{"id":444,"date":"2015-03-25T15:08:53","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T15:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/innovate\/?p=444"},"modified":"2015-10-27T15:17:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T15:17:25","slug":"the-view-from-here-overview-of-respondents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/innovate\/2015\/03\/25\/the-view-from-here-overview-of-respondents\/","title":{"rendered":"The View from Here – overview of respondents"},"content":{"rendered":"

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About the project<\/b><\/h2>\n

At IRISS, we want to better understand the experiences of staff working closest with people supported by services \u2013 those who are supporting people everyday in their homes, in a homely context or in the community.<\/p>\n

This project asked people, over one week, to record their experiences of delivering care and support using qualitative, creative methods (sometimes these methods are called ‘cultural probes<\/a>‘).<\/p>\n

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We chose this method because:<\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0we know that frontline practitioners won’t be at a computer all of the time (and are more likely to be in and out of people’s houses or in the community) so electronic surveys and observation won\u2019t work as well.<\/li>\n
  2. \u00a0we know that frontline practitioners do a lot of travelling from place to place, so talking to them on the phone was likely to be tough.<\/li>\n
  3. we wanted to understand experiences<\/strong>, so qualitative methods are better than quantitative<\/li>\n
  4. we wanted to take a \u2018deep dive\u2019 into a select number of\u00a0 cases, rather than take a broad brush overview of a larger sample<\/li>\n
  5. this technique allows people to self-report and allows for an element of creativity not possible in standard surveys or interviews.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Overall, 120 people applied to participate and packs were distributed. We received 74 packs back. Here is an overview of the makeup of the group of people who were involved.<\/p>\n

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    We were really pleased to have almost equal representation from the private, voluntary and public sector – and the spread of the types of support that these practitioners provide is also quite evenly spaced.<\/p>\n

    The wealth of rich data we received has been overwhelming. We had no idea that participants would warm so well to their task and be able to provide quite as much detail as they did in their diaries and timesheets – for which we are truly grateful.<\/p>\n

    The data includes:<\/p>\n