Monitoring and evaluation for services working with child sexual abuse

The aim of the Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre) is to create a future where children are free from the threat and harm of sexual abuse by radically improving how we prevent and respond to the issue through really understanding its causes, scope, scale and impact.Working alongside researchers, policy makers and practitioners, we ensure an evidence-informed approach is applied to better understanding and responding to CSA at both an operational and strategic level.

The Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse

<p>This webinar will look at the value of monitoring and evaluation in services responding to child sexual abuse, and set out some core principles. It will include explanation of key terms such as ‘data’, ‘outputs’ and ‘outcomes’, ways to develop outcomes and outcome measures for this group of services and methods for gathering data to evidence organisations’ activities (and their impact). A framework for thinking about this work will be described, including the use of Theory of Change model that allows for group discussion of aims and activities, and provides a visual representation of these. Learning from service users is a key part of this process, and we will consider issues in co-producing frameworks, and in how results are collected and shared. Our publication <a href="https://www.csacentre.org.uk/our-research/effectiveness/measuring-your-effectiveness/" title="https://www.csacentre.org.uk/our-research/effectiveness/measuring-your-effectiveness/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">measuring your effectiveness - CSA Centre</a> could also be useful for you.</p>