Exploring an outcome-led approach to work with young people North West Region Wendy Flint 13 June 2013.

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.