Logic chains and a results based approach

We have used a results based approach including the use of a ‘logic chain’ methodology to develop and depict the action plans.

This approach helps us to focus on the reason for taking the action rather than identifying a list of activities which may collectively not improve the overall situation for people at risk of homelessness in our region. To do this we have to be as clear as possible about the following:

The Impact or the big change that needs to be delivered i.e. a reduction of repeat homelessness and effective primary prevention of homelessness.
The Outcomes or medium term changes that help to deliver the Impact. For the action plans supporting the Regional Strategy these outcomes focus on the joint working, sharing knowledge and developing shared intelligence all in order to help local delivery.
There are a number of other strategies or approaches that focus more on direct results with homeless people, for example the NOMS resettlement pathway, the joint approaches that are generated by this strategy will either directly help their implementation or help to create the environment which promotes their success.
The Results or short term changes identified in each sub region will contribute to the outcomes; there are a wide range of results that could be delivered but we have tried to limit the range of activity to ensure that the actions are achieved.

The assumptions supporting this approach are:

That working together can deliver better results in some cases
That organisations have limited resources for working together so that it needs to be focused
That first attempts at joint working need to be successful in order to build confidence in joint working
That evidence from successful partnerships will help to persuade reluctant partners that getting involved is worthwhile
That sub-regional partnerships can not do everything at once
That sub-regional partnerships can use each others learning and work to fast track developments
That if the action plans are ‘too big’ this may create an inertia which slows down development

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