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Personal Social Services Research Unit
Cornwallis Building
George Allen Wing
University of Kent
Canterbury
Kent
CT2 7NF
01227 824967
ascot@kent.ac.uk
www.pssru.ac.uk/ascot
Introduction to ASCOT
OVERVIEW AND COURSE DESCRIPTION
This is a one-day interactive course, with practical sessions, which provides an introduction to ASCOT. The course is suitable for anyone interested in learning more about the toolkit. The aim is to provide people who are interested in using ASCOT with an understanding of both the conceptual basis of the measure and the different ways ASCOT can be used in research and evaluation.
The ASCOT measure is designed to capture information about an individual’s social care-related quality of life (SCRQoL) and can be used to measure social care outcomes. The measure is applicable across a wide range of user groups and care and support settings. This course provides an introduction to ASCOT and the various elements of the toolkit.
The course will cover the following elements:
- Introduction to ASCOT
- Measuring outcomes using ASCOT
- Versions of ASCOT
- Self-completion (SCT4 / SCT3)
- Face to face interview (INT4)
- Mixed methods for care homes (CH3)
- Scoring and interpreting ASCOT
DATE AND VENUE
The course will take place between 9.30am and 5pm on Wednesday 11th October 2017 at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
PRICES
The price for the course is £230 per person.
REGISTRATION
To register for the course, please contact Jackie Fotheringham at j.c.fotheringham@kent.ac.uk
TERMS & CONDITIONS
An invoice will be issued on booking. For any cancellations received less than 14 days prior to the event, the payment in full will be required. If delegates fail to attend, the organisers reserve the right to charge in full. Places may be transferred to a colleague if the original delegate is unable to attend. If that is the case, please let the organisers know the details of both names as soon as possible prior to the course. The organisers reserve the right to cancel the course, for example if insufficient bookings have been received to make it viable. We will strive to give as much notice as possible in the event of cancellation.
Using the mixed methods care home version of ASCOT (CH3)
OVERVIEW AND COURSE DESCRIPTION
This is a two-day course, with practical sessions, on the mixed methods care home version of ASCOT (CH3). The course aims to provide people interested in using ASCOT in care homes with a thorough grounding in the conceptual basis of ASCOT and the methods used within CH3. By the end of the two-day course participants should have the skills and confidence necessary to use the CH3 tool. We advise anyone who would like to use the care homes version of ASCOT to attend this course.
This course concentrates upon using the care homes version of ASCOT (CH3). ASCOT CH3 is specifically designed to elicit the outcomes of social care from residents within care homes. The toolkit uses a mixed methods approach which includes interviews and an observational schedule.
The two day course covers the following topics
- Introduction to the concepts used in ASCOT
- The ASCOT domains and levels
- Observing in care homes
- Using the ASCOT observational tool
- Using the ASCOT interview schedules in a care home
- Making ASCOT ratings
- Turning ratings into scores
DATE AND VENUE
The course will take place on Wednesday 13th – Thursday 14th September 2017 at the University of Kent, Canterbury Campus. The times are as follows: 10am to 4.30pm on 13th September and 9.30am to 4.30pm on 14th September (with refreshments available 30 minutes prior to course start time on both days).
PRICES
The price for the course is £380 per person. The price excludes accommodation, and the course organisers are not responsible for arranging/booking accommodation. There is plenty of good accommodation in Canterbury city centre, which is a short bus ride from the University of Kent campus, where the course is being held.
REGISTRATION
To register for the course, please contact Jackie Fotheringham at j.c.fotheringham@kent.ac.uk
TERMS & CONDITIONS
An invoice will be issued on booking. For any cancellations received less than 14 days prior to the event, the payment in full will be required. If delegates fail to attend, the organisers reserve the right to charge in full. Places may be transferred to a colleague if the original delegate is unable to attend. If that is the case, please let the organisers know the details of both names as soon as possible prior to the course. The organisers reserve the right to cancel the course, for example if insufficient bookings have been received to make it viable. We will strive to give as much notice as possible in the event of cancellation.
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