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Problem Solving Seminar
Workshop 3
Practical Tools in Problem Solving: The Partnership Business Model
Mark Feeley & Steve Sizmur – Home Office
Partnership Support (formerly known as the Partnership Business Model project)
The Home Office is taking forward a number of initiatives to support community safety partnerships in problem-solving. Some of these were demonstrated at the Problem Solving seminar in Leeds.
The first of these is the development of a searchable initiatives database to give access to information on successful initiatives elsewhere. A working prototype was demonstrated at the seminar, showing how analysis of victims, offenders and locations can feed into the selection of suitable responses from the database. Selections are made using a check-box form to describe the problem. Future developments will allow causes to be selected as well.
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The team have also developed a set of standardised problem-solving templates that will guide partnerships through the SARA stages of problem solving. The templates (which are cross-referenced to the 5Is framework covered in a parallel workshop) have been designed to fulfil the information needs of partnerships as well as provide a source of examples for inclusion in the initiatives database. These forms will be refined to ensure that they provide the right information to those who need it without duplicating functions or adding to bureaucracy. Delegates were encouraged to try the templates for themselves and to feed back comments to Stephen.Sizmur@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk.
Introduction to template files
This set of templates is designed for collecting descriptions of crime and disorder reduction schemes in sufficient detail for practitioners to consider them in relation to problems in their own area.
The templates are linked to the SARA process and are generic formats intended for a wide range of problem types. Consequently, there may be fields that are not appropriate for a given initiative (eg relating to offenders in fear of crime problems, relating to victims in drug-related offences).
The format of the forms is also intended to support project planning and implementation. For example, some fields are specifically designed for project monitoring and management. These may be left blank for completed projects.
Guidance on what to put in most free-text fields is available by entering the field and pressing <F1> on the keyboard.
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This document template is used to record details of the problem and the analysis of causes and other relevant factors. Save the file with the name "Analysis summary-[name of project].doc". |
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This template provides an overview of the initiative and details of each intervention used. A separate section of the template should be used for each element of the initiative. Save as "Response summary-[name of project].doc". |
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This template is for details of the outcome of the project and any evaluation that has been undertaken. It enables others to learn from the project and apply the lessons to their own problems. Again, there is a separate assessment section for each element of the initiative. Save as "Assessment summary-[name of project].doc". |
The Home Office is interested in receiving examples of emerging good practice in crime and disorder reduction initiatives. Please send completed templates to: pbm@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk, and begin the subject field with "Initiative templates".
Information on suitable examples will be incorporated into a searchable database for CDRP personnel, which will enable them to match potential interventions to a problem profile. This will not be accessible to the general public. A summary may also be placed on the eXchange website. This will not include any sensitive information.
These forms are compatible with the 5Is framework being developed by Dr Paul Ekblom of RDS, and show the 5I categories down the right-hand side of the different sections. At present, the language used is intended to be user-friendly for those with limited crime reduction training.
Last update: 04 May 2004