Brighter Futures Programme

Cheryl Hopkins

Independent Consultant

Content

• Context• Strategy• Methodology• Examples• Challenges & Lessons Learnt• Future Plans

Context

• Population 1m• 280,000 children and young people• 30% BME• 23% under 16• 30% lone parent• 30% under 15 where no adults work• 1,900 Children in Care• 75 Children’s Centres in 16 areas

Birmingham Brighter Futures Strategy

• Robust data on well being• Logic model• Building on rigorous evidence • Developmental framework• Children, young people and

stakeholders

The Logic Model - Common Language Approach

Oc A I Ot

Epidemiology & other need

assessment

Epidemiology & other need

assessment

Review of National Policy

Review of National Policy

What works evidence

What works evidence

Staff capacityStaff capacity

CommunicationCommunication

Conference & Workshops

Conference & Workshops

Focus Groups with users and the

community

Focus Groups with users and the

community

Dissemination & feedback from

staff

Dissemination & feedback from

staff

EvaluationEvaluation

What were the outcomes?

Physical health

Behaviour

Literacynumeracy

Job Skills

Social literacy

Emotionalhealth

Portfolio of Evidence Based Pilots

All 6!All 6!

Social literacySocial literacy

Behaviour Behaviour

Emotional well being / behaviour

Emotional well being / behaviour

Outcome Outcome

Family Nurse PartnershipFamily Nurse Partnership

PATHSPATHS

Incredible YearsIncredible Years

Triple P (6/7)Teen Triple PTriple P (6/7)Teen Triple P

Programme Programme

Challenges

• RCT’s• Fidelity• Political• Partnership working• Cost benefit analysis• Benefit realisation • Scale up

Lessons Learned

• Involvement of wider partnership in developing strategy, a success of Brighter Futures.

• Ownership and implementation a challenge – implementation tends to revert back to established paths.

• Opening up tools and methodology to partnership peer review and scrutiny is healthy.

• Making EBP “business as usual” – culture change.

• Implementation, evaluation and benefit tracking.

• Fidelity.

• Investors vs. beneficiaries (PBR)

Lessons Learned• Engagement with community and

parents

• Evaluation of IY imminent, but early indications showed:– Data states 9% of 3 year olds with conduct

disorder.

• But Children Centres screening showed only 2%

• Children who can most benefit are least likely to attend.

• Change in outreach strategy.

• Services must put more effort into outreach to ensure all families that are in need benefit (Marmott Review)

Future Plans

• Roll out of FNP, IY, PATHS.

• IY part of “core offer” in 16 areas.

• Graham Allen Review.

• Social Impact Bonds

• Community Based Budgets.