Outcomes into Practice Resource Pack
Researchers: Hazel Qureshi, Claire Bamford, Elinor Nicholas
Funder: Department of Health
Duration: 2002 -2003
Please note: the resource pack is now out of print
"this training pack is a source of inspiration" - *review in Community Care, 11-17 March 2004, p.46
Click here for a PDF file showing pictures of the pack contents (182KB) 
Outcomes into Practice Resource Pack is a practical resource for managers and trainers…
It was designed to be an indispensable tool to assist the development of outcome-focused practice and information in social care for adults. Its research based guidance explored all the relevant issues in this important field:
- The relevance of outcomes in social care policy and practice
- The outcomes valued by users and carers - some frameworks
- What is involved in outcome-focused care management
- Outcomes information: it's collection, interpretation and use
- The practicalities of introducing new ways of working
Outcomes into Practice Resource Pack included a complete package of materials for training and development in hard copy and on CD-Rom ...
- Sample training programmes
- Presentations
- Groupwork exercises
- Handouts
- Examples of practice tools
Outcomes into Practice Resource Pack was created by...
The authors of the pack are researchers with many years of experience in the social care field. Elinor Nicholas, Hazel Qureshi, Claire Bamford all worked for the Social Policy Research Unit within the Department of Health's Outcomes Programme 1996 -2000. The Outcomes into Practice Resource Pack is the result of five years of research into outcomes focused practice. The research looked at the most effective methods of bringing about organisational change to enable an outcomes focus to be used in implementing and assessing a high quality social care service. All the material in the pack was the result of collaboration with social care agencies across the country. This collaboration aimed to bring the best information and practical experience of moving towards outcomes focused work to the user of this resource.
Outcomes Network
The network aims to foster the exchange of information, mutual support and learning for those wishing to find practical ways of implementing 'outcomes approaches' within the field of social care. It fed into the creation of the Outcomes into Practice pack during the programme 2001-2005 and is now run under the auspices of the Better Commissioning Network of the Health and Social Care Change Agent Team at the Department of Health. Link to Outcomes Network's site (external site)
Outcomes into Practice Resource Pack consisted of...
Part I - A Reader - 152 page book - Understanding and Using Outcomes in Social Care
A range of background materials which enable readers to increase their awareness of the issues and benefits of an outcomes focus to policy and practice. It included a framework for understanding social care outcomes as well as the theory and practice of implementing change in these areas.
Part II - Resources for Training and Development - 248 page ring-binder + CD-Rom + 2 wall posters
A range of practical resources including: presentation materials, exercises, handouts, worksheets, practice tools. These assisted trainers and managers to plan and implement a programme of change so that they can achieve a more explicit focus on outcomes within their services.
Outcomes training and consultancy
In response to many requests for training and consultancy, SPRU developed links with the consultancy Acton.Shapiro who are familiar with SPRU's research and also contributed to the development of the resource pack. .
