Authors from around the globe…. agree that the challenges and complexities of implementation far outweigh the efforts of developing practices and programs themselves
Dean L Fixsen and colleagues, 2005 Implementation Research: A Synthesis of the Literature
Dr.
Tom Jefford
Prof Doc Dip SW
Director
Family Psychology Mutual CIC
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@Tomjefford
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South / South Eastern England
Member since
2017
Years in implementation:
6 or more years
UK-IS Trustee - Acting Chair; Safeguarding
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Voluntary / Not for Profit
Management
Social Care - Child
Youth Work
Primarily involved in the implementation of evidence based interventions for young people at risk of care or custody. This has involved clinical variants of Multi Systemic Therapy and Functional Family Therapy.
Main topics of interest:
Implementation-informed Service Design
Implementation Theory
Scaling Up
Sustainment
Adoption/De-adoption/De-implementation
Systems Change/Systems Analysis
Competencies for Implementation Support
I aim to sit on the cusp between practice and academia/theory. I am interested in how systems adapt to facilitate new interventions and what implementation theory can help to enable this to happen.
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