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Nicole Steils

Dr Nicole Steils

Research Fellow

Biography

Dr Nicole Steils is a Research Fellow at the NIHR Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit (HSCWRU), based in the Policy Institute. She joined King's and the Social Care Workforce Research Unit in April 2016.

At the Unit, Nicole worked on an NIHR SSCR-funded study on telecare/assistive technology and the UTOPIA study. She was also engaged in a study on Approved Mental Health Professionals and on Social Work in Hospitals. Currently, as part of HSCWRU activities, she works on an evaluation of Nursing Associates and the Global Migration in the Health and Care Workforce Observatory project. She is also conducting a Department for Education-funded evaluation of a leadership training scheme for social workers.

Prior to joining King’s she was involved in research projects related to social gerontology, integration of health and social care and child inequality at Coventry University. She also developed and evaluated training programmes in the health sector. In May 2013 she completed a Leverhulme Trust-funded PhD research study on the impact of virtual environments on the identity of higher education students, also at Coventry University.

Before becoming a researcher, Nicole worked for over ten years in the area of social work and education in Frankfurt am Main/Germany, providing out-of-school education and social learning as an educational training expert. She also worked on a peer-group youth counselling project as part of her role of educational developer and consultant.

Additionally, she was a Teaching Fellow at Goethe-University in Frankfurt, where she also graduated with an MA in Education with the two major subjects of Political & Social Science, and German Language & Literature.

Nicole’s research interests lie in the use of technologies, particularly with older people and in education; counselling/mentoring, social policy; personal identity/identities and how these are shaped; and bringing theory and practice together.

Nicole Steils: ORCID iD | Research Profile at King's

    Research

    Front Page Martineau et al 2021
    Social care responses to self-neglect and hoarding among older people: What works in practice?

    How should Adult Social Care best respond?

    Project status: Completed

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    International educational partnerships to develop the healthcare workforce

    Building on the Unit's earlier review of ethical international recruitment

    Project status: Completed

    NA-780
    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: Completed

    s12-780-border
    Availability of section 12 approved doctors

    Identifying evidence about factors promoting and inhibiting the accessibility of section 12 doctors to participate in MHA assessments in England.

    Project status: Completed

    amhp-780a
    Who wants to be an Approved Mental Health Professional?

    A multi-method approach was adopted to explore different perspectives on the recruitment and retention of AMHPs.

    Project status: Completed

    firstline-780-border
    Evaluation of the Firstline Leadership Programme

    We evaluated a new leadership programme for managers in children’s services.

    Project status: Completed

    utopia-780
    Using Telecare for Older People In Adult social care

    The UTOPIA study was a research project funded by the NIHR School for Social Care Research.

    Project status: Completed

    mapping hospital social work-780
    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

    home office immigration
    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: Completed

    News

    Registered nurses in adult social care – dissemination

    A recording of Nicole Steils presenting findings from our recent study is available

    Nurse caring for a person sitting on the side of a bed

    Digital social care records evaluation - emerging findings

    Recording of DiSCRE study webinar available

    Digital health thumb

    Registered nurses in adult social care

    Nicole Steils and colleagues explore retention factors in new report

    Nurse caring for a person sitting on the side of a bed

    Self-neglect and the safeguarding question

    Unit self-neglect research findings presented in Northern Ireland

    Queens-University-Belfast

    At the NIHR School for Social Care Research Conference 2024

    The Unit was a strong presence at the annual conference in Birmingham

    Researchers and colleagues at a conference

    The NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce Programme of Work

    The Policy Research Unit announces seven new studies commencing in 2024

    Logo of a research unit

    Strengthening knowledge and awareness in family services of domestic abuse

    Mary Baginsky and Nicole Steils are co-authors of new SKAFADA study report

    couple clasping hands

    Unit self-neglect studies present findings at Trinity College Dublin

    Nicole Steils and Jess Harris were invited speakers at international adult safeguarding conference

    Trinity College Dublin

    Introduction of the Nursing Associate Role in Adult Social Care

    What are the difficulties? How have providers sought to overcome them?

    Nurse helping someone downstairs

    International educational partnerships to develop the healthcare workforce

    What are the benefits and challenges associated with these partnerships?

    world map

    Events

    29Jul

    Social Care Research in NIHR Policy Research Units: Webinar

    Presented by NIHR Policy Research Unit in Adult Social Care (ASCRU)

    Please note: this event has passed.

    22Mar

    Showcase of social care research in NIHR Policy Research Units - 2

    Hosted by the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Adult Social Care

    Please note: this event has passed.

    28Nov

    Current thinking on hoarding behaviour

    Psychological and legal perspectives: Paul Salkovskis, Tim Spencer-Lane

    Please note: this event has passed.

      Research

      Front Page Martineau et al 2021
      Social care responses to self-neglect and hoarding among older people: What works in practice?

      How should Adult Social Care best respond?

      Project status: Completed

      world map-780b
      International educational partnerships to develop the healthcare workforce

      Building on the Unit's earlier review of ethical international recruitment

      Project status: Completed

      NA-780
      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: Completed

      s12-780-border
      Availability of section 12 approved doctors

      Identifying evidence about factors promoting and inhibiting the accessibility of section 12 doctors to participate in MHA assessments in England.

      Project status: Completed

      amhp-780a
      Who wants to be an Approved Mental Health Professional?

      A multi-method approach was adopted to explore different perspectives on the recruitment and retention of AMHPs.

      Project status: Completed

      firstline-780-border
      Evaluation of the Firstline Leadership Programme

      We evaluated a new leadership programme for managers in children’s services.

      Project status: Completed

      utopia-780
      Using Telecare for Older People In Adult social care

      The UTOPIA study was a research project funded by the NIHR School for Social Care Research.

      Project status: Completed

      mapping hospital social work-780
      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

      home office immigration
      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: Completed

      News

      Registered nurses in adult social care – dissemination

      A recording of Nicole Steils presenting findings from our recent study is available

      Nurse caring for a person sitting on the side of a bed

      Digital social care records evaluation - emerging findings

      Recording of DiSCRE study webinar available

      Digital health thumb

      Registered nurses in adult social care

      Nicole Steils and colleagues explore retention factors in new report

      Nurse caring for a person sitting on the side of a bed

      Self-neglect and the safeguarding question

      Unit self-neglect research findings presented in Northern Ireland

      Queens-University-Belfast

      At the NIHR School for Social Care Research Conference 2024

      The Unit was a strong presence at the annual conference in Birmingham

      Researchers and colleagues at a conference

      The NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce Programme of Work

      The Policy Research Unit announces seven new studies commencing in 2024

      Logo of a research unit

      Strengthening knowledge and awareness in family services of domestic abuse

      Mary Baginsky and Nicole Steils are co-authors of new SKAFADA study report

      couple clasping hands

      Unit self-neglect studies present findings at Trinity College Dublin

      Nicole Steils and Jess Harris were invited speakers at international adult safeguarding conference

      Trinity College Dublin

      Introduction of the Nursing Associate Role in Adult Social Care

      What are the difficulties? How have providers sought to overcome them?

      Nurse helping someone downstairs

      International educational partnerships to develop the healthcare workforce

      What are the benefits and challenges associated with these partnerships?

      world map

      Events

      29Jul

      Social Care Research in NIHR Policy Research Units: Webinar

      Presented by NIHR Policy Research Unit in Adult Social Care (ASCRU)

      Please note: this event has passed.

      22Mar

      Showcase of social care research in NIHR Policy Research Units - 2

      Hosted by the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Adult Social Care

      Please note: this event has passed.

      28Nov

      Current thinking on hoarding behaviour

      Psychological and legal perspectives: Paul Salkovskis, Tim Spencer-Lane

      Please note: this event has passed.