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Social Justice Toolkit. Callum Miller, Labour Market Research and Policy Assistant, Inclusion E: callum.miller@cesi.org.uk T: 020 7840 8327. What is it?.
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Social Justice Toolkit • Callum Miller, Labour Market Research and Policy Assistant, Inclusion E: callum.miller@cesi.org.uk T: 020 7840 8327
What is it? • A free-to-use statistical toolkit presenting statistics at the local level (compared to regional and national averages) for indicators that fall under the umbrella of ‘Social Justice.’ • Available from http://www.cesi.org.uk/social-justice-toolkit
How the project came about • DWP commissioned toolkit by the Social Justice Strategy team at the Department. • Following the publication of the Social Justice: Transforming Lives and the Social Justice Outcomes Framework. • The Social Justice Outcomes Framework published October 2012 , and updated in April 2013, represents the next step in developing the Social Justice vision • Highlights our priorities, how we plan to measure progress, and together with the strategy, define what we want to achieve • The outcome framework is structured along the same lines as Social Justice: transforming lives. There are five themes relating to the various chapters: supporting families; keeping young people on track; importance of work; supporting disadvantaged adults; delivery. • Five areas inherently complex – many interrelated factors
The framework measures • 1. The percentage of all children who are not living with both of their birth parents, by age of the child. • 2. The extent to which children from disadvantaged households achieve the same educational outcomes as their more advantaged peers (in development). • 3. The percentage of offenders aged under 18 who go on to reoffend. • 4. The proportion of benefit claimants who have received working-age benefits for at least 3 out of the past 4 years (focusing on those capable of work or work-related activity). • 5. Drug use, employment and offending outcomes for those presenting for treatment for drug or alcohol treatment over a three-year period • 6. The proportion of adult offenders: • who do not reoffend within 12 months (available) and • the proportion who are in work 12 months later (in development) • 7. The size of the social investment market. • In 2011/12, the UK social investment market grew by almost a quarter to £202 million through 765 deals.
Social Justice Themes • Aim of the project was to develop indicators around five key themes of Social Justice identified by the Social Justice Outcomes Framework: • Supporting families; • Keeping young people on track; • The importance of work; • Supporting the most disadvantaged adults; and • Delivering Social Justice.
Key criteria for indicators • Relevance – to one (or more) of the five themes • But doesn’t need to be a framework measure • Relevance – to (local) practitioners • Timeliness – ideally at least quarterly • Availability at local level • Robustness (especially if not govt source) • Ease of sourcing and updating
Background context • Demographics – life expectancy, ethnicity • Headline labour market indicators • Qualification levels • Index of multiple deprivation
Keeping young people on track • Number of juvenile first-time entrants to the criminal justice system • Youth re-offending • Pupil absence • Number achieving a Good Level of Development in EYFSP • NEET young people • Attainment at KS2 (attainment gap: eligible for free school meals and not) • Attainment at KS4 (attainment gap: eligible for free school meals and not) • Under 18 alcohol-specific hospital admissions • Number of looked after children • Education, health and offending outcomes for looked after children
The importance of work • Number of claimants of different benefit groups • Tax credit claims • Work Programme attachment levels • Work Programme performance or JSA off-flow indicators
Supporting the most disadvantaged adults • Rough sleeping levels • Homelessness acceptances • Adult re-offending • Adult first-time entrants to the criminal justice system • Number of crack and opiate users • Proportion of adult population with depression, dementia and learning disabilities • Number of people leaving short term housing-related services with different needs • Domestic violence levels • Alcohol admissions to hospital • Alcohol-related crime • Households accomodated and those to whom homelessness duty is still owed • Total contacts with mental health services, rate per 1,000 population • Outcomes of homeless prevention schemes • Successful completion of drug treatment • Improving access to psychological therapies - recovery rate
Supporting Families • Under-18 conceptions • Families receiving interventions for multiple problems • Total personal insolvencies • Wellbeing indicators • Number of troubled families worked with • Number of troubled families turned round
The toolkit itself • Available from http://www.cesi.org.uk/social-justice-toolkit
Please do go away and make use of it! • A free-to-use statistical toolkit presenting statistics at the local level (compared to regional and national averages) for indicators that fall under the umbrella of ‘Social Justice.’ • Available from http://www.cesi.org.uk/social-justice-toolkit