Jo Moriarty
Senior Research Fellow
Biography
Jo joined King's in 2002 from the National Institute of Social Work. As her publications record illustrates, her research activities span a number of areas. These include leading research studies on workforce recruitment and retention, education and training, especially social work education, support for family carers, dementia, service user involvement, ethnicity and ageing.
Jo is particularly interested in the translation of research into practice. As well authoring resources aimed at summarising research findings for practitioners, Jo blogs regularly, aiming to critically appraise recent social care findings in an accessible way.
She is currently playing a major role on a variety of Unit projects that draw on her expertise, including work on hospital social work, educational funding, the Longitudinal Care Work Study and the continued evaluation of the MTM Signs of Safety approach.
She has been the Innovative Practice Editor of the international journal Dementia since it started publication and many of the interventions and service developments that she featured in this section have now entered mainstream practice.
Jo is a Senior Fellow of the NIHR School for Social Care Research.
Jo Moriarty: ORCID iD | Research Profile at King's
Research
Examining the introduction of the Nursing Associate role in health and social care
Research into the introduction of the Nursing Associate role and the extent to which the role has achieved policy aims.
Project status: Ongoing
Signs of Safety evaluation: Phase 1
Evaluation for the Department for Education.
Project status: Completed
Evaluation of the Firstline Leadership Programme
We evaluated a new leadership programme for managers in children’s services.
Project status: Completed
Mapping hospital social work for older people
We reviewed the evidence on the role of social work in hospitals (especially in relation to older people).
Project status: Completed
Exploring working relationships between primary care and directly employed home care workers
A collaboration between King's and UCL examining a potentially complex set of relationships.
Project status: Completed
International educational partnerships to develop the healthcare workforce
Building on the Unit's earlier review of ethical international recruitment
Project status: Completed
The Visa Study: Understanding the impact of the Health and Care Worker visa on the frontline adult social care workforce
Evaluating the impact of immigration rule changes on the social care system.
Project status: Ongoing
The factors supporting the retention of registered nurses in adult social care
Helping to inform policy and approaches to recruitment and retention strategies
Project status: Ongoing
Evaluation of the International Recruitment Fund for adult social care
The fund aims to increase the number of international recruits entering adult social care, improving ethical international recruitment & employment practice.
Project status: Ongoing
News
International educational partnerships to develop the healthcare workforce
What are the benefits and challenges associated with these partnerships?
At the Qualitative Applied Health Research Centre
Jo Moriarty discussed theoretical perspectives at the Centre's Summer School
Healthcare support workers: improving their training and development
A recording of this webinar led by Richard Griffin and Claire Fordham is available
Creating 'good work' in social care
Carol Atkinson spoke at the Health and Social Care Workforce Research Forum
Applying critical appraisal skills in evaluating qualitative research
Jo Moriarty was at the IOPPN
Ending the Social Care Crisis: a new road to reform
Richard Humphries spoke at the Health and Social Care Workforce Research Forum
Unit welcomes visit from Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
Senior Research Fellow Jo Moriarty discussed shared problem of social care recruitment with visiting academic
Morale and mindfulness
Jo Moriarty spoke to practitioners in Wandsworth and Richmond
Writing about social care
David Foster of the House of Commons Library spoke at the Health and Social Care Workforce Research Forum
At the Health and Social Care Workforce Research Forum
First meeting of Forum convened by Jo Moriarty
Events
How feasible are the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan commitments on training?
Elaine Kelly: Health Foundation; Institute for Fiscal Studies; NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce
Creating ‘good work’ in social care
Professor Carol Atkinson, Manchester Metropolitan University
Please note: this event has passed.
Ending the social care crisis
Richard Humphries discusses his new book
Please note: this event has passed.
Developing direct payments to help recruit and retain personal assistants and directly employed workers in social care
The experience of implementing direct payments at Hertfordshire County Council
Please note: this event has passed.
Writing about social care: engaging with different audiences
David Foster of the House of Commons Library
Please note: this event has passed.
Older People’s Health & Social Care Conference 2021
The 13th Annual Joint conference of NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce, Age UK London, and Making Research Count
Please note: this event has passed.
Mental Health & Social Care 2019
An annual CPD certified event the NIHR Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit at King's College London and Making Research Count.
Please note: this event has passed.
Mental Health & Social Care 2021
The 8th annual CPD-certified conference from Making Research Count and the Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit at King's College London
Please note: this event has passed.
Research
Examining the introduction of the Nursing Associate role in health and social care
Research into the introduction of the Nursing Associate role and the extent to which the role has achieved policy aims.
Project status: Ongoing
Signs of Safety evaluation: Phase 1
Evaluation for the Department for Education.
Project status: Completed
Evaluation of the Firstline Leadership Programme
We evaluated a new leadership programme for managers in children’s services.
Project status: Completed
Mapping hospital social work for older people
We reviewed the evidence on the role of social work in hospitals (especially in relation to older people).
Project status: Completed
Exploring working relationships between primary care and directly employed home care workers
A collaboration between King's and UCL examining a potentially complex set of relationships.
Project status: Completed
International educational partnerships to develop the healthcare workforce
Building on the Unit's earlier review of ethical international recruitment
Project status: Completed
The Visa Study: Understanding the impact of the Health and Care Worker visa on the frontline adult social care workforce
Evaluating the impact of immigration rule changes on the social care system.
Project status: Ongoing
The factors supporting the retention of registered nurses in adult social care
Helping to inform policy and approaches to recruitment and retention strategies
Project status: Ongoing
Evaluation of the International Recruitment Fund for adult social care
The fund aims to increase the number of international recruits entering adult social care, improving ethical international recruitment & employment practice.
Project status: Ongoing
News
International educational partnerships to develop the healthcare workforce
What are the benefits and challenges associated with these partnerships?
At the Qualitative Applied Health Research Centre
Jo Moriarty discussed theoretical perspectives at the Centre's Summer School
Healthcare support workers: improving their training and development
A recording of this webinar led by Richard Griffin and Claire Fordham is available
Creating 'good work' in social care
Carol Atkinson spoke at the Health and Social Care Workforce Research Forum
Applying critical appraisal skills in evaluating qualitative research
Jo Moriarty was at the IOPPN
Ending the Social Care Crisis: a new road to reform
Richard Humphries spoke at the Health and Social Care Workforce Research Forum
Unit welcomes visit from Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
Senior Research Fellow Jo Moriarty discussed shared problem of social care recruitment with visiting academic
Morale and mindfulness
Jo Moriarty spoke to practitioners in Wandsworth and Richmond
Writing about social care
David Foster of the House of Commons Library spoke at the Health and Social Care Workforce Research Forum
At the Health and Social Care Workforce Research Forum
First meeting of Forum convened by Jo Moriarty
Events
How feasible are the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan commitments on training?
Elaine Kelly: Health Foundation; Institute for Fiscal Studies; NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce
Creating ‘good work’ in social care
Professor Carol Atkinson, Manchester Metropolitan University
Please note: this event has passed.
Ending the social care crisis
Richard Humphries discusses his new book
Please note: this event has passed.
Developing direct payments to help recruit and retain personal assistants and directly employed workers in social care
The experience of implementing direct payments at Hertfordshire County Council
Please note: this event has passed.
Writing about social care: engaging with different audiences
David Foster of the House of Commons Library
Please note: this event has passed.
Older People’s Health & Social Care Conference 2021
The 13th Annual Joint conference of NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce, Age UK London, and Making Research Count
Please note: this event has passed.
Mental Health & Social Care 2019
An annual CPD certified event the NIHR Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit at King's College London and Making Research Count.
Please note: this event has passed.
Mental Health & Social Care 2021
The 8th annual CPD-certified conference from Making Research Count and the Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit at King's College London
Please note: this event has passed.