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Outcomes: answering the ‘so what?’ question

Ellen Daly (Evidence-informed practice team) IRISS

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- A brief intro to IRISS

- Activities and discussion

- Showcase a range of helpful and free resources

- Uncover ways we can support you

About today

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IRISS is a third sector organisation promoting positive outcomes for the people supported by Scotland’s social services.  

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We work to three key outcomes

- embed a culture of collaboration, openness to new ideas

- ensure everyone has the knowledge, tools and skills to effectively use evidence and to innovate

- place people at the centre of the design of services and support

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Outcomes – a short intro

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Activity - 15 mins

1) How do outcomes link to your role?

2) What do you think are the main benefits and challenges of personal outcomes in your role?

3) Feedback and discussion

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Leading for outcomes guides

Five guides:

1 – A guide

2 – Dementia

3 – Parental Substance Misuse

4 – Children and young people

5 – Integrated workinghttp://www.iriss.org.uk/project/leading-outcomes

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Who’s outcomes are they anyway?

Outcomes-focused supervision

What’s your current supervision like?

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Activity – 15 mins

1. What information do you routinely record? How? (e.g. tools?) What is it used for? Who is it for?

2. In the context of your role, what are the challenges of measuring outcomes?

3. Feedback and discussion

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Questions?

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• ‘Asset-based’ and ‘place-based’ approaches signal a new way of doing things

• This aspiration is great, but the practice is challenging.

• IRISS is looking for a cluster of partners in a single locality to develop a shared piece of collaborative over 3 years.

• We want to develop this work together!

• http://blogs.iriss.org.uk/workwithiriss/

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Contact

Web: www.iriss.org.uk

Phone: 0141 559 5059

Email: enquiries@iriss.org.uk

Mailing list: http://www.iriss.org.uk/mailing-list

Twitter: @irissorg