ANOVA Parametric test: Biostatics and Research Methodology
Could Active Implementation Science offer a framework to support the development of the Named Person practice?
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Getting It Right for Every Child:
Named Person as a Usable Innovation
Using the Science and Practice of Active
Implementation
Sharon Glasgow
Protecting Children Programme Lead
Alex McTier
Evidence and Evaluation Specialist CELCIS Protecting Children Team
3 May 2018
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Aim of the workshop
The national Girfec policy was first developed over 10 years
ago but full implementation, including of the Named Person
role, has been challenging. Could Active Implementation
Science offer a framework to develop the Named Person role?
Drawing on CELCIS’ addressing neglect and enhancing
wellbeing work in 3 local areas, the workshop explores the
possibility that Active Implementation Science can offer a
framework to design a Named Person role that supports early
identification, prevention and intervention.
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Content
Brief background to Girfec policy and Named Person role
CELCIS work: Addressing Neglect and Enhancing Wellbeing
Active Implementation
Named Person as a ‘useable innovation’
Questions and discussion
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History of Girfec and Named
Person
Origins of Named Person can be traced back to ‘For
Scotland’s Children’ (Scottish Executive, 2001)
– Reported that ‘no consistent ‘helper’ is available for each
child requiring special assistance’
In 2004, Getting It Right For Every Child published
Between 2006 and 2009, Highlands Girfec Pathfinder
launched
– Highlighted critical role played by Named Persons and
Lead Professionals
Throughout, Named Person has consistently been viewed
as integral part of implementing Girfec
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History of Girfec and Named
Person, cont..
2012 Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill proposed
by Scottish Parliament
2014 Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014
Passed
2015 final draft of the Statutory guidance on Parts 4,5 & 18
(s96) issued
July 2016 Supreme Court Judgement (halted August 2016
implementation)
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History of Girfec and Named
Person, cont..
September 2016 announcement of 3 month engagement
period on information sharing in relation to how Named
Person service should operate
June 2017 Children and Young People (Information
Sharing)(Scotland) Bill published
Current: Bill at stage 1: awaiting Code of Practice
(information sharing)
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Girfec Principles
Child-focused
– Ensuring the child or young person – and their family –
is at the centre of decision-making and the support
available to them
Understanding of the wellbeing of a child
– Looking at a child or young person’s overall wellbeing –
how safe, healthy, achieving, nurtured, active,
respected, responsible and included they are – so that
the right support can be offered at the right time
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Girfec Principles, cont..
Tackling needs early
– Ensuring needs are identified as early as possible to
avoid bigger concerns or problems developing
Joined-up working
– Children, young people, parents, and the services they
need working together in a coordinated way to meet the
specific needs and improve their wellbeing
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CELCIS’ Addressing Neglect and
Enhancing Wellbeing Programme
Addressing Neglect and Enhancing Wellbeing programme is
part of Scottish Government’s Child Protection
Improvement Programme (CPIP)
CELCIS currently working with three local authority areas
to enhance the ways that they identify and respond to
children:
– Who are vulnerable and/or experiencing neglect…
– …yet concerns are not sufficiently high for social work to
respond
Informed by Active Implementation methodology
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Key reference points for the
‘addressing neglect’ initiative
Learning from
recent reviews of
children’s services
systems in
Scotland
Theory
and
evidence
regarding
child
neglect
Ambitions
for future
delivery of
public
services
Scottish Government
initiative, with
CELCIS asked to
support work with
three local areas
Christie Commission
e.g. Daniel et al
Brock report
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Named Person as a Usable
Innovation?
• Addressing Neglect and Enhancing Wellbeing programme found
strong interest in Named Person given importance of:
– Helping to implement Girfec locally
– Meeting needs of children and young people
• However, programme also found challenges related to Named
Person – including:
– Time to fulfil Named Person role
– Uncertainty on how and when to take action
– Awareness of potential support services that could respond
– Information sharing between professionals
• Guided by Active Implementation, the programme leads us to ask
whether Named Person is a usable innovation?
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Usable Innovations
Usable innovations are well-articulated and effective
practices/approaches that clearly set out WHAT we are
trying to do.
Usable innovations are:
– Teachable
– Learnable
– Doable
– Assessable
Source: National Implementation Research Network/AI Hub
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Usable Innovations
To be a usable innovation, there needs to be:
Clear description of the innovation:
– Underlying philosophy, values and principles
– Clear criteria that define who innovation is intended for
Clear essential functions that define the innovation
– Core components that define the innovation, as these
improve efficiency and effectiveness of implementation,
and support evaluations
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Usable Innovations
Operational definitions of essential functions
– Clear indicators that core components are in place
– Promote consistency across classrooms, schools and
districts
– Allow for ability to replicate and scale-up
Practical performance assessment
– Grounded in core components of the innovation
– Practical, and can be repeatedly completed at each level
of the system
– Provides evidence that innovation is effective when used
as intended
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Named Person as a Usable Innovation:
Emerging Essential Functions
NAMED
PERSON
Oversight of
Children’s
Wellbeing
Designated
Point of
Contact
Notice,
Collect and
Record
Information
Information
Sharing
Lead or
Coordinate
Wellbeing
Assessment
Develop or
Coordinate
Child’s Plans
Monitor Plan
and Ensure
Plan is
Carried Out
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Example: Notice, Collect and
Record Information
Clear
Description
• Notice, collect and record information relating to child
wellbeing concerns
Clear
Essential
Functions
• Ensure children, families, school staff and others can raise
wellbeing concerns
• Listen to and record concerns when raised
Operational
Definitions of
Essential
Functions
• Establish mechanisms to identify concerns – e.g. school-
family support workers, use of ‘Reflection Journals’ or
Wellbeing Wheels
• Implement school-wide system to collect and record
concerns – e.g. ‘Cause for Concern’ forms
• Use five wellbeing concern questions to inform how best
to support the child
Practical
Performance
Assessment
• (Self)-evaluate school processes to notice, collect and
record concerns – e.g. extent to which ‘Cause of Concern
forms’ system is being used by all staff
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Questions for you
Is usable innovation a useful way of thinking about Named
Person practice?
If so, next stage is to identify examples of excellent (and
unacceptable) practice to provide Named Persons with a
‘practice profile’
Can you use this approach to begin to identify the core
components of excellent practice? Discuss what this could
look like in your establishment
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Contact Details and References
sharon.glasgow@strath.ac.uk
alex.mctier@strath.ac.uk
• CELCIS Protecting Children team: www.celcis.org/our-
work/protecting-children/
• Active Implementation Hub:
http://implementation.fpg.unc.edu/
• Brock, J (2014) Safeguarding Scotland’s Vulnerable
Children from Child Abuse
http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0046/00463125.pdf
• Daniel, B, Burgess, C and Scott, J (2012) Review of Child
Neglect in Scotland
http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0039/00397132.pdf
Editor's Notes
Our agenda informed by the Brock report (the impetus for Scottish Government’s funding of this work), the previous Christie Commission review of public services, and research on responding to children’s unmet need in Scotland (Brigid Daniel and colleagues work)
In essence, these sources guide us, compel us to,
prioritise preventative services,
to strengthen the help available to parents and their children at the earliest point
To activate community and family resources and strengths
and that in addressing neglect we must strengthen the pathways available to families, including meeting adults own needs in order that children’s needs are also met.