Analysis of Sector Led Improvement of Children and Young People's Services

O'Neill, Robert and Virmani, Swati and Bamford, Jim (2019): Analysis of Sector Led Improvement of Children and Young People's Services.

Abstract

This paper was commissioned by the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) National Performance and Information Management Group (NPIMG) to support the work of ADCS to evaluate and assess the impact of Sector Led Improvement of Children and Young People’s Services, and to explore the possibility of designing and developing (with ADCS and other partners) an ‘Early Warning’ model. The objective is to identify when and where the performance of Children and Young People’s Services is moving in the wrong direction. We undertake pre-post testing and difference in difference analysis, the latter allows us to use control data to ensure that external factors affecting all regions are considered.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Sector Led Improvement; Key Performance Indicator; Difference in Difference Analysis; Early Warning System
• Subjects: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty > I38 - Government Policy ; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy > O22 - Project Analysis

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