Dr.
Deborah Ghate
BA Hons, MA Hons, D.Phil, FAcSS
Chief Executive
The Colebrooke Centre for Evidence and Implementation
Email:
Twitter:
@DeborahGhate1
Region:
South / South Eastern England
UK-IS Founder; Chair 2017-2021
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Primary types of work:
Voluntary / Not for Profit
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences; Chair, UK Implementation Society
Service Design and Development
Consultancy
Organisational Leadership
Implementation Support and Technical Assistance
Research
Primary areas of work:
Social Care - Adult
Social Care - Child
Child Development/Early Years, Education/Schools
Central Government policy
Local Government policy
I lead the specialist Colebrooke Centre for Evidence and Implementation. I carry out multi-method research in implementation and improvement, on services mainly for children and families. I provide consultancy in applied implementation science to policy makers, funders and practice organisations. I write and publish on implementation sciences and practice topics.
Main topics of interest:
Implementation-informed Service Design
Implementation Theory
Scaling Up
Sustainment
Co-Processes (Co-Design, Co-Creation etc.)
Systems Change/Systems Analysis
Competencies for Implementation Support
Theory of Change
Evaluation of Implementation
Other: Critical perspectives on evidence and implementation.
I have been studying implementation processes and providing consultancy and advice to policy and service organisations for over ten years. I set up and led significant organisations doing this work in Ireland and the UK. Formerly director of a research centre in child and family policy and practice, I now work mainly as a consultant using applied implementation sciences and practice (IS&P) to help services improve and develop. I write for the scholarly press on implementation topics, and teach, train and give lectures and workshops. Currently I’m especially interested in systems change, co-creation in IS&P, and critical thinking for IS&P.
PUBLICATIONS
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Year
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Journal or magazine article
2018
Ghate D (2018) Developing theories of change for social programmes: co-producing evidence-supported quality improvement Palgrave Communications 4:90
Open access
Journal or magazine article
2015
Ghate D (2015) From Programs to Systems: Deploying Implementation Science and Practice for Sustained Real World Effectiveness in Services for Children and Families J. Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology November 2015
Open access
Report
2017
Macdonald G, Lewis J, Ghate D, Gardener E, Adams C and Kelly G (2017) Evaluation of the Safeguarding Analysis and Assessment Framework London : Department for Education DFE - RR780
Open access
Report
2016
Ghate D. and McDermid S. (2016) Implementing Head, Heart, Hands: an evaluation of the implementation process of a demonstration programme to introduce Social Pedagogy into foster care
Open access