Carolina Garcia Garcia

I am a PhD student in the Department of Social Work and Social Care.

My PhD is for a specific project which the University had specified around leading evidence-informed change in adult social care. This project builds on the work of IMPACT (the UK centre for implementing evidence in adult social care) which has been learning from their projects and has developed a model for evidence informed change in social care:  

IMPACT Change Model - IMPACT

The PhD project will involve carrying out an evaluation of IMPACT’S evidence informed change model in two case study sites.  

I am a registered social worker with 15 years’ experience working in adult social care in a local authority in England. I have also experience working as a practice educator with social work apprentices. In my previous post, I also held the role of professional development lead with a particular focus on advancing integrated care practice and supporting social care colleagues with NHS Continuing Healthcare Assessments.

• Diploma in Practice Education Stage 2. University of Chichester, UK 2023-2024
•  MSc Social Policy and Planning. London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)  2013-2015 
  Research Project Dissertation: “Evaluation of the Personal Health Budgets Service in a Local Authority”
• BA in Social Work 2:1 University of Reading, UK    2005 – 2008