Research and Evaluation for Social Services Award
This award recognises a public authority, research institution, or collaborative partnership between research institutions and public administrations that has made a significant contribution to advancing evidence-based policy and practice in social services or improvement agencies that have come up with harmonised policies, framework or standards to strengthen quality assessment in service delivery. It highlights initiatives where research, data-driven insights, or applied studies, such as evaluations of innovative models, participatory research with service users, or development of data systems, as well as quality standards frameworks that have led to meaningful improvements in service delivery, social policy, and outcomes for vulnerable populations.
Examples of key areas of Research and Evaluation in Social Services
Evidence-based policy development
Research that informs the development of coordinated models in social care policies, workforce strategies, and funding models, ensuring that decisions are rooted in robust data and best practices towards cross-sector coordination.
Innovations in social service delivery and participatory research
Research, including participatory approaches that focus on professionals working with people with complex and intersecting needs, to test, evaluate, and scale integrated, person-centred social services.
Data-driven insights for social inclusion
The combined used of quantitative and qualitative research to improve coordination of social services delivery for vulnerable populations.
Assessment and service evaluation
Frameworks to measure the quality of social services programmes.
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