Collaborations and quality assurance

We collaborate with partners in the field, companies, social organisations in the healthcare, welfare and municipality domain, with students and citizens. We set up and implement joint projects. Would you like to start a research project with us? Get in touch and explore our goals, research ideas, and funding opportunities together.

Exchanging and sharing knowledge is important to us. Does your organisation or company’s interests coincide with one of our research themes? We would like to collaborate so we can share our knowledge at meetings, workshops, events or in 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.

The Twente Youth Care Expertise Centre (EJT) is an expertise association of organisations that put the welfare and development of youth first. In addition, the EJT focuses on the professionalisation of (future) professionals. We work together in the region within a research framework to develop, pool and share knowledge. We formulate common themes that contribute to improvements and innovations in youth services and support, but we also work on tailor-made research so that institutions can use the results to optimise the support they provide. We have an impact on practice, education and policy.

Twente Academic Workshop for Youth (AWJT) focuses on improving care for vulnerable children aged 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 is an important aspect to this. Care should be organised as close to home as possible so that children can develop optimally.

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.

AWJTwente conducts research in response to questions from municipalities and professionals. The knowledge gained is put into practice. In doing so, we bridge the gap between research and practice. We provide scientific evidence of the benefits of prevention.

Read more here.

The Giving Meaning and Recovery programme line is affiliated to the Misunderstood Behaviour Theme Group. This theme group is one of five theme groups of the Care, Security and Punishment partnership. The Misunderstood Behaviour theme group focuses on a cross-domain approach to care and safety. This approach focuses on strengthening operational cooperation between professionals, experts by experience, relatives and those involved themselves. The main objective is to focus on social impact:

• Residents with misunderstood behaviour and complex issues receive more appropriate care and support.

• The number of situations where misunderstood behaviour leads to safety risks, nuisance and/or exclusion decreases.

Three projects are being undertaken:

1. expanding street triage and improving follow-up
2. processing and follow-up of police care reports
3. giving substance to the reciprocity and cooperation of experts through experience

The developments of the Twente Knowledge Workshop Misunderstood Behaviour etc. are discussed in this theme group. More information on the Theme Group can be found here.