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WORKING FOR FAMILIES
Kelvin GalleryUniversity of Glasgow
Wednesday, 11th February 2004
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Helen Chambers Head of Child Poverty Branch
Margaret Curran, MSP, Minister for Communities Guidance overview Sub-session 1 Coffee Sub-session 2 Lunch Clients perspective Getting Going Coffee Monitoring and evaluation, Keith Hayton, GEN Enterprise and Sustainability, Vivian Balmain, Community Enterprise
in Strathclyde
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Margaret Curran
MSP, Minister for Communities
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Working for Families FundWhy
320,000 children in households in poverty 14% children in workless households 187,000 children <16 of claimants of key
benefits (20% of all children <16)
But Unemployment at 5.8%
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Barriers Flexible, affordable, appropriate childcare Personal circumstances –skills,
qualifications, confidence, mental health, culture, debt
Benefit/tax credit complexities Failure at transition points
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Sustainable Employment
Worklessness
SkillsTraining
FE
HE
Volunteering
Part-time work
Full-timework
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Training Benefits Job Benefits Study
Activity
Childcare
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TrainingBenefits JobVolunteering Study
Activity
Childcare
Support
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Target groups Lone parents
pre-New Deal, entering employment, sustaining employment, entering FE/HE
Parents on low income Other stress in household
disability, mental health, dugs/alcohol problems
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Service delivery Parent Support Service referral/brokering Childcare – services/subsidy
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Outcomes Employability focused
Not Childcare outputs
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Outcomes
Hard employment/education/training/new deal
Soft distance travelled
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Core themes
conjunction, alliance, affiliation, connection, combination, tie-up, togetherness a.k.a
Partnership Sustainability Flexible, parent-focused services
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Sub-session Choices1. Urban issues to be overcome Gallery Restaurant (A) 2
minutes from Kelvin Gallery
2. Rural problems to be overcome Robing Room
3. Adult support to be delivered Gallery Restaurant (B) 2 minutes from Kelvin Gallery
4. Childcare challenges Carnegie Room
5. Client recruitment and referral Kelvin Gallery
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Clients PerspectiveI didn’t think I was worthy of it at all
It’s been really confidence building for me I could just put the wean in one room and go up the stair to my
class
I wish you could do the HNC at Rosemount! The future for me is looking a lot brighter than it did a couple of
years ago I was actually quite a bad heroin addict and in a bad way... now I am
waiting to go to teacher training collegeBecause I am going out and getting an education it shows my son
that’s the way to go …with a bit of encouragement I was told I had the ability to go
on and do a HNC
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Getting Going
Barriers
Solutions
The Way Forward
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Monitoring and Evaluation Guidance
Keith HaytonAssociate DirectorGEN Consulting
Claremont House20 North Claremont Street
GlasgowG3 7LE
Tel: 0845-120-6244Email: [email protected]
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Objectives
Why?
How?
What?
When?
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Why?
Demonstrate that the target group is being reached; and
Show that this group is moving closer to employability.
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How(1)? Have a project that will meet the Executive’s objectives; Quantitative targets; Have clear project outcomes:-
Numbers moving into/towards work or other positive outcomes; and
NOT the number of childcare places = output – a means to an end NOT the end.
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How (2)? Honesty about what can be achieved
with the client group in a relatively short time:- “Hard” outcomes may be limited; Need to measure “soft” outcomes
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What? Implement a monitoring and evaluation
framework:- Profile information – show that the client group is
being reached; “Hard” outcomes – meet the Executive’s objectives; “Soft” outcomes – distance travelled – e.g. changes
in motivation and attitudes – need a baseline.
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When? Various times:-
Profile and “soft” baseline at/near the start of the project; On completion of the intervention – “hard” outcomes plus
“distance travelled”; and At various stages after the completion of the intervention
(3, 6 or 12 months?):- Sustainability of intervention; “Hard” outcomes; and “Distance travelled”.
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Conclusion Monitoring and evaluation are not add ons; Need to incorporated into project design; If not:-
May not meet Executive’s objectives; May not be able to show what has been achieved;
and Have to develop systems after the project has
started.
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Vivian Balmain Development Officer
Community Enterprise in Strathclyde
Enterprise & Sustainability
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The Ideal World
Places for All Realistic Fees CTC / WTC Job Security
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The Real World Lack of Places Fees CTC /WTC Contracts of Employment
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Sustainability Self Sustaining v Subsidised Sustainability Audits Sound Business Practice Investment Readiness Tool Loan Finance
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What Works in Getting People Back to Work
Childcare Works Full Employment Areas Initiative
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Summary of the day
All the documents (guidance, outline proforma etc) and press releases issued by The Scottish Executive can be found on:
www.scotland.gov.uk/workingforfamilies