Addressing neglect and enhancing well-being - Supporting sustainable systems change
Fiona Mitchell
CELCIS University of Strathclyde
Fiona Mitchell, Research and Evaluation Lead, at the Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland. Through use of developmental evaluation and other approaches, Fiona's role is focused on supporting the integration of evidence into the design and delivery of CELCIS programmes of work. She comes to this role following over 15 years of working in research and evaluation related to child and family services, and has experience of working alongside service and practice development embedded within providing organisations. She is also a qualified social worker.
Melissa Van Dyke
CELCIS University of Strathclyde
Melissa Van Dyke, PhD, comes to the field of implementation after working in statutory services in the United States in the child welfare, children’s mental health, and youth justice systems. During her years in state government, Melissa coordinated and led various organizational and state-wide program implementation and system improvement initiatives.In 2005, Melissa joined the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN). During her ten years with NIRN, Melissa provided implementation science expertise while leading and coordinating community, state, and federal initiatives to build organisational and system capacity to fully and effectively implement evidence-based and evidence-informed programs and policies. In August 2015, with support from the Scottish Government, Melissa joined the Centre of Excellence for Looked after Children (CELCIS) at the University of Strathclyde, as the International Expert Advisor on Implementation. Melissa works with key stakeholders to support capacity-building of the health, education, and social care sectors in the areas of improvement and implementation science. In addition, Melissa supports various Scottish Government efforts to transfer policy and legislation into real practice change across Scotland.
Abstract
Active implementation frameworks and approaches integrate evidence that allows us to understand how to bridge the evidence to practice gap, and foster change that is sustainable and effective in meeting local population needs.... [ view full abstract ]
Authors
- Fiona Mitchell (CELCIS University of Strathclyde)
- Melissa Van Dyke (CELCIS University of Strathclyde)
Topic Area
Child Protection Systems and Strategies at local, national and international levels
Session
Symposia 6 » Session 2- Child Protection Systems (14:15 - Monday, 2nd October, Central America Room)
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