INVOLVING CHILDREN & INVOLVING CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE IN YOUNG PEOPLE IN COMMISSIONING COMMISSIONING

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RECORDED RECORDED OUTCOMES TRAININGOUTCOMES TRAINING

INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

o What is a recorded outcome – What is a recorded outcome – definitionsdefinitions

o What should recorded What should recorded outcomes showoutcomes show

o Recorded outcomes “a toolkit”Recorded outcomes “a toolkit”o Why record outcomesWhy record outcomeso EvaluationEvaluation

GROUP WORKGROUP WORK

In small groups discuss what In small groups discuss what your understanding of your understanding of recorded outcomes is and recorded outcomes is and complete the followingcomplete the following

A recorded outcome is -A recorded outcome is -

YOUTH WORKERS YOUTH WORKERS DEFINITIONS OF DEFINITIONS OF RECORDED OUTCOMESRECORDED OUTCOMES

o A way of evidencing A way of evidencing movement by a young personmovement by a young person

o A recognition of a young A recognition of a young persons developmentpersons development

o A valuable process of A valuable process of reflection for the young reflection for the young person that is facilitated by a person that is facilitated by a youth workeryouth worker

YOUTH WORKERS YOUTH WORKERS DEFINITIONS OF DEFINITIONS OF RECORDED OUTCOMESRECORDED OUTCOMES

o A way of understanding the A way of understanding the process that a young person process that a young person has travelledhas travelled

o A good evaluation toolkit for A good evaluation toolkit for youth workersyouth workers

o It improves the quality of It improves the quality of youth work, ensuring that youth work, ensuring that processes have outcomesprocesses have outcomes

DEFINITIONDEFINITION

A recorded outcome is the A recorded outcome is the significant step that a young significant step that a young person has taken as a result person has taken as a result of a youth work of a youth work intervention”intervention”

(Recognising young peoples (Recognising young peoples achievement: Internet)achievement: Internet)

WHAT SHOULD RECORDED WHAT SHOULD RECORDED

OUTCOMES SHOW?OUTCOMES SHOW?A recorded outcome must:A recorded outcome must:o Provide evidence to show Provide evidence to show

actions undertaken by young actions undertaken by young people, recording progression people, recording progression and distance travelledand distance travelled

o Provide evidence of the Provide evidence of the benefit derived by the young benefit derived by the young person as a result of a youth person as a result of a youth work interventionwork intervention

WHAT SHOULD RECORDED WHAT SHOULD RECORDED

OUTCOMES SHOW?OUTCOMES SHOW?o Be evidenced by a youth Be evidenced by a youth

worker or awarding bodyworker or awarding bodyo Be meaningful – not Be meaningful – not

tokenistic, it must confirm a tokenistic, it must confirm a young persons achievement young persons achievement and the young person and the young person should understand their own should understand their own progressionprogression

o Be recognisableBe recognisable

GROUP WORKGROUP WORK

o Discuss what a recorded Discuss what a recorded outcome should involve or outcome should involve or show and complete the show and complete the following...following...

o A recorded outcome is:--A recorded outcome is:--

A RECORDED OUTCOME A RECORDED OUTCOME DOES/IS NOTDOES/IS NOTo Have to subscribe to a Have to subscribe to a

specific formatspecific formato Necessarily lead to an Necessarily lead to an

accredited outcomeaccredited outcomeo Have to be measured against Have to be measured against

a declared or planned a declared or planned curriculum, although this curriculum, although this would be good practicewould be good practice

o Tokenistic gesture Tokenistic gesture

GROUP WORKGROUP WORK

Which of the statements Which of the statements given are recorded given are recorded outcomes? Identify why outcomes? Identify why you made your decisionsyou made your decisions

RECORDED OUTCOMES RECORDED OUTCOMES TOOLKITSTOOLKITS

Tools for developing recorded Tools for developing recorded outcomes:outcomes:

o Session planning recordsSession planning recordso Session evaluations – based Session evaluations – based

on what happened, on what happened, discussions etcdiscussions etc

RECORDED OUTCOMES RECORDED OUTCOMES TOOLKITSTOOLKITS

o Young people’s evaluations Young people’s evaluations – based on experiential – based on experiential learninglearning

o Witness statementsWitness statementso Photos, diaries, media Photos, diaries, media

statements, certificates, statements, certificates, video, scrapbooks etcvideo, scrapbooks etc

WHY RECORD OUTCOMES?WHY RECORD OUTCOMES?

o Evidence based youth work Evidence based youth work – links to government and – links to government and local youth work strategies local youth work strategies

o Benefits young people – self Benefits young people – self esteem, belief, motivationesteem, belief, motivation

o Benefits the organisation – Benefits the organisation – raises organisation profile, raises organisation profile, opportunities for fundingopportunities for funding

o Supports Quality Assurance Supports Quality Assurance processesprocesses

o AccountabilityAccountability

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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