James Caiels

Research Fellow

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Research Interests

James is currently working on the Department of Health-funded Quality and Outcomes Research Unit programme. He is lead researcher on the Engagement strand.

James Caiels' Publications

Journal Articles

Journal Article

Feasibility, factor structure and construct validity of the easy-read Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT-ER) (2020)

Rand S, Towers A, Razik K, Turnpenny A, Bradshaw J, Caiels J, Smith N,

Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability 45, 2, 119-132

Taylor & Francis Online

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Journal Article

Letter to the Editor re: McEwan et al (2019) Moving on from Quality Assurance: Exploring Systems — Outcomes in Disability Services (2019)

Stacey Rand,  Ann Marie Towers,  James Caiels

Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities

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Journal Article

Exploring the views of being a proxy from the perspective of unpaid carers and paid carers: developing a proxy version of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) (2019)

Caiels J, Rand S, Crowther T, Collins G, Forder J,

Springer Nature

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Journal Article

Developing a proxy-report version of the Adult Social Care Outcome Toolkit (ASCOT) (2017)

Rand S, Caiels J, Collins G, Forder J

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes , 15:108

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Journal Article

Developing an Easy Read version of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) (2016)

Turnpenny A, Caiels J, Crowther T, Richardson L, Whelton R, Beadle-Brown J, Rand S

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

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Journal Article

Implementing personal health budgets in England: a user-led approach to substance misuse (2016)

Welch E, Jones K, Caiels J, Windle K, Bass R

Health and Social Care in the Community

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Journal Article

Personalization in the health care system: do personal health budgets impact on outcomes and cost (2013)

Jones K, Forder J, Caiels J, Welch E, Glendinning C, Windle K

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy 18, 2 suppl, 59-67

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Journal Article

Measuring the outcomes of long-term care (2011)

Forder J, Caiels J

Social Science and Medicine 73, 12, 1766-1774

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Book Sections

Book Section

Personal health budgets: implementation and outcomes (2016)

Jones K, Forder J, Caiels J, Welch E, Windle K

Policy Press

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Reports

Report

Personal health budgets: Targeting of support and the service provider landscape (2018)

Jones K, Welch E, Fox D, Caiels J, Forder J

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Report

Personal Health Budgets: Implementation following the national pilot programme; overall project summary (2018)

Jones K, Welch E, Fox D, Caiels J, Forder J

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Report

A system-level evaluation of the Better Care Fund: Final Report (2018)

Forder J, Caiels J, Harlock J, Wistow G, Malisauskaite G, Peters M, Marczak J, D'Amico F, Fernández J-L, Fitzpatrick R, Jones K

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Report

Personal Health Budgets: Process and context following the national pilot programme (2017)

Jones K, Forder J, Welch E, Caiels J, Fox D

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Report

Making the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit Easy Read (2015)

Whelton R, Turnpenny A, Caiels J, Crowther T, Richardson L, Beadle-Brown J, Apps J, Rand S

QORU working paper

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Report

Developing an Easy Read version of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) - Appendix (2015)

Turnpenny A, Caiels J, Crowther T, Richardson L, Whelton R, Beadle-Brown J, Apps J, Rand S

QORU working paper

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Report

Developing an Easy Read version of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) (2015)

Turnpenny A, Caiels J, Crowther T, Richardson L, Whelton R, Beadle-Brown J, Apps J, Rand S

QORU working paper

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Report

Implementing personal health budgets within substance misuse services (2013)

Welch E, Caiels J, Bass R, Jones K, Forder J, Windle K

PSSRU Discussion Paper 2858, University of Kent

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Report

The cost of implementing personal health budgets (2011)

Jones K, Forder J, Caiels J, Welch E, Windle K, Davidson, Dolan P, Glendinning C, Irvine A, King D

PSSRU Discussion Paper 2804, University of Kent

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Report

Early experiences of implementing personal health budgets (2010)

Jones K, Caiels J, Forder J, Windle K, Welch E, Dolan P, Glendinning C, King D

PSSRU Discussion Paper 2726/2, University of Kent and London School of Economics

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Project Outlines

Project Outline

Evaluation of the Personal Health Budgets Pilot (PSSRU Project Outline 91) (2010)

Jones K, Caiels J, Forder J, Windle, K

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Project Outline

Quality Measurement Framework programme. PSSRU Project Outline 67 (2007)

Forder J, Caiels J

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Research Summaries

Research Summary

Perspectives on strengths-based approaches: social workers, commissioners and managers - Plain English summary of research findings (2022)

J Caiels, B Silarova, A Milne, J Beadle-Brown

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DP or working papers

DP or working paper

Perspectives on strengths-based approaches: social workers, commissioners and managers (2022)

J Caiels, B Silarova, A Milne, J Beadle-Brown

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DP or working paper

Taking a strengths-based approach to social work and social care: A literature review (2021)

Caiels J, Milne A, Beadle-Brown J

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DP or working paper

ASCOT Easy Read: usability evaluation of an electronic adaptation (2019)

Razik K, Turnpenny A, Bradshaw J, Rand S, Towers A, Caiels J, Smith N

QORU working paper 2953

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DP or working paper

Factor structure and construct validity of the easy-read Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT-ER) (2017)

Rand S, Towers A, Razik K, Turnpenny A, Bradshaw J, Caiels J, Smith N

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DP or working paper

How can MAX help local authorities to use social care data to inform local policy? Maximising the value of survey data in adult social care [MAX] project. Executive Summary (2015)

Heath C, Malley J, Razik K, Jones K, Forder J, Fox D, Caiels J, Beecham J

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DP or working paper

Using Proxies to assess Quality of Life: A Review of the Issues and Challenges (2015)

Rand S, Caiels J

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DP or working paper

How can MAX help local authorities to use social care data to inform local policy? (Infographic) (2015)

Al-Tahhan, Nat

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DP or working paper

How can MAX help local authorities to use social care data to inform local policy? (Executive summary) (2015)

Heath C, Malley J, Razik K, Jones K, Forder J, Fox D, Caiels J, Beecham J

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DP or working paper

How can MAX help local authorities to use social care data to inform local policy? Maximising the value of survey data in adult social care [MAX] project (2015)

Heath C, Malley J, Razik K, Jones K, Forder J, Fox D, Caiels J, Beecham J

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DP or working paper

ASCOT Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit: Main Guidance v2.1 (2011)

Netten A, Beadle-Brown J, Caiels J, Forder J, Malley J, Smith N, Towers A, Trukeschitz B, Welch E, Windle K

PSSRU Discussion Paper 2716/3, University of Kent

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DP or working paper

Development Studies for the National Adult Social Care User Experience Survey: Technical Report (2010)

Caiels J, Fox D, McCarthy M, Smith N, Malley J, Beadle-Brown J, Netten A, Towers A

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DP or working paper

A Report on the Development Studies for the National Social Care User Experience Survey (2010)

Malley J, Caiels J, Fox D, McCarthy M, Smith N, Beadle-Brown J, Netten A, Towers A

PSSRU Discussion Paper 2721, University of Kent

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DP or working paper

Measuring Outcomes of Information and Advice Services: Final Report (2010)

Windle K, Caiels J, Welch E, Netten A, Masrani R, Welch E, Forder J

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DP or working paper

Measuring the Outcomes of Low-level Services: Final Report (2010)

Caiels J, Forder J, Malley J, Netten A, Windle K

PSSRU Discussion Paper 2699, University of Kent

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DP or working paper

Measuring Outcomes in Social Care: Second Interim Report (2008)

Forder J, Towers A, Caiels J, Beadle-Brown J, Netten A

PSSRU Discussion Paper 2542, University of Kent

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DP or working paper

Measuring Outcomes in Social Care: Conceptual Development and Empirical Design. Quality Measurement Framework Project. PSSRU interim report (2007)

Forder J, Netten A, Caiels J, Smith J, Malley J

PSSRU Discussion Paper 2422, University of Kent

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Conference presentation outputs

Conference presentation output

Personalisation and Prevention in England (2011)

Welch E, Caiels J

Boston, USA

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Conference presentation output

Personalisation and Prevention in England (2011)

Welch E, Caiels J

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Conference presentation output

Personalisation and Prevention in England (2011)

Welch E, Caiels J,

Symposium at Social Policy Association

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Manuscripts

Manuscript

Implementing personal health budgets: Opportunities and challenges for the NHS (2016)

Jones K, Caiels J, Welch E, Windle K, Forder J, Glendinning C, King D

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Blogs

Blog

Meeting local information needs with ASCS and PSS SACE data (Blog) (2015)

Heath C, Malley J, Razik K, Jones K, Forder J, Caiels J, Beecham J

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Unallocateds

Unallocated

Letter to the Editor re: McEwan et al (2019) Moving on from Quality Assurance: Exploring Systems — Outcomes in Disability Services (2020)

Rand S, Towers A-M, Caiels J

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