Creating Strong Communities in North East Lincolnshire

This document describes an evaluation of the effectiveness of various family support initiatives in North East Lincolnshire, including the Creating Strong Communities (CSC) model and Family Group Conferences (FGCs), aimed at safeguarding vulnerable children and improving family outcomes. The CSC model integrates multiple approaches to empower families and reduce the need for statutory interventions, while FGCs focus on collaborative planning for children's safety. The evaluation employed surveys, case studies, workshops, and cost-benefit analyses, revealing positive impacts on reducing the number of children in need, enhancing behavior and school attendance, and improving family dynamics and staff engagement. However, challenges such as consistency in practice and sustaining long-term change were identified. The evaluations conclude that while these programs show promise, with political support and potential for replication, their success depends on ongoing training, senior management commitment, and integration within broader change models, highlighting the need for continuous evaluation and evidence of impact. **This summary was written by an AI model and therefore should not be considered a definitive summary of the report. If you are aware of inaccuracies, please email evaluation.registry@cabinetoffice.gov.uk.**

Description

• Lead department: Department for Education (DfE)
• Evaluation stage: A complete evaluation report
• Other departments: No other departments listed
• Evaluation types: Value for money evaluation; Impact evaluation; Process evaluation
• Impact methods: Generic research method
• Process methods: Case studies
• Value for money methods: Cost-benefit analysis
• Grant information: This intervention is not distributing funding via a grant
• Government Major Project information: This intervention is not a major project
• Policies: No policies provided

Event Dates

• Event Name: Publication of final results
• Event date: July 2017

Evaluation Costs

• Cost: Not provided

Evaluation sharing

• Link(s) to published report(s): Yes
• Links to evaluation plans: No link provided
• Links to published evaluations (DEBUGGING): No final report link found.
• Findings: Not provided
• Permission to share confirmed: Yes