Evidence-based practice (EBP) has been promoted within social work/social care, with emerging evidence of benefit to practitioners and service users. Advocates argue that EBP enables practitioners to have the skills to interpret and evaluate evidence and be actively involved in research. This project aimed to evaluate awareness, experience/skills and value of research, and explore barriers to engagement with research. A cross-sectional survey was undertaken across a diverse range of social work/care staff at a large National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust and partner Local Authority. The survey included both closed and an open-ended response to facilitate a mixed method analysis. In total, 208 staff responded (55 percent response) and findings show a high rating on the relevance of research to professional development (73 percent); however, a low level of actual involvement (10 percent) and low levels of confidence/knowledge across a range of research skills. Identified barriers include a lack of knowledge on where/how to begin, lack of evidence that it improves practice, the potential to threaten practice and low capacity and time. These findings highlight a potential gap between a current drive for social work/care to be more evidenced based and the ability of social work/care to enact this approach.

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社会工作和社会关怀：绘制劳动力参与度、相关性、经验和研究兴趣

循证实践（EBP）已在社会工作/社会关怀中得到推广，越来越多的证据表明从业者和服务使用者受益。倡导者认为，EBP 使从业者具备解释和评估证据并积极参与研究的技能。该项目旨在评估研究的意识、经验/技能和价值，并探索参与研究的障碍。在大型国家医疗服务 (NHS) 基金会信托基金和合作伙伴地方当局的各种社会工作/护理人员中进行了一项横断面调查。该调查包括封闭式和开放式响应，以促进混合方法分析。总共有 208 名员工做出了回应（55% 的回应），调查结果显示，研究与专业发展的相关性得到了很高的评价（73%）；然而，对一系列研究技能的实际参与程度低（10%）和信心/知识水平低。已确定的障碍包括缺乏关于从哪里/如何开始的知识、缺乏证据表明它可以改善实践、威胁实践的潜力以及能力和时间不足。这些发现突出了当前推动社会工作/护理更加循证的动力与社会工作/护理实施这种方法的能力之间的潜在差距。