1. Cardiff Flying Start & Results Based Accountability
Avril Hooper
Operational Manager – Cardiff Council

2. Flying Start IMPACT Physical Health Language & Communication Skills
WAG initiative – 2005
Sure Start - more targeted and prescriptive
Universal entitlement for families with U4 within defined areas
Provision based around four core elements: Enhanced Health Visiting; Parenting Programmes; Basic Skills; Free Part-Time Childcare
Multi-agency management & trans-disciplinary delivery
Principle of preventative early intervention
IMPACT
Physical Health
Language & Communication Skills
Early Identification
Cognitive; Social/Emotional Development
Long Term:
Reduction - poor skills
Reduction - family breakdown
Reduction - poor child/maternal health

3. Where We Are With RBA
Applied RBA to both population and performance accountability (service systems) for WAG Flying Start programme
Greater focus initially on performance accountability with service managers as easier for managers to ‘have a go’
All services now have a report card in place but not all have populated the card with real data
Programme population report card in development
Can see the contribution programme does/could make to higher strategic outcomes

4. Cardiff Flying Start Parents Plus Service : Performance Evaluation Report 2009-10
Service Description: The Parents Plus service is part of the Parenting core strand of the National Flying Start Programme. The Parents Plus Service consists of one Senior Educational Psychologist; three Senior Home Liaison Officers; four Home Liaison Officers; and two p/t Administration Officers. In addition, there is one f/t Specialist Home Liaison Officer (Homeless) and two Home Liaison Officers (former Sure Start) It has a budget of £312,972 and aims to offer time-limited, targeted, home-based parenting interventions in each of the 8 Cardiff Flying Start catchments reaching approximately 110 families annually.
Purpose of Service
Assessment of child’s functioning, development, well being and play within the family context
Agreement with parents on appropriate changes to implement within the home
Evaluate improvements in family interactions and relationships; and in the child’s behaviour
Headline Performance Measures
Evaluation of training by Childcare Staff [DD4* 6 months follow-up after PP+ Behaviour Training course]
Percentage significant change rated by HOME LIAISON OFFICER: relationships & behaviour
Percentage significant change rated by PARENTS: relationships & behaviour
How Are We Doing?
Data Development Agenda
DD1 - % Families referred (needing the intervention) who take it up
DD2 - % Families receive Initial Assessment Visit within five weeks of referral

5. Cardiff Flying Start Childcare Quality: Performance Evaluation Report 2009-10
Service Description: The Childcare service is a core strand of the national Flying Start programme. The Advisory team consists of two teachers and two senior teaching assistants. It has a budget of £239,300 and currently supports 20 childcare settings plus childminders by delivering training, modelling good practice , enhancing environments both indoors and out, evaluating, monitoring and assessing provision
Purpose of Service
To improve outcomes for young children in the most disadvantaged areas of the city in the four key developmental areas ie. cognitive, physical, personal and social, and language and communication.
To deliver quality training for childcare providers in order to develop their knowledge and skills
To work with the childcare settings to develop and maintain high quality provision
Headline Performance Measures
Average performance of settings showing improvement in ITERS scores
Settings using skills/knowledge gained on WAG training
Number of support visits by advisory team over 3 terms( target minimum of 12 )
How Are We Doing?
Data Development Agenda
DD1 - % Teachers reporting good/easier transition of children to Nursery Provision
DD2 - % Parents reporting satisfaction with childcare
DD3 - % Childcare providers reporting high levels of satisfaction with training

6. Hot Topics
Knowledge about & appropriate analysis of statistics – How do we know whether the information really shows what’s going on? Over what period of time would it begin to show validity
Is using ‘home-made’ non-validated rating scales okay? How do we know whether or not they are measuring what we think they are measuring? Are they credible?
Data management tools – What tools are there for the simple management and retrieval of data? (collecting qualitative data in a quantative way!)