How to Evaluate Practice
This section contains information, documentation and other web-based resources that youth justice services may find helpful when considering in-house evaluations or measuring the impact of a programme.
The page will soon be updated with more information you may find useful.
An evaluation of the Brent and Newham COVID-19 Over-Represented Children Pathfinder (December 2023)
Published: 07/12/2023
Summary:
An evaluation of the Brent and Newham COVID-19 Over-Represented Children Pathfinder. The Brent and Newham Pathfinder was funded by the Youth Justice Board and aimed to mitigate the increase in Adverse Childhood Experiences as a result of experiencing grief, bereavement, discrimination, victimisation and separation due to the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns.
Evaluation Report on the Community Resolution and Prevention Service (CRPS) (October 2023)
Summary:
The aim of the CRPS is to offer a programme of support for children following their first community resolution, or they have been identified as being at risk of offending. This is an independent evaluation of the service completed by Rocket Science.
Interim Evaluation Report of Youth Ink – Child First Pathfinder – Middlesex University (November 2022)
Published: 21/11/2022
Summary:
The child first pathfinder have shared their interim report, which looks at evaluating the work of Youth Ink, which deliver intervention sessions with children.
Final Evaluation of Kitchen Table Talk: Peer to Peer Outreach Programme for Parents – Serious Youth Violence West Midlands Pathfinder (April 2022)
Published: 18/07/2022
Summary: Final evaluation summary and report of the West Midlands Pathfinder work in relation to working effectively with parents and carers through Kitchen Table Talks.
Evaluation: Framework for Integrated Care (SECURE STAIRS) – Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families (May 2022)
Published: 27/06/2022
Summary:
Access to the evaluation of the Framework for Integrated Care, which is a framework implemented in the children and young people’s secure estate which aims to improve the quality of care and outcomes for children and young people.
Evaluation of Child First Diversion and Alternative Out of Court Disposals – Lancashire Child First Pathfinder (May 2022)
Published: 28/05/2022
Summary: Child First Pathfinder have shared their initial evaluation and final evaluation of the Child First diversion programme completed by the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan).
A Child First Pathfinder Evaluation: Towards a Common Prevention Approach Across Wales – Ceredigion Youth Justice and Prevention Service (2021)
Summary: Access to the final evaluation and paper concerned with gathering children- views on prevention services as published by Ceredigion Youth Justice and Prevention Service Pathfinder.
Follow-on evaluation of Sandwell Youth Offending Service – A Creative Approach to Working with Young People – Sandwell Youth Offending Service (August 2021)
Published: 10/11/2021
Summary: Sandwell Youth Offending Service have shared the evaluation of their creative approach to working with children in their service.
Serious Youth Violence Interim Evaluation Report – West Midlands Pathfinder (April 2021)
Published: 13/09/2021
Summary: An interim evaluation summary and report of the West Midlands Pathfinder work in relation to working effectively with parents and carers.
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