Using evidence in children’s services

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Using evidence in children’s services the social research unit at Dartington DARTINGTON LONDON GLASGOW Louise Morpeth Co-director

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Using evidence in children’s services. the social research unit at Dartington DARTINGTON LONDON GLASGOW. Louise Morpeth Co-director. www.dartington.org.uk. Better outcomes for children through research, development and dissemination. Evidence 2 Success. 26% of children with high need - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Using evidence in children’s services

the social research unit at DartingtonDARTINGTON LONDON GLASGOW

Louise MorpethCo-director

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www.dartington.org.uk

Better outcomes for children through research, development and dissemination

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Evidence 2 Success

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74% of children have low/no need(n = 6283)

26% of children with high need (n = 2176)

8% of children involved in systems (n = 649)

66% of system-involved have few or no needs (n = 426)

34% of system-involved have high need (n = 223; 10.2% of the total number of those with high need in the population)

90% of those with high need have no service contact (n = 1953)

Total 9-15 sample of Perth and Kinross: n =8,459 http://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/4899/Evidence2Success

Reach of Systems: Any social work or addition education support services (9-15 yrs)

An argument for early intervention

£171 million£22m targeted

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Luton

Enfield

Manchester

Liverpool

Tower Hamlets

Richmond

Blueprints

21 On-line databases

What does it mean to be ‘evidence-based’?

Protecting children through evidence-based approaches

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Luton

Enfield

Manchester

Liverpool

Tower Hamlets

Richmond

Blueprints

21 On-line databases ….continued

What does it mean to be ‘evidence-based’?

Protecting children through evidence-based approaches

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www.blueprintprograms.org

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Investing in Children

Providing free and independent advice on the costs and benefits of competing investment options in children’s services

www.investinginchildren.eu

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Standards of Evidence

ImpactImpact Evaluation Quality

Evaluation Quality

System Readiness

System Readiness

Intervention Specificity

Intervention Specificity

Does the programme make a positive difference

to key developmental outcomes?

Does the evaluation quality give confidence

in the claims?

Is the programme logical, focused and

practical?

Is the programme suitable for wide scale delivery in children’s

services

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Standards of Evidence

Dartington Standards of Evidence App

Helping organisations assess their effectiveness

Moving interventions along the innovation to impact pipeline

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Louise MorpethCo-Director, Social Research [email protected]

Twitter @LMorpeth

www.dartington.org.uk

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