Vicky Croft

Wife 👫 mother👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 social worker 👩‍🎓DIY hater!!!❌️
SAS Coordinator | BIA | Practice Educator | WM-ADASS Research Champion

[Vicky Croft @Victoriacroft27]

A great opportunity for @SandiLSimpson85 and I to share our learning journey #ascresearchwm

[WMadassresearchchampions @WMadassresearch]

We published our first blog with @CareKnowledge last week. So if your local authority have a subscription do have a read. It was such a positive experience. We are constantly learning new skills. Thank you @CareKnowledge for the opportunity and support.

[Vicky Croft @Victoriacroft27]

@SandiLSimpson85 @TelfordWrekin You were fabulous as ever, great session 😊

[Vicky Croft @Victoriacroft27]

We are happy to have you @TelfordWrekin adult social care practice week! Look forward to listening to your findings 😊

[Sandra Simpson🇯🇲 @SandiLSimpson85]

I can't wait to present/discuss my findings from my study for Telford & Wrekin Council's practice week next month. I will never stop speaking about Black women's experiences of working as social workers in Local Authorities. Thanks for the invite 😊

[Vicky Croft @Victoriacroft27]

@SandiLSimpson85 @SWPracademic is such an inspiration. Going far and doing great things 😊😊😊

[Social Work Pracademic @SWPracademic]

I will be presenting at the BASW online conference. Details are as below. Would be great to see folk there. See link below to book on. 😊

[Sandra Simpson🇯🇲 @SandiLSimpson85]

Yesterday @Victoriacroft27 and I facilitated out 4th focus group discussion. At the end of each session I always feel so transformed. The joy I get listening to peoples perspectives and learning is something that can't be touched. Research is truly transformative.

[Vicky Croft @Victoriacroft27]

@SiobhanMaclean Thank you very much! 😊

[Vicky Croft @Victoriacroft27]

#newjob delivery
@SiobhanMaclean

[Vicky Croft @Victoriacroft27]

@SandiLSimpson85 Wonderful christmas present for you and the family Sandra 🥰

[WMadassresearchchampions @WMadassresearch]

Reflecting on a busy week for our research. We have facilitated three focus groups discussing researchmindedness in #ASC. A further two are planned for early january.

Interesting discussions with valuable contributions which are greatly appreciated.

#ascresearchwm
@wmadass

[Sandra Simpson🇯🇲 @SandiLSimpson85]

This is me 😊 Really looking forward to sharing the findings and discussing a way forward.#adultsocialcareresearch

[Vicky Croft @Victoriacroft27]

Please share with your networks to anyone who uses adult social care services in the west midlands who may like to join us for a discussion 🗣

Dates will be in December 🗓 🎅

#ascresearchwm

[WMadassresearchchampions @WMadassresearch]

Our survey for people who use adult social care services and carers is in its final 2 weeks...

Following this we will be moving on to our focus groups to explore our survey findings in more depth.

If you would like to join us for a chat, please send us an email or DM 😊

[Vicky Croft @Victoriacroft27]

If you are currently involved/undertaking research in the West Midlands, come along to the online meeting to gain some mutual understanding and peer support 🤗 #ascresearchwm

[WMadassresearchchampions @WMadassresearch]

We are holding our 2nd West Midlands Practice-led Research Network session on the 14.11.23 12:00 - 13:00 via Teams. We are hoping to get a speaker. Please complete the expression of interest form for more details https://t.co/b8JwJocKQi

[NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) @NIHR_RSS]

The NIHR has launched the new Research Support Service. This replaces the Research Design Service. Please continue to follow this channel for updates, and find out more about the new service here: https://t.co/fDbvMcUDs6

[Vicky Croft @Victoriacroft27]

Please help us to share our survey far and wide . Retweets and any useful tags all greatly appreciated 😊 #ascresearchwm

[WMadassresearchchampions @WMadassresearch]

Have you ever received adult social care services from a council in the West Midlands? Yes? Then we need your help!
Please complete our online survey. The survey will help councils to understand how research can improve social care services

https://t.co/TT8ZGRZWoH

[Dr Megan Rose Readman @ReadmanRose]

🧵PARTICIPANTS NEEDED!

Do you live with Parkinson's Dementia or Dementia with Lewy Bodies and have hearing loss?

Do you care for someone with Parkinson's Dementia or Dementia with Lewy Bodies who also has hearing loss?

If Yes we would LOVE to hear from you!
Please RT

[Dr Louise Folkes @louisemfolkes]

I'm not working in academia anymore but I would still like to support sociology PGRs/ECRs. If anybody would like a mentor, or even just a critical friend to read over their work, do get in touch, esp first gen students! ✨📚☕️

[BJSW @BJofSW]

Register for the symposium on social work practitioner research, organised by our guest Editors for the special issue on the same topic: https://t.co/n1AzTzTPQT The issue will be introduced at the Symposium

[Dr Kelly Johnson @Kelly_MJohnson]

Please RT: Are you interested in undertaking a PhD addressing:

Sexual violence
Domestic abuse
Policing (any context)
Violence against women
Feminist theory, sociolegal studies, sociology, criminology?

I'm currently seeking EOIs for PhD supervision at Glasgow University for 2024

[Prof Robin Miller @RobinUoBham]

Great insights from @JasonHSchaub on opportunities for PhDs in social work & social care and how to get started on the research journey as a practitioner @WMadassresearch @wmadass @anerrington @DrCNeedham @JonGlasby @CRN_WMid @ARC_WM @pete62jackson

[@SWOPresearch @swopresearch]

A brilliant meeting yesterday with our Experts by Experience about what our research outputs need to emphasise - fight against ageism, share what older people want, let people know what good social work can do #socialwork #research