Social Care Wales – Research, innovation and improvement skills resource.
Social Care Wales launched the Research, innovation and improvement skills resource in March 2025.
The resource has been developed to support the development of research, innovation and improvement skills across the social care workforce.
The resource includes links to useful opportunities, like training and resources, written in language that’s easy to understand.
About the resource
This resource will help you find opportunities to support you with using research and evidence, evaluating ways of working and introducing new approaches.
It can help you:
- develop your skill set
- introduce skills development opportunities to your team
- create cultures that challenge existing ways of working.
How to use this resource
The resource is built around four key themes. They have set out a practical approach for each theme with relevant information on training, events and self-guided resources.
Click on each theme to find out more.
- Use evidence: get support with using evidence in your practice and decision making.
- Improve and innovate: find out how to do this in everyday practice, service development and transformational change.
- Evaluate your work: effectively measure your contribution and demonstrate the difference your work is making.
- Shape culture: lead and contribute to cultures that promote positive risk taking and better outcomes for people we care and support.
