Rethinking Family Support: Building Connections to Strengthen Families
Posted May 13, 2022
Intimate Partner Violence: An Access Evidence Report
Posted April 22, 2022
Intimate partner violence is a global social problem that is pervasive and persistent, and which has been worsened since the Covid-19 pandemic. This evidence review by Ruth Geraghty and Professor Mark Morgan focuses on the experiences of victims of intimate partner violence, as well as the prevention of and responses to intimate partner violence.
This report will be of relevance and interest to professionals, academics and policy makers working for children, young people and families, including, but not limited to the health sector, social work, education, policing and judiciary and domestic abuse professionals.
Implementation Network of Ireland and Northern Ireland - Implementation Training Video Series
Posted November 10, 2021
Capturing the Learning from the Reaching Out, Supporting Families Programme
Posted August 30, 2021
The National Lottery Community Fund invested £25 million in 36 different organisations working on family support projects across Northern Ireland over five years. These organisations worked with different groups, in different ways, but were all aligned in their goal to support families facing adversity. In this paper we capture what the organisations have learned about supporting families in the community.
Child, Youth and Family Database for practitioners and researchers
Posted July 29, 2021
The Child, Youth and Family Database provides detailed information about standardised measurement tools that have been used in Irish research and evaluation with children, young people and their families.
Leading for the Future: Learning from a Leadership Development Programme for Senior Civil Servants in Northern Ireland
Posted January 26, 2021
Learning from a Leadership Development Programme for Senior Civil Servants in Northern Ireland.
Implementation Science Tools
Posted October 15, 2020
ABC Learning paper 3: Strengthening practitioners' capacity to support parents and children
Posted January 30, 2020
Learning from the evaluation of pre-birth to age six and oral language interventions
ABC Learning paper 2: Parenting interventions
Posted January 30, 2020
Learning from the evaluation of pre-birth to age six and oral language interventions.
ABC Learning paper 1: Oral language development
Posted January 30, 2020
Learning from the evaluation of pre-birth to age six and oral language interventions.
Briefing paper 3: Delivering Interventions to Support Parents
Posted November 05, 2019
Briefing paper 2: Delivering Interventions to Support Children's Learning
Posted November 05, 2019
Briefing paper 1: Delivering Interventions to Support Children's Social and Emotional Development
Posted November 05, 2019
Evaluation of the Goal Programme for Public Service Reform and Innovation
Posted October 16, 2019
Process Evaluation of the Empowering Practitioners and Practice Initiative
Posted October 04, 2019
Beyond Ideas - Enabling a culture of innovation for improved public services
Posted October 02, 2019
Vignette 6: Sustaining New Ways of Working
Posted September 12, 2019
Vignette 5: Promoting the Use of Evidence and Data
Posted September 12, 2019
Reaching Out, Supporting Families - The story so far
Posted June 18, 2019
This booklet brings together stories from projects funded by the National Lottery Community Fund Reaching Out, Supporting Families Programme. It also includes learning emerging from an interim evaluation of the Programme conducted by CES.
The National Evaluation of the Area Based Childhood Programme - Learning for Practice
Posted June 18, 2019
Learning from the National Evaluation of the Area Based Childhood Programme about what changed for parents, children and services.
CES Guide to Implementation
Posted May 13, 2019
This online guide was produced by CES in 2019. It introduces the key terms, concepts and frameworks associated with implementation. Its primary purpose is to support any person, team or organisation introducing or seeking to sustain change whether they are policy makers, service providers, practitioners or researchers. It also provides links to a range of other websites, tools and publications on implementation science. This guide will be of value to anybody interested in implementation, no matter what sector or field they are working in.
This online guide updates an earlier CES 'Introductory Guide to Implementation Science' published in 2012. For a PDF copy of the previous version of the guide, please email office@effectiveservices.org
On the right track: Implementation
Posted March 28, 2019
Vignette 4: Strengthening Skills and Capacity within the Civil and Public Service
Posted March 15, 2019
Vignette 3: Distributed Leadership in the Goal Programme
Posted February 26, 2019
National Evaluation of the Area Based Childhood Programme - Appendices
Posted January 07, 2019
National Evaluation of the Area Based Childhood Programme – Executive Summary
Posted December 19, 2018
National Evaluation of the Area Based Childhood Programme – Full Report
Posted December 18, 2018
Vignette 2: Project Selection for the Goal Programme
Posted November 27, 2018
Vignette 1: Distinctive Elements of the Goal Programme
Posted November 27, 2018
Hexagon Tool
Posted November 12, 2018
Capacity Building: What the literature tells us
Posted September 26, 2018
Implementation Guide and Toolkit for National Clinical Guidelines
Posted September 20, 2018
Clinical guidelines are developed to improve the health and safety of patients. While guidelines are informed by the best available evidence and strong quality criteria, it can be challenging to implement them. This guide and toolkit was produced by CES together with the National Clincal Effectiveness Committee (Department of Health) to support health professionals, managers and clinical staff to implement National Clinical Guidelines. The Guide contains a range of tools, which were adapted to meet the needs of staff involved in developing and implementing guidelines and the context in which they work.
‘15 Days’ – a story about collaborative problem solving in public services
Posted August 14, 2018
A story about the Youth Mental Health Pathfinder Project - a cross government approach to tackling youth mental health.
On the right track: Children’s learning summary
Posted August 14, 2018
Impact of Alcohol Exploring the Learning from Elsewhere
Posted August 14, 2018
This is a review of selected examples of national and international best practice, entitled ‘Impact of Alcohol: Exploring the Learning from Elsewhere’. The review draws on interventions designed to support individuals at different stages in their relationship with alcohol from early intervention to chronic, long term use.
Impact of Alcohol: Capturing the Learning
Posted August 13, 2018
This is the second of three publications for the Big Lottery Impact of Alcohol programme. It presents the knowledge and learning developed or expanded upon during the programme. An implementation lens is used to explore the learning emerging at different stages of projects.
Impact of Alcohol Conference Report
Posted June 25, 2018
This is a report of the ‘Impact of Alcohol: What Next?’ Conference held in November 2017. A range of key stakeholders from the statutory and community sectors reflected on pertinent policy, commissioning and practice issues and delegates created a series of action plans aimed at tackling alcohol misuse more effectively.
Youth mental health in Ireland and Northern Ireland - An Access Evidence Animation
Posted May 24, 2018
This animation is based on a longer Access Evidence literature review about youth mental health in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Youth mental health in Ireland and Northern Ireland - An Access Evidence Literature Review
Posted March 28, 2018
Adolescence is a critical time for the development of youth mental health. This literature review draws from research literature on youth mental health, and data from services in Ireland and Northern Ireland. We identify some key messages about emerging trends in youth mental health in Ireland and Northern Ireland which are relevant to frontline practitioners working with children and young people, such as teachers, social workers and youth workers. We also highlight some findings from research on effective approaches, and implications for frontline practice.
Introductory Guide to Implementation
Posted August 17, 2017
We have a new online implementation guide. Read it here.
The briefing below, produced by CES in 2012, summarises the key terminology and concepts of implementation science. It lays out what implementation is, why it is important, and describes the core ideas such as implementation frameworks, stages, enablers and barriers. Short examples of successful implementation in Ireland, in both policy and practice settings, are used to illustrate these ideas.
This briefing summarises messages which appear consistently in the implementation literature, offering a useful introduction to those new to the field or those looking to refresh their understanding of the basic concepts.
Implementation Specialist Practice Profile
Posted August 15, 2017
This resource will be of interest to intermediary organisations who provide implementation support to policy makers, service providers and practitioners. It outlines the skills and competencies that implementation specialists need to build the capacity of practitioners and other groups, so that they can implement policies, interventions and approaches effectively. The Implementation Specialist Practice Profile was created in 2017 by the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) in the USA together with CES, and this is the first working draft of the profile.
An Implementation Case Study of Student Universal Support Ireland
Posted August 13, 2017
This report, produced by CES in 2015, documents the learning from implementation of the Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) in 2012. The report analyses implementation of the scheme through the lens of implementation science concepts, such as stages and enablers. It examines the challenges of quickly implementing major reforms in the context of significant financial and staffing constraints. The report will be of particular interest to policymakers and commissioners who are considering or planning new programmes or major reforms.
Implementation Stages - Key Activities Tool
Posted August 11, 2017
This implementation stages tool was adapted by CES, with permission, from the work of the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) in the USA. It outlines the four stages of implementation in the Active Implementation Framework and provides examples of key activities at each stage.This tool will be useful for policymakers, service providers and practitioners involved at any stage of the implementation process.
Building Implementation Infrastructure - Assessment Tool
Posted August 09, 2017
This tool for assessing implementation infrastructure needs was adapted by CES, with permission, from the work of the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) in the USA. The tool provides an overview of several categories of implementation drivers relating to competency, organisations, and leadership. It then assists teams in identifying who is responsible for each driver, opportunities to influence change, and how each driver can be improved to better support implementation. This tool will be particularly useful for service providers and policymakers in the process of implementing a programme or policy.
Implementation in Action - Questions for Promoting Ongoing Improvement
Posted August 07, 2017
This tool for promoting ongoing improvement was adapted by CES, with permission, from the 2015 work of Allison Metz and colleagues at the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) in the USA. The tool asks seven questions which help to think through the process of generating sustained improvement at later stages of implementation. This tool can be reused periodically to generate continuous improvement cycles. It will be particularly useful for service providers, practitioners and implementation teams of policies and programmes that have already been established.
Stakeholder Engagement Tool
Posted August 05, 2017
This stakeholder engagement tool was created by CES and aims to help those implementing a policy or programme to plan for and manage the process of engaging with key stakeholders. It sets out tasks and questions for stakeholder identification, analysis and mapping. It also provides a template and checklist to help develop a stakeholder engagement plan. This tool will be particularly useful for service providers and policymakers in the process of implementing a programme or policy.
15 Days - The Toolkit
Posted August 02, 2017
A resource for practitioners interested in adapting an accelerated, collaborative problem-solving methodology.
On the right track: Inclusion and Diversity Summary
Posted June 29, 2017
From 2004 to 2016, The Atlantic Philanthropies, together with government and other organisations invested in 52 programmes and services aimed at improving outcomes for children across the island of Ireland. This was known as the Prevention and Early Intervention Initiative.
This summary outlines learning from programmes focused on inclusion and diversity, and describes some of the features of effective programmes which are transferable to wider services dealing with children and young people. Key messages are based on findings from independent evaluations, and draw from CES’s experience of working with government and service providers to implement programmes and services. An infographic gives an overview of the programmes and the change in inclusion and diversity outcomes.
This summary is based on a longer report in this series on inclusion and diversity outcomes.
On the right track: inclusion and diversity outcomes report
Posted June 29, 2017
From 2004 to 2016, The Atlantic Philanthropies together with government and other organisations invested in 52 programmes and services aimed at improving outcomes for children across the island of Ireland. These programmes used prevention and early intervention approaches in various areas of children’s lives, including learning, behaviour, health and development, parenting and inclusion. This investment was known as the Prevention and Early Intervention Initiative. This report includes findings from evaluations of five programmes focused on inclusion and diversity.