4. *
*Put simply, we “commission” in order to achieve outcomes for
citizens, communities and society as a whole; based on
knowing their needs, wants, aspirations and experience.
*Use an integrated approach to better understanding citizens
and communities and using this insight to work more
effectively in order to secure better outcomes and allocate
resources.
5. *
*The approach also acknowledges the whole-system and
interdependencies between citizens, communities,
organisations and services.
*The focus must be on commissioning FOR outcomes rather
than simple commissioning OF services
6. *
*The challenges to public funding mean transforming the
delivery of public services is more important than ever; joint
commissioning, fostering innovation, systems thinking, co-
production and co-design with service users are key to finding
greater efficiencies and better productivity.
7. *
Present Policy A model that includes
Focus on
Deficiencies
Focus on Assets
Reactive response Opportunity Identification
Charity Orientation Investment Orientation
Grants and
contracts to
agencies
Grants, loans ,
investments, leverage
More Services Fewer Services
High emphasis on
agencies
Emphasis on associations
Focus on individuals Focus on communities
and neighbourhoods
Maintenance Development
See people as
Clients
See people as Citizens
and Co producers
Fix people Develop potential
Programmes are the
answer
People are the answer
16. *
• 3 to 16 years
• Parent , child/young person & teacher
completion
• Explores: conduct problems,
hyperactivity/inattention, peer
relationships, pro-social behaviour
• Vaild, reliable, effective in measuring
outcomes
• Can help identify issues and inform goals
Strengths &
Difficulties
Questionnaire
(SDQ)
• Any age child/young person
• Parent completion
• Explores: child development, parenting
capacity, family and environmental
factors
• Valid, reliable and effective in measuring
outcomes
• Enables setting and measurement of
personal & family goals
Parent
Concerns
Questionnaire
(PCQ)
25. *
82%
• Reduction in total
difficulties
57%
• Reduction emotional
symptoms
70%
• Reduction in
conduct problems
59%
• Reduction in peer
problems
61%
• Increase in pro-
social behaviour
80%
• Reduction in stress
44%
• More fun with child
46%
• More confidence child
will do as asked
45%
• Felt good about child
more often
39%
• Child seemed happy
more often
26. *
• Improvement in
problem situations76%
• Improvements in child’s
problems91%
• Found course extremely
or very helpful93%
27. 27
*
*Change Matters
*Value for money matters
*Impact Talks
*Investment Orientation
*Sustained Change
*`Proximal and Distal Outcomes
*Make the case for your theory of change
35. Economic pay-offs per £1
investment
NHS
Other
public
sector
Non-
public
sector
Total
Early identification and intervention as soon as mental disorder arises
Early intervention for conduct disorder 1.08 1.78 5.03 7.89
Health visitor interventions to reduce postnatal
depression
0.40 - 0.40 0.80
Early intervention for depression in diabetes 0.19 0 0.14 0.33
Early intervention for medically unexplained symptoms 1.01 0 0.74 1.75
Early diagnosis and treatment of depression at work 0.51 - 4.52 5.03
Early detection of psychosis 2.62 0.79 6.85 10.27
Early intervention in psychosis 9.68 0.27 8.02 17.97
Screening for alcohol misuse 2.24 0.93 8.57 11.75
Suicide training courses provided to all GPs 0.08 0.05 43.86 43.99
Suicide prevention through bridge safety barriers 1.75 1.31 51.39 54.45
Promotion of mental health and prevention of mental disorder
Prevention of conduct disorder through social and
emotional learning programmes
9.42 17.02 57.29 83.73
School-based interventions to reduce bullying 0 0 14.35 14.35
Workplace health promotion programmes - - 9.69 9.69
Addressing social determinants and consequences of mental disorder
Debt advice services 0.34 0.58 2.63 3.55
Befriending for older adults 0.44 - - 0.44
36. 36
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*Headlines
*Stories behind the headlines
*Sustained Change- checking
*Logic Models
*Systematic and robust
*Performance Orientation
*Knowing your theory of change
This is a behavioural screening tool about 3 to 16 year olds with versions for completion by parent(s)/carer(s), teachers and children/young people themselves. The tool explores emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention, peer relationships and pro-social behaviours.The SDQ was selected as there is a strong evidence base that the questionnaire is both valid and reliable, is already used by some Dorset agencies, allows for the identification of areas that are causing difficulties and so helps plan work with families and it has already been proven effective in measuring the outcomes of interventions if used before and after the intervention takes placeDeveloped through research with children and families, this is completed by the parent, is simple and easy to use, and takes no more than 10 minutes to fill in. The information it provides is clear and straightforward to understand. Informed by current thinking on the psychology of child development and is divided into three areas: Child Development, Parenting Capacity and Family and Environmental factors. The PCQ was selected because there is a strong evidence base that it is both valid and reliable, allows for parent(s)/carer(s) to identify issues and goals that are important to them, is consistent with the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) and has been shown to be effective in measuring the effectiveness of the outcomes of interventions if used before and after the intervention takes place. In addition this tool can be used for children of all ages including those under the age of 3.
We agreed to pilot this approach for 1 year to see how effective it was,Developed a toolkit – not without difficulties, teething problems, training, now have a new version (is working) – Benefit to Pracitioners as well as managers – Colour coded, individual family progress, whole group progressCompletion before and after – in order to measure distance travelled4 month follow – to measure sustainability of changes, not well completed so haven’t included in this evaluationWe agreed to pilot some central collation and analysis during the pilot period
We received results from across the county from a total of 11 programmes – distribution shown above. All localities represented but received the most from North Dorset and West Dorset.A total of 110 participants completed pre and post questionnaires (participated in the evaluation) – this is not all the parents attending the courses.28% from North Dorset22% from West Dorset19% from Weymouth & Portland
Levels of difficulty before attending courseStandard SDQ scoring system. Categorise problems into normal, borderline and significant – can help workers and parents to understand where to focus effort. Import to look at this as it provides an indication of the effectiveness of out targeting of courses – make sure those attending need to be there and will therefore benefitDorset as a whole county - Over 60% significant (1/4 normal on SDQ but may have other problems not picked up by SDQ, therefore use of PCQ important)W&P (81%), CC (67%) and WD (63%) – highest % of parents with significant problems – more effective targeting? More significant levels of need?
SDQ scores for different types of issues – before courseBy far the greatest concerns expressed by parents were ‘conduct problems’ – over ¾ of all parents significantMost likely to return normal scores for Pro-social behaviour (2/3)Peer probs and hyperactivity similar at 40%
Note on completion rates – definition 80% attendance at course70% completion rate (high)Greatest completion North Dorset (85%), lowest completion in W&P (57%) and CC (56%) – but worth noting these are the areas where parents had higher levels of significant problems, therefore greatest complexity so it is possible that they would find engaging with a long programme more difficult.Completion rates at parenting programmes was being considered by gov as a PBR measurement for Children Centres
Pre and post testing on SDQThere was improvement in all categories and parents/carers were most likely to return ‘normal’ scores at the end of the programme than beforeAt end of course the proportion of parents returning normal scores were: 80% Pro-social, 55% Peer Probs, 60% Hyperactivity, 65% Conduct Problems, 80% Emotional Probs)Graph above shows percentage changes in symptoms from before to after the programme. As you can see the greatest change was in conduct problems, there was a 56% reduction in the number of parents reporting significant problems in this area and a corresponding increase in the % of parents reporting normal or borderline – suggest real success at improving this.
Small snapshot of some of the impacts from the summary reports. Some of these came from the SDQ and some from the PCQ. Huge proportion of parents showed a total reduction in total difficulties, huge reduction in conduct problems.