1.  WORKING FOR FAMILIES Kelvin Gallery University of Glasgow Wednesday, 11 th February 2004

2.  Helen Chambers Head of Child Poverty Branch  Margaret Curran, MSP, Minister for Communities  Guidance overview  Sub-session 1  Coffee  Sub-session 2  Lunch  Clients perspective  Getting Going  Coffee  Monitoring and evaluation, Keith Hayton, GEN  Enterprise and Sustainability, Vivian Balmain, Community Enterprise in Strathclyde

3.  Margaret Curran MSP, Minister for Communities

4.  Working for Families Fund Why  320,000 children in households in poverty  14% children in workless households  187,000 children <16 of claimants of key benefits (20% of all children <16) But  Unemployment at 5.8%

5.  Barriers  Flexible, affordable, appropriate childcare  Personal circumstances –skills, qualifications, confidence, mental health, culture, debt  Benefit/tax credit complexities  Failure at transition points

6.  Sustainable Employment Worklessness Skills Training FE HE Volunteering Part-time work Full-time work

7.  TrainingBenefitsJobBenefitsStudy Activity Childcare

8.  TrainingBenefitsJobVolunteeringStudy Activity Childcare Support

9.  Target groups  Lone parents  pre-New Deal, entering employment, sustaining employment, entering FE/HE  Parents on low income  Other stress in household  disability, mental health, dugs/alcohol problems

10.  Service delivery  Parent Support  Service referral/brokering  Childcare – services/subsidy

11.  Outcomes  Employability focused Not  Childcare outputs

12.  Outcomes  Hard  employment/education/training/new deal  Soft  distance travelled

13.  Core themes  conjunction, alliance, affiliation, connection, combination, tie-up, togetherness a.k.a  Partnership  Sustainability  Flexible, parent-focused services

14.  Sub-session Choices 1.Urban issues to be overcome Gallery Restaurant (A) 2 minutes from Kelvin Gallery 2.Rural problems to be overcome Robing Room 3.Adult support to be delivered Gallery Restaurant (B) 2 minutes from Kelvin Gallery 4.Childcare challenges Carnegie Room 5.Client recruitment and referral Kelvin Gallery

15.  Clients Perspective I didn’t think I was worthy of it at all It’s been really confidence building for me I could just put the wean in one room and go up the stair to my class I wish you could do the HNC at Rosemount! The future for me is looking a lot brighter than it did a couple of years ago I was actually quite a bad heroin addict and in a bad way... now I am waiting to go to teacher training college Because I am going out and getting an education it shows my son that’s the way to go …with a bit of encouragement I was told I had the ability to go on and do a HNC

16.  Getting Going  Barriers  Solutions  The Way Forward

17.  Monitoring and Evaluation Guidance Keith Hayton Associate Director GEN Consulting Claremont House 20 North Claremont Street Glasgow G3 7LE Tel: 0845-120-6244 Email: keith.hayton@genconsulting.co.uk

18.  Objectives  Why?  How?  What?  When ?

19.  Why?  Demonstrate that the target group is being reached; and  Show that this group is moving closer to employability.

20.  How(1)?  Have a project that will meet the Executive’s objectives;  Quantitative targets;  Have clear project outcomes:-  Numbers moving into/towards work or other positive outcomes; and  NOT the number of childcare places = output – a means to an end NOT the end.

21.  How (2)?  Honesty about what can be achieved with the client group in a relatively short time:-  “Hard” outcomes may be limited;  Need to measure “soft” outcomes

22.  What?  Implement a monitoring and evaluation framework:-  Profile information – show that the client group is being reached;  “Hard” outcomes – meet the Executive’s objectives;  “Soft” outcomes – distance travelled – e.g. changes in motivation and attitudes – need a baseline.

23.  When?  Various times:-  Profile and “soft” baseline at/near the start of the project;  On completion of the intervention – “hard” outcomes plus “distance travelled”; and  At various stages after the completion of the intervention (3, 6 or 12 months?):-  Sustainability of intervention;  “Hard” outcomes; and  “Distance travelled”.

24.  Conclusion  Monitoring and evaluation are not add ons;  Need to incorporated into project design;  If not:-  May not meet Executive’s objectives;  May not be able to show what has been achieved; and  Have to develop systems after the project has started.

25.  Vivian Balmain Development Officer Community Enterprise in Strathclyde Enterprise & Sustainability

26.  The Ideal World  Places for All  Realistic Fees  CTC / WTC  Job Security

27.  The Real World  Lack of Places  Fees  CTC /WTC  Contracts of Employment

28.  Sustainability  Self Sustaining v Subsidised  Sustainability Audits  Sound Business Practice  Investment Readiness Tool  Loan Finance

29.  What Works in Getting People Back to Work  Childcare Works  Full Employment Areas Initiative

30.  Summary of the day All the documents (guidance, outline proforma etc) and press releases issued by The Scottish Executive can be found on: www.scotland.gov.uk/workingforfamilies