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Exploring an outcome-led approach to work with young
people
North West Region
Wendy Flint13 June 2013
Routes to Success
• Country- wide programme, funded by the LGA, aimed at assisting local authorities to improve their services for young people
• Enables more local authorities to benefit from the resources provided by the NYA and LGA- through a knowledge hub, conferences and events and the provision of free consultancy support
• Supports a more dynamic and effective sharing of learning and good practice – through evaluation and the publication of case studies
• Knowledge Hub https://knowledgehub.local.gov.uk/
Objectives
During the workshop we will have an opportunity to:
Have an overview of the work on outcomes that has taken place nationally
Explore needs assessment and analysis as the first step on this journey
Understand and apply the capability clusters developed in A Framework of Outcomes for Young People (Young Foundation. 2012)
Suggested groundrules
• Treat each other with respect• Each participant has a valid contribution to make
which will be valued and listened to• Discuss with openness and honesty• Display empathy• Respect confidentiality• Keep to time• Agree action• Participate, share ideas and enjoy• Phones off or on silent please
Outcomes for young people
• Personal & social development• Emotional intelligence• Recording & accreditation• APIR/BVPI’s/CAF• Outcomes• Young Foundation & NYA • Outcome data & measurement
What's the need?
What are the results that you want to
achieve?
(Outputs & outcomes)
Which clusters are most closely related to these outcomes?
What's the best way to design and
deliver services to achieve key results?
What is the best approach to
measurement?
What tools are available and suitable for
assessing the outcomes?
Outcome Process
Young foundation/NYA 2012
Levels of Needs Assessment
Why is needs assessment important?
• Understanding needs enables good planning • It’s the first step in any high quality planning
or commissioning process• It enables local authorities and their partners
to identify and agree priorities for action • It enables differentiation between outcomes
for different groups of young people – identifying specific groups of young people that experience poor outcomes
• It’s not just about collecting data – it’s about ongoing dialogue with young people, their families and communities.
What sources of data do you use?
• Office for National Statistics • Children and young people’s plan • Children and young people’s needs
assessment• Joint Strategic Needs Assessment • Local Authority Statistics and Research
online• Where else?
About your patch
We need to consider the characteristics: • People – ethnicity, lone parents, young
parents, • Local economy • Employment and worklessness• Education and qualifications • Health• Housing • Crime and ASB
Identify the needs of young people in your area
EWhat’s the need? What’s the
evidence What’s the source of the evidence
High levels of TP TP rate Health authority dataAnecdotal evidence Information from partner agencies
High levels of NEET NEET data DfELocal information
Low levels of attainment
GCSE results for specific schools
School performance tables
Addressing young people’s needs
Choose a session from the past week and describe it to your group....
• What was the content?• How did it address the needs you’ve
identified for young people in your area?• What did young people learn or gain –
Knowledge, skills, capabilities?• How did you evaluate their learning?• What evidence is there that demonstrates
their learning gains?
Understanding the language
InputActivitiesOutputs – usually numbers
Outcomes –short, medium & long term
Indicators - of movement/progress towards outcomes
Impact – on the longer term goal
Reducing the number of young people who are NEET
A reminder about what works
Lambert 1992
Key to the approach is a link between social and emotional capabilities and long-term outcomes …
Educational Development
Results In
Increased Protective Factors
Decreased Risk
Factors
Producing
Personal Development
SocialDevelopment
Intrinsic Outcomes (individual well-being)
Extrinsic Outcomes (wider social good)
Young Foundation 2012
‘Harder’ Indicators
‘Softer’
Indicators
Confidence / Self-esteemSelf-regulationBehaviour/ conductCommunicationSocial & emotional skillsSubjective happiness
Confidence / Self-esteemSelf-regulationBehaviour/ conductCommunicationSocial & emotional skillsSubjective happiness
Positive parenting Positive family relationshipsCommunity cohesion Civic participation, Volunteering & voice
Success in educationCareer success/EmploymentAvoiding crime and ASB
Being healthy-appropriately accessing social care, health & mental health services
Avoiding teen pregnancy & poor outcomes for next generation
Literacy & NumeracyLevel 1 or 2 qualificationAttainment at GCSEAttendance ratesAvoided exclusionStaying on at schoolNot exhibiting ‘internalised’ risky behaviour
Outcomes for young people
Young Foundation 2012
Individual Social
The evidence base…..
Young Foundation 2012
At the heart of the Outcomes Framework are seven clusters of capabilities
Young Foundation 2012
Applying the capability clusters
How does your work with young people fit with the capability clusters?
• Choose a programme or project that you manage or deliver
• Which of the clusters – choose one or two - does it address
• What does the evidence that you already gather demonstrate?
• What evidence is or could be gathered to demonstrate that young people develop the capabilities within the cluster(s)
Designing outcome based programmes
In groups:• Pick a cluster that you think will benefit a
group of young people you are working with (meet their needs)
• Explain why you think working on that cluster will make a difference – this is your ‘theory of change’
• Identify the methods and processes that you will undertake with that group over an 8-12 week period that will ensure young people have the opportunity to develop the capabilities within the cluster/s.
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