes.
Phil provides administrative support to the Learning Events Coordinator and Events Officers, with the delivery of all events across the children, families and adults programmes.
Practice and Engagement Lead – Practice Supervisor Development Programme
Alison Domakin
Alison is the Practice and Engagement Lead for Practice Supervisor Development Programme. Part of her role focuses on working with the children’s social care organisations to help maximise learning from the programme. She is interested in developing new evidence-informed ways of learning from practice, particularly one-to-one and group supervision.
Programme Manager – Practice Supervisor Development Programme
Neeta Chauhan
Neeta is responsible for the smooth delivery of the Practice Supervisor Development Programme within budget and timescale, and maintaining relationships with all consortium and local delivery partners, as well as the commissioner.
Team Administrator – Practice Supervisor Development Programme
Ann Aston
Ann provides administrative support to the Practice Supervisor Development Programme team and assists Local Authorities / Trusts on queries relating to the programme.
Events Administrator - Practice Supervisor Development Programme
Jennifer Steel
Jennifer provides events administration support to the Practice Supervisor Development Programme team and assists Local Authorities / Trusts on queries relating to the programme.
Partnership Manager – Tackling Child Exploitation Support Programme
Anna Racher
Anna has overall responsibility for the Tackling Child Exploitation Support Programme, which is a Department for Education funded partnership, led by Research in Practice with The Children’s Society and the University of Bedfordshire. The programme focuses on changing the systems which support exploited children and young people in order to make a greater positive impact for them and their families.
Implementation Lead – Tackling Child Exploitation Support Programme
Amy Hurst
Amy is the Implementation Lead for the Tackling Child Exploitation Support Programme. She works with local areas and a range of delivery partners as part of bespoke support projects that seek to develop effective strategic responses to child exploitation.
