Table 1 Research team roles and responsibilities
Research activity | PR | Research assistant | Academic researcher | Learning Disability organisations | Support worker | Timeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recruitment of PR | Prepare and attend for interview (8 individuals interviewed) | Member of interview panel | Member of interview panel | Chair interview panel | Support applicant during interview | March 2019 |
Training of PR | 6 PR selected and attended training | Prepare and deliver training | Prepare and deliver training | Undertake training needs analysis with PR Prepare and deliver training | Support PR during training | 4 half days April 2019 |
Semi-structured interviews with 8 policy makers | Co-produce interview schedule Co-facilitate interviews: 4 PR undertook 1 interview each 2 PR undertook 2 interviews each | Co-produced interview schedule Co-facilitated interviews with PR | Recruit study participants Debrief interviews | Debrief interviews | Support PR in interviews | March-June 2019 See Table 2 |
Focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews within 4 ‘best’-case organisations | Co-produced interview/FGD schedules Travelled to each organisation. PR co-facilitated in 1 or 2 case studies each. See Table 4 | Co-produced interview schedule Travelled to meet members of each organisation Co-facilitated in all research interviews and FGD See Table 4 | Debrief interviews and feedback on process | Debrief interviews and feedback on process | Travelled with PR to support them during data gathering | September 2019: Edinburgh September 2019 Belfast October 2019 Cardiff October 2019 London |
Impact Strategy/Action plan | Co-developed impact strategy/action plan Presented at one Action Planning workshop Video made for remaining workshops | Co-developed impact strategy/action plan Presented at one Action Planning workshop | Co-developed impact strategy/action plan Presented at workshop in person/online | Co-developed impact strategy/action plan Presented at workshop in person/online | Support PR during workshop and to read and respond to all draft documents | March 2020 |