Opening windows on operating systems

Unit thinking about the role in children’s services of ‘operating systems’ as a framework for evidence-based programmes, cost-benefit analysis and reliable evaluation was discussed at the annual conference of the UK Association of Directors of Children’s Services.

 
Director Michael Little described our experience of applying the Social Research Unit’s Common Language on the island of Ireland and in Birmingham UK. Other contributors included Joyce Moseley and Fran Pollard from Catch 22, the license holders for another model, Communities that Care.
 
Michael’s talk is attached, as are the slides Fran Pollard used to describe the contribution of the Communities that Care approach. We will also be providing a link to the publication "Tools for improving outcomes and performance” from the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) which summarises operating systems so far available in the UK.