Collaborations and quality assurance
The Social Work Research Group conducts applied research. This means that all research questions come directly from practice. We collaborate with various regional and national partners from welfare, care, municipality, research and education.
How can we collaborate?
We work with professional partners, businesses and social organisations in healthcare, welfare and with local authorities, students and citizens. We establish and implement joint projects. Would you like to start a research project with us? Get in touch to explore our goals, research ideas, and funding opportunities.
Exchanging and sharing knowledge is important to us. Do your organisation or company’s interests overlap with one of our research areas? We are happy to collaborate and share our knowledge at meetings, workshops, events or as part of a network.
Together with our partners, we ensure the development, evaluation and implementation of research, products and services for professional practice, education and science. We are happy to discuss opportunities for collaboration.
Current collaborations
The Social Work Research Group conducts applied research. This means that all research questions come directly from practice. We collaborate with various regional and other partners from welfare, care, municipality, research and education.
Together with our partners, we are responsible for the development, evaluation and implementation of research, products and services for professional practice, education and science.
The Twente Regional Learning Community Mental Health is connected to the Reseach Group Social Work and partially to the Research Group Technology Health & Care at Saxion.
The Twente Youth Care Expertise Centre (EJT) is an alliance of specialist organisations dedicated to the welfare and development of young people. In addition, the EJT focuses on the professional development of future professionals. We collaborate in a regional research framework to develop, pool and share knowledge. We identify collective challenges that can lead to improvements and innovations in youth services and support, along with working on tailored research that enables institutions to use the results to optimise the support they provide. Our work has an impact on practice, education and policy.
Collaborating partners of the Expertise Centre:
Twente Academic Learning Communityfor Youth (AWJT) focuses on improving care for vulnerable children from 9 months to 18 years (with extension to 23 years). We look at improving care from the perspective of prevention. Empowering families and their networks are key aspects of this. Care should be organised as close to home as possible for the optimum development of children.
University of Twente (UT) and Saxion contribute their knowledge on scientific and/or applied research, collaborate on grant applications and supply students and PhD students for research.
AWJT conducts research in response to questions from municipalities and professionals. The knowledge gained is subsequently put into practice. In doing so, we bridge the gap between research and practice. We show the benefits of prevention through a scientific approach.
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The Mental Health Learning Community focuses on strengthening operational cooperation between professionals, people with lived experience, relatives and others involved. The main objective is to focus on social impact:
- residents with severe mental health problems and complex issues receive more appropriate care and support.
- The number of situations where mental health problems leads to safety risks, nuisance and/or exclusion decreases.
Three projects are being undertaken:
- Expanding street triage and strengthening follow-up
- Processing and following up on police care alerts
- Putting reciprocity and collaboration with experts by experience into practice
Quality of our research
Quality is of paramount importance to Saxion. Together, we work towards a strong quality culture, using widely supported and practical tools, and supported by quality assurance staff dedicated to research. We look at what is going well and how we can use it further. In this way, quality assurance supports the design and implementation of applied research that has an impact. We use the national standards that apply to conducting applied research, the Sector Protocol for Quality Assurance Research. Through smartly organised quality assurance, we remain transparent and accessible. We adhere to the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (NGWI).
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