Thames Valley Violence Reduction Unit Roundtable: Understanding data-led approaches to tackling serious violent crime; Round-up

The system’s database structure and mapping can be seen via;
 

• Learning from Oxfordshire’s family of prisoners’ data-flows; 2021 saw The Thames Valley Violence Reduction Unit launch its Operation Paramount initiative, introducing a new process to rapidly identify children of a parent who is sent to prison, ensuring they receive the required public service care.
   
• Interoperability of dataflows between public services; Including access to HMP databases, ensures social care workers have access to criminal records of foster families. Specifically, the Reduction Unit’s digital team has implemented an evidence-based Intervention tracker, which determines the level of success of key decision-making processes via social outcome markers including crime rates and school attendance.
   
• What next?; The Platform’s next steps can be understood through (1) cultural developments in public services using and adopting best practices in data collection and input, and (2) technical advances within data extraction, collection, storage, and contribution to operations of senior officers’ decision-making. This will allow users to:
   
  • Develop findings from administrative data.
     
  • Ensure data is shared across relevant departments.
     
  • Continued enrichment of TVT to enhance data value and develop spinout platforms e.g. Hot spots, DA Risk, Service, and enhanced decision-making across systems.
     
  • Granular management and communication of risk and prevention.
     
  • Intervention tracker - Cost and return data.
     

Day-to-day role of data systems within decision-making

Serana discussed how local interoperable systems operate and the challenges and opportunities they provide and the prospects of working collaboratively with data.

• A topic Serena highlighted was the difference between data and people. The standout challenges were:
   
  • The Challenge of cross-communication, needing to share information sharing that occurs between departments.
     
  • Ensuring individuals are vetted prior to viewing and analysing data.

• lack of technical skills in areas departments and regulating standardisation of data structures;
   
  • Working with community safety to ensure data columns/rows are easy to read. This can be developed through interoperability of data training and technical specialist deployment.
     
• Future of data insights, the main task going forward is to answer questions quickly, including within all key decision-making processes, ensuring better cross-partnership working and the difference in usage of data reference;
   
  • Better dialogue via notification processes is another important aspect, ensuring its measures are communicated fully across departments.

• What does good look like? Sharing best practices across organisations;
   
  • Ensuring individuals don’t fall through the cracks, creating spaces for protecting the data processes of vulnerable citizens. This can be done by ensuring consistent metrics across multiple organisational datasets while developing cross-partnership forums and conferences to share ideas and case studies of success.  

Robert Walker

Head of Health & Social Care, techUK

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Robert Walker

Head of Health & Social Care, techUK

Robert joined techUK in October 2022, where he is now Programme Manager for Health and Social Care.

Robert previously worked at the Pension Protection Fund, within the policy and public affairs team. Prior to this, he worked at the Scottish Parliament, advising politicians and industry stakeholders on a wide range of issues, including rural crime and health policies.

Robert has a degree in Politics and International Relations (MA Hons) from the University of Aberdeen, with a particular focus on strategic studies and energy security. Outside of work he enjoys activities such as running, rugby, boxing and cooking!

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