Table II

Social Care Co.’s summary of project outcomes

Personal expectationsPersonal learningOrganisational outcomesChange and/or impact on own workChange and/or impact on service deliveryChange and/or impact on clients and service users
Develop story writing skills (7)
Client engagement (7)
Evidence collecting for Personalisation (7)
More sympathetic approach (3)
Tool to promote organisation
A tool for collecting and analysing information
Tap into practical experience
Explicit organisational learning shared in public arena
Developed listening skills (5)
Better listening; listening differently (5)
Confidence to talk to people about their life experience and needs (5)
Confidence to write up stories (5)
Changing ways of thinking about situation (4)
Letting clients have more time to tell their story in their words (3)
Sharing experiences with other story gatherers
Impact of different media on presenting stories
Impact on personal life (listening to children)
A new way of learning about people (behaviours)
Educating public (7)
Educating social workers (7)
Partnership working (7)
Staff skills and knowledge development (5)
Improvements in efficiency (4)
Cultural shift (4)
Assist positive risk taking (2)
New ways of working (2)
Material (stories) for Training
First step in the right direction
Cost-effective
Better understanding of service user’s perspective
Partnership involvement (7)
Listening skills (6)
Transformation of service delivery (5)
Different ways of working (5)
Story awareness (4)
Meeting client’s needs (4)
More effective use of time (3)
Significant contribution to transformation agenda (2)
Better recording (profile, care plan, journal)
Recognition of social workers as champions
Knowledge-sharing skill
Engagement with service users (7)
Creative thinking (7)
Partnership working (7)
Sharing good practice (5)
More person-centred approach (4)
Impact on resistance to culture change (2)
Engendering trust in the profession and co-operation (2)
Transferable knowledge
Supporting creative thinking and practice
Tool for social workers
Supports personalisation (7)
Better personalisation services (6)
Improved awareness of personal budgets (5)
Trust and confidence in services (4)
Better services through multi-disciplinary working (4)
Social return
culture/relationship shift
Engages co-production
Therapeutic perspective
Feeling empowered
Better working

Note: Numbered themes refer to order of frequency

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