Research Officer role opportunity
We are looking for a Research Officer to join the Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC) team within the Applied Research and Evaluation Division. They will use their research skills to support the collection and use of evidence in evaluating, and improving, a range of mental health services and support offered to children, young people, and families.
Full details including how to apply and job profile are available here
The role is part of a friendly, cross-disciplinary team that promotes this through data analysis and benchmarking, staff and service development, research and policy, and by facilitating a broad-based learning network involving health and local authority services, schools, voluntary sector, and professional bodies across the UK and beyond.
The post-holder will be involved in data collection and analysis to evaluate service impact for CORC, and will be confident using the software programme R. They will be involved in furthering mental health and wellbeing outcome measurement knowledge in the field, offering ongoing support and expertise to CORC members. In addition, they will work on commissioned and grant-funded research projects, e.g. the evaluation of the community multi-systems violence reduction programme model (Vanguard) commissioned by NHS England. This is a mixed methods evaluation involving secondary quantitative analysis, semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis.
This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in high-profile and high-impact evaluations, that are focused on support for children and young people who have experienced adversity. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to reports, publications and leading academic papers, will help to ensure that young people and parents are involved in CORC’s work, and will be part of progressing our commitment to promote inclusion, diversity and equity at Anna Freud.
Please email recruitment@annafreud.org with any job enquiries, or if you require assistance or experience difficulties when applying. Please note that successful candidate(s) will be asked to evidence their Right to Work in the UK post-job offer – we do not hold a sponsor licence therefore we are unable to provide Visa sponsorship.