TEAMWISE using research evidence

The TEAMWISE handbook has evolved out of six years of close collaboration between practitioners, social care teams and social care organisations in an exploration of just what Evidence-Informed Practice (EIP) means in the real world of day-to-day practice for teams working with children and their families.

We haven't produced the handbook alone. We've worked hand-in-glove with a range of front-line operational staff who've been trying to develop the use of research evidence within their teams. For example, a large number of team managers were invited to 'road test' earlier drafts of the materials. We brought a group of these managers together in order to harvest their learning and to collect their views about which of the tools and guidance was most helpful. We have also used practitioners attending our three day 'Evidence Based Team Working' modules to give us further ideas about what works to promote research use and to feed back about what was missing from earlier versions of the handbook.

The value of our Change Projects lies in their dynamic nature, as a result of which staff from our Partner agencies have the opportunity to design services and products that will work for them within their agencies. At the same time, the work meets the wider aim of the Change Project which is to deliver useful guidance and tools for the benefit of others.

more detail about Change Projects

more information about the TEAMWISE handbook

view the original REAL teams pilot action pack