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Analyse needs<o:p></o:p>
Analyse needs using information from all the Trust partners (from all sectors), users and providers; and identify local and national priorities
Activities: <o:p></o:p>
1. Understand local needs: <o:p></o:p>
2. Ensure good quality data is collected and analysed effectively: <o:p></o:p>
3. Review national guidance, research and best practice:<o:p></o:p>
· to understand what services might be required and what works best for the particular groups you are focusing upon<o:p></o:p>
· consider how broader initiatives (e.g. health promotion) might provide opportunities to target on prevention and intervention<o:p></o:p>
· understand how major local and national policy issues are likely to have an impact on service direction<o:p></o:p>
4. Present the findings in an easy to understand way: <o:p></o:p>
· information should be presented in a clear and concise way so that all partners, children, young people, families and carers can understand <o:p></o:p>
· present the information at borough, community area, ward and neighbourhood levels <o:p></o:p>
5. Continually analyse and assess needs to ensure that accurate and up to date data underpins all decision-making<o:p></o:p>
Possible data sources:<o:p></o:p>
1. A lot of data will already be held across the Trust partners: <o:p></o:p>
2. Additional data sources include: <o:p></o:p>
3. The Joint Strategic Needs Analysis will provide further data across the borough from April 2008<o:p></o:p>
4. ‘Soft’ data can also be collected from children, young people and families in the borough<o:p></o:p>
Using the data:<o:p></o:p>
1. Use the data to provide a baseline of children and young people’s wellbeing within Bromley, local community areas, wards and neighbourhoods: <o:p></o:p>
· assess current and future needs <o:p></o:p>
· plan for improved outcomes <o:p></o:p>
· make comparisons with our statistical neighbours<o:p></o:p>
· identify community based priorities <o:p></o:p>
· publish trends from year to year <o:p></o:p>
· improve local accountability<o:p></o:p>
2. Understand where children and young people live, learn and play:<o:p></o:p>
· so that services can be made as accessible as possible<o:p></o:p>
· use postcode mapping to show where needs are most prevalent across an area<o:p></o:p>
Note that some data on emerging trends or difficult to measure outcomes may need to rely on proxy measures.<o:p></o:p>
Useful resources: <o:p></o:p>
S1-R1 <o:p> </o:p>
ECM Needs Assessment - briefing paper <o:p></o:p>
S1-R2 <o:p> </o:p>
ECM Data Sources for Commissioners <o:p></o:p>
S1-R3 <o:p> </o:p>
Every Child Matters: Change for Children Outcome Framework<o:p></o:p>
S1-R4 <o:p> </o:p>
CSIP - The role of needs analysis<o:p></o:p>
S1-R5 <o:p> </o:p>
Get Involved!<o:p></o:p>
Every Child Matters website pages: <o:p></o:p>
www.ecm.gov.uk/planningandcommissioning/needsassessment<o:p></o:p>
www.ecm.gov.uk/deliveringservices/informationsharing <o:p></o:p>
Department for Children, Schools and Families Case Studies: <o:p></o:p>
S1-CS1 <o:p> </o:p>
How to Develop and Embed a Framework for Commissioning Principles across Partner Agencies - <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city></st1:place> Borough of Tower Hamlets<o:p></o:p>
S1-CS2 <o:p> </o:p>
Procuring services for Children and Young People from the Voluntary and Community Sector - London Borough of Newham<o:p></o:p>
S1-CS3 <o:p> </o:p>
Commissioning for Prevention - North Lincolnshire (Yorkshire and the <st1:place w:st="on">Humber</st1:place> region)<o:p></o:p>
S1-CS4 <o:p> </o:p>
Developing an ‘Outcomes Based Commissioning’ Approach -<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Birmingham</st1:city></st1:place><o:p></o:p>
S1-CS5 <o:p> </o:p>
Commissioning Children’s Centres - Hertfordshire<o:p></o:p>
S1-CS6 <o:p> </o:p>
Turning the Curve Toolkit – <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Portsmouth</st1:city></st1:place> <o:p></o:p>
Sources of further information: <o:p></o:p>
Local:<o:p></o:p>
· Consultations: www.bromley.gov.uk/community/youngpeople/trust/have_your_say <o:p></o:p>
· MAVIS: http://onebromley/C0/Mavis <o:p></o:p>
· Ward based information: www.bromley.org/ciswebpl/ward/home.asp <o:p></o:p>
National: <o:p></o:p>
· Child Health, CAMHS and Maternity Mapping: www.childhealthmapping.org.uk <o:p></o:p>
· Children's Services Statistical Neighbour Benchmarking Tool: www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/STA/t000712/index <o:p></o:p>
· National Statistics online: www.statistics.gov.uk<o:p></o:p>
· Joint Strategic Needs Assessment: www.commissioning.csip.org.uk/ <o:p></o:p>
· National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services case studies: www.childrensnsfcasestudies.dh.gov.uk <o:p></o:p>
P.S. I am aware that the layout, etc, has gone a little odd!
Very useful and comprehensive. This is braodly similar to the approach that we are taking in Essex, although we have a slightly larger area to cover with many more partners (11 district councils, 5 PCTs etc)
Hi Michael
Looks good. Suggest just a small tweak to emphasise the value of outcomes analysis before the needs analysis / data collection. If you map out the outcomes you are interested in (e.g. what do you want to achieve in a typical child's life mapped as a pathway), you will likely discover a lot of gaps in the information.
It is better to know where the gaps are, rather than to assume that we have a complete information set, especially as statutorily required data is very often output rather than outcome based. You can then use output or input data as a proxy to missing outcome data until you fill the gap.
Hope this helps. Richard
Hi Michael,
A tip about using peer-review content - when you copy and paste directly from word, all the formatting language gets transferred over as well which is why it goes a bit wierd. It may be a bit annoying, but you basically have to write the content directly into the wiki and format it from there to stop it from doing that.
Best,
Satdeep.
A-ha, that would explain it!!!
I may need to tidy this up a little then...!
