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Local Evaluation into Practice
Creating an Effective Evaluation Programme
Lynnette Chapman, Community Evaluation Unit, Somerset NHS
Background
• Sure Start Bridgwater (Trailblazer)
• Sure Start West Somerset (Round 4)
• Sure Start Taunton (Round 5)
• Community Evaluation Unit.
• Based in NHS Evaluation Unit, Taunton.
What is Effective Evaluation?
• Understanding how well Sure Start services are performing.
• Assessing progress towards objectives/targets
• Making changes to programme as a result of the local evaluation findings
Source: NESS
Question
If effective evaluation involves shaping and influencing the direction of a local Sure Start programme, how can we ensure that this happens?
Shaping Sure Start ProgrammesSome Examples
• Library services
• Speech and Language Services
• Community Questionnaire
Effective Evaluation: Important Characteristics
• Knowing the Programme
• Evaluative Culture
• Evaluative Style
• Opportunities for Shaping the Programme
• Reporting
Knowing the Programme
• Close working with PM and staff
• Regular contact (team mtgs)
• Opportunities for evaluation ideas
• Aware of issues at all levels (MMG/team)
• Evaluate according to need (which may change!)
• Evaluation findings put into context
Evaluative Culture
• Evaluative Culture
• Think Evaluation!
• Evaluation as positive
• Involvement and ownership by staff
• Raising awareness of evaluation
Evaluation Style
• Approachable
• Responsive to need
• Research methods– Innovative and open to new approaches– Rapid review/depth studies/visual
• Evaluation integrated not add on
• Local but independent
Opportunities for Evaluation to help shape the Programme• Evaluation input into decision making and
shaping of services
• Close working with senior staff
• Two way process - evaluation staff/management
• Awareness of key issues/evaluation questions
Reporting
• Accessible and clear reports - interesting!
• Present or discuss findings with appropriate key staff
• Impact of results should be ongoing - not just report, but reinforce, can offer reminders of the evaluation findings to shape services.
Challenges
• Time– attend meetings– building evaluation culture and opportunities– getting to know Sure Start programmes
• Responsive yet need to plan evaluation activity
• Keeping up with changes in the programme
Conclusions
• Shaping Sure Start programmes– More than just distributing evaluation findings
• Knowing the Programme
• Evaluation Culture
• Evaluation Style
• Opportunities for Shaping
• Reporting