Transcript Validated Local Practice (VLP)

Sector-Led Support
Safeguarding Knowledge Workshops
March 2010
“Sector‐led improvement is
the right response to Lord
Laming”
ADCS 29th April 2009
Safeguarding children peer review
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Nine booked before September 2010 – on offer
until March 2011
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Not an inspection
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Harnesses knowledge and expertise within the
sector
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Highlights strengths, and areas for consideration
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Evaluation to come, and…
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… working with C4EO to disseminate good
practice
Safeguarding children peers
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Currently enhancing our existing pool of multiagency specialist peers
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Further events planned for May and June – for
Directors and Assistant Directors of Children’s
Services, and senior health peers
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Regional peer work to support local innovation and
learning - East of England
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Peers will be equipped for peer review, as well as
other forms of sector-led support
Peer review and peers – The benefits
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At the heart of sector led improvement, building
confidence from within
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Peers learn from the locality they review, receiving
councils and partners learn from specialist peers
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Identifying and sharing good practice
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Peers are “accredited”
Validated Local Practice (VLP)
What is VLP
and why use
it?
What?
Local
experience
and practice
of ‘what
works’
Why?
Support
research
literature with
evidence –
from the
‘frontline’
Why?
Complement
research
evidence,
bring it to life
and engage
the sector
VLP – hierarchy of validated examples
Validated – clear rationale, outcomes evidence,
transferability, relevance and replicability
Promising practice – clear aims and purpose, some
outcomes evidence
‘Early days’ ideas - need more evidence, but
interesting , may just need time....
No real evidence of impact or outcomes/need further
support to provide evidence