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Bracknell Forest Council: Evaluation of the Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Service (DAPS)

Bracknell Forest Council: Evaluation of the Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Service (DAPS). Liz Phillips Researcher, NFER Fiona Walker Head of Centre for Evaluation and Consultancy, NFER Nick Young Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Service, Bracknell Forest Council. Who we are. reason core values

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Bracknell Forest Council: Evaluation of the Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Service (DAPS)

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  1. Bracknell Forest Council:Evaluation of the Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Service (DAPS) Liz Phillips Researcher, NFER Fiona Walker Head of Centre for Evaluation and Consultancy, NFER Nick Young Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Service, Bracknell Forest Council

  2. Who we are • reason core values • Building capacity for individuals and organisations to evaluate what they do • Sharing knowledge across the sector to demonstrate value and learn from what works well • Resources • www.reason-network.org.uk • Online resources • Online examples • Discussion forum • News updates • Regular webinars • Bespoke Support • Support to conduct research and evaluations that is designed and tailored to an organisation’s needs • Tailored learning events Research, Evaluation and Analysis Support Network

  3. What can reason help you to do? Develop skills in evaluation & analysis Demonstrate Impact & Value Find out from others ‘what works?’ Understand how evaluations work Keep up-to-date with what others are doing to evaluate Use evaluation effectively • Answer these questions about impact: • What are we doing? • How much are we doing? • How well are we doing? • What difference are we making?

  4. Today’s webinar will: be interactive! outline the DAPS programme: aims, objectives, delivery model outline the evaluation’s methodology, key findings and recommendations outline the next steps for the DAPS programme provide opportunities to share your opinions and experiences.

  5. Let’s start with some polls….

  6. Bracknell Forest Council’s Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Service (DAPS)

  7. Outcomes ‘46 completers’ Other CIN CP

  8. Service availability • Wide? Meeting demand? Demand outweighing availability? • Service quality • Excellent? Good? Fair or variable? Low? • What factors influence service effectiveness? • Individual-level? Service/programme-level? Both? Other?

  9. Aims of the evaluation

  10. Working together to:

  11. Key findings • Perpetrator engagement • Impact: perpetrators, families and staff • Other support services for perpetrators and families • The programme: what works? • The future: making improvements

  12. Conclusions DAPS is meeting its aims Encouraging evidence for effectiveness and impact But – wider evidence base and evidence of ‘hard’ outcomes needed

  13. Recommendations DAPS programme should continue and be extended Full impact evaluation Social workers help to promote engagement; promoting engagement needs further attention Keep: one-to-one delivery; ‘anytime’ contact; male deliverer; phone/text appointment system; ‘positive thinking’ elements; regular/ongoing progress reviews Dedicated delivery accommodation

  14. Recommendations Existing male social workers trained to support delivery Earlier referral – before ‘crisis’ point Strengthen links with partner agencies Targeted support for female perpetrators?

  15. Using the research in practice

  16. Bracknell Forest Council’s Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Service (DAPS) ‘We felt that Reason delivered all elements of the delivery contract in a helpful, efficient and cooperative manner. In other words they did what they said they would do. We feel that they persisted in their efforts to communicate with a hard to engage target group even when this was difficult due to an avoidance or lack of cooperation from the people we identified to be interviewed’. ‘We wouldn’t have been able to carry out this evaluation ourselves due to lack of capacity so them conducting this on our behalf was helpful’ ‘The evaluation will help us to make a more robust argument for resources to expand the project’s capacity and add value and an evidence base to our own experience of the project’s effectiveness’. Karen Roberts and Nick Young.

  17. What are the main barriers to developing and implementing effective domestic abuse perpetrator programmes?

  18. Relevant resources http://www.reason-network.org.uk/resources/doing-evaluation/ Doing research and evaluations: • Planning Guides & Tools, e.g. • Defining your Aims • Practicalities • Ethical Considerations • Data Collection & Analysis, e.g. • Interviews Guides & Tools • Survey Guides & Tools • Focus Groups Guides & Tools • Reporting Guides & Tools • Using your Findings Guides & Tools

  19. www.reason-network.org.uk ask@reason-network.org.uk @reasonnetwork

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