moving to an outcomes framework for the youth sector – january 2012 the young foundation
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Moving to an Outcomes Framework for the Youth Sector – January 2012 The Young Foundation f or the Catalyst Consortium, the Department for Education’s strategic partner for young people . Introduction. What’s the problem?. Not all youth sector providers are: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Moving to an Outcomes Framework for the Youth Sector – January 2012
The Young Foundation for the Catalyst Consortium, the Department for Education’s strategic partner for young people
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Introduction
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The sector lacks a common language and good process for sharing
knowledge
Not all youth sector providers are:• Considering their impact
as part of their core business; or
• Presenting outcomes in a consistent way.
Not all commissioners are:• Specifying social
outcomes in tenders; or• Accounting for social
impact in a ‘smart’ way when buying goods and services.
Not all investors are:• Accounting for social
impact in a way that is appropriate for the youth sector when making investment decisions; or
• Asking investees to report on their social impact.
What’s the problem?
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What’s our ambition for the framework? 1. Accepted by key champions amongst
commissioners, providers and social investors
2. Bold, yet flexible
3. Straight forward to use whilst also reasonably robust
4. Based on a coherent ‘theory of change’
5. Enabling benchmarking of ‘value added’, taking forward knowledge on ‘what works’
6. Use of a common language to promote consistent measurement of the difference services make for young people
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How might the outcomes framework be used, and by whom?Audience Why might they use the
framework?What attributes do they need the framework to have?
Commissioners (e.g. Local Authorities)
• To target resources effectively to local needs
• To intelligently commission a range of services which ‘speak’ to one another
• To share best practice
• Allows comparability across providers
• Clear to understand• Reliable/evidence based/robust
Providers (e.g. youth services)
• To demonstrate the difference made for young people
• To articulate value• To improve services for
young people• To grow the evidence
base• To build consensus• To benchmark the
difference they make to young people
• Flexible and adaptable to their context
• Easy to use• Affordable• Low resource intensity• Recognised by central/local
government, commissioners and investors
Investors (e.g. central government, philanthropists)
• To help decide between competing priorities
• To inform investment decisions
• To understand the potential of the sector
• Allow comparability across providers
• Low resource intensity • Clear to understand• Reliable/evidenced based/robust• Sit alongside existing impact
measurement tools
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Outputs of the framework
• Typology of outcome areas
• Case studies on how outcomes framework can be put into practice
• Table highlighting a small number of established tools
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How have we developed an answer?
• Focus groups (young people, commissioners, funders etc)
• Advisory group (Dartington, London Youth, Substance etc)
• Expert panel (Cumbria Youth Alliance, Norfolk County Council etc)
• Literature review
• Consultation with providers
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Assessment of key outcome areas
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Key to our approach is a link between capabilities, intrinsic and extrinsic 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)
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… that can be summarised as a relationship between long-term outcomes, interim indicators, social & emotional capabilities
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… which is supported by a strong evidence base …
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At the heart of the Outcomes Framework are seven clusters of capabilities
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Using the Outcomes Framework
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Stages in using the Framework
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Case study: provider working with victims of bullying
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Case study: provider working with victims of bullying
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Matrix of tools
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• We have collated information on commonly-used and referenced measurement tools and techniques
• Information includes an overview of which clusters are covered; the cost of using the tool; and the robustness of the underlying evidence base
Approach to assessing tools
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Provisional version (not complete)
