Aims and Objectives 2010-2013

LLAIS Aims and Objectives 2010-2013

During the recent re-commissioning process, language awareness was fully integrated into the new National Institute of Social Care and Health Research in Wales (NISCHR). This has led to a revision of some of the key functions of LLAIS; and new ways of working that will directly engage with the Clinical Research Centre (NISCHR CRC).

In this new role, the main purpose of LLAIS is to:

Liaise with NISCHR CRC in identifying, prioritising, planning and delivering on opportunities for integrating language awareness within the core business of NISCHR CRC.

This will be achieved through the following objectives:

To collaborate with NISCHR CRC to identify opportunities and priorities for embedding language awareness into the operational management of its core activities.
To engage with the Regional Research Networks ( RRNs) and Resgistered Research Groups (RRGs) to identify and establish ways of working that enhance language awareness in research and to respond to resource needs, such as Welsh Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs).
To collaborate with the RRNsand (RRGs) to identify and establish best practice approaches to recruiting Welsh speakers to research studies.
To collaborate with NISCHR CRC to identify and establish ways of enhancing Welsh language awareness in workforce development.
To collaborate with the NISCHR CRC Training Team to identify the language awareness and language methodology training needs of the research community; develop a bespoke programme of work and integrate elements within the NISCHR CRC Training Programme.
To collaborate with NISCHR CRC to identify, prioritise, plan and deliver on opportunities for integrating language awareness within the Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) function of NISCHR CRC.