The Role

Free-thinking. Collaborative. Innovative. Kingston University is yours to transform. This is your chance to help enhance the quality of life of people with dementia who live at home as you undertake collaborative research in end of life care. The research will address a topical, unexplored subject: the views and experiences of home care workers in end of life care for people with dementia. Ambitious, enthusiastic and flexible, you will be involved in both phases of research: 1) conduct a literature review and 2) to conduct interviews with 40 home care workers and analyse the data.

The Person

You will have a research interest in social care research and a post-graduate qualification in a relevant field or equivalent experience. You will be self-motivated, ambitious, enthusiastic, and flexible and have the ability to work independently. We would require the successful candidate to have a good knowledge of qualitative research methods and an appreciation of the ethical challenges of working in this area. You will be required to also assist with the literature review. We require the successful candidate to have exceptional (verbal and written) communication and organisational skills to liase with managers of home care agencies and arrange interviews with busy and ‘hard-to-reach’ home care staff at junior, senior levels or experts by experience. Data collection will take place in a variety of locations across Surrey and Greater London, so candidates should be willing to work flexible hours and to travel frequently during the period of data collection. Ability to work independently and taking the initiative, you will have excellent organisation and time management skills. 

The Faculty

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is now the fastest growing research environment in the UK following a multi-million pound investment in professorial staff, early career researchers and doctoral students. The Faculty has a rich offering in the theoretical humanities and critical social sciences unique amongst UK universities.

Further Information

Please see the Job Description under Attachments on the vacancy page.

This post is a 14.8 full time equivalent (FTE). 

This is a fixed term contract for 18 months.

Interviews will be held 30th November 2015. 

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