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*SouthWest London Academic Network (SWAN)  *

*/PhD Studentship ./*

We have the following funded studentship available which will cover a 
student stipend at UK Research Council levels plus UK/EU resident fees*.


/'Breaking down the boundaries? : Exploring the working practices of 
health and social welfare professionals in collaborating to deliver 
social care services for the older client'/*/
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The research context of this proposed sociological study is the 
implementation of the single assessment process and the promotion of 
inter professional working between health and social care professionals 
to plan and provide care services for older clients in the community; a 
requirement of the Older People's National Service Framework.

The focus of the study will be the extent to which the boundaries that 
have traditionally existed between the case-based model of service 
delivery drawn upon by social welfare professionals and the clinical 
orientation of the health professions have altered as a consequence of 
policy drive towards greater collaboration between social and health 
care provider organisations in care delivery for the older client. It 
will also have a particular focus on the ways in which the increasing 
joint use of electronic records,
particularly in the single assessment process, for clients by all groups 
of health and social care professionals in primary care influences inter 
professional working.The analytical focus of this study of 
interprofessional team working is pitched at the micro level of local 
health and social professional interrelationships rather than a more 
macro concern with organisational collaboration. The proposed research 
method is therefore an ethnographic one, utilising case studies of two 
localities.

Candidates who hold or expect to obtain a relevant 1st or 2:1 BSc or an 
MSc degree are invited to return an application form plus two letters of 
reference, to [log in to unmask] 
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> by *7th April 2008*. 
Candidates should indicate which project they wish to be considered for, 
and are encouraged to contact specific project supervisors to discuss 
projects and potentially visit host departments. Interviews will take 
place in late April/early May.

If you are interested and require further information please contact :
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Professor Vari Drennan <[log in to unmask]>  *    and/or    *Dr 
Iain Crinson <[log in to unmask]>*




/Further information about SWAN/

The SouthWest London Academic Network has been formed as a result of 
existing, highly successful collaborative activities between  the joint 
Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences (FHSC) between Kingston 
University and St George's, university of London, plus joint 
studentships and research collaborations between Royal Holloway and St 
George's.

*St George's, University of London (SGUL)*, has a long history as a 
leading London medical school. With an annual income of £65 million, it 
has built a strong reputation for innovation and quality in medical 
education. SGUL offers programmes in medicine, biomedicine, a foundation 
degree for paramedics and (via a joint faculty with Kingston University 
(KU)) courses in health related professions, such as midwifery, nursing, 
physiotherapy, radiography and social work. It also runs a joint 
programme with KU in pharmacy.

SGUL is co-located with St George's Hospital in south west London. It 
has approximately 5,500 students, 7.5% of whom are from overseas. This 
total splits as: 3,700 health profession undergraduates in the joint 
faculty (with KU), 1,300 medicine and bioscience undergraduates, 300 
taught post doctorates and 200 research students.

* Kingston University (KU)* is a modern institution with approximately 
18,000 students based on four main teaching campuses in Kingston upon 
Thames, Surrey. KU has an annual income of £110m, and is currently 
engaged in a major strategic project (the New University Project) to 
re-engineer the academic, administrative and physical structures of the 
university.

KU operates a joint faculty with SGUL (Faculty of Health and Social Care 
Sciences) to deliver education in nursing, allied health professions and 
social work. This is a joint venture arrangement of 10 years' standing, 
managed through a shared governance structure reporting to both 
institutions.

*Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL),* is a research-led college 
with approximately 7,000 students spread across three faculties: 
Science, Arts and History & Social Sciences. Nearly 20% of students are 
postgraduates and a similar proportion are from overseas. RHUL is 
situated on a large parkland campus in Egham, Surrey, based around the 
historic Founders Building. It has an annual income of over £80 million.

In the 2001 UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), RHUL was placed in 
the top 10 research institutions and all its science departments scored 
5 or 5*.


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