Steve has over 20 years of experience of working with clients and funders across the public, voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors on research, evaluation and consultancy.
Steve’s work is characterised by rigorous and inclusive approaches, methods, stakeholder engagement, and a commitment to continuous improvement.
Skilled in quantitative and qualitative methods, he specialises in delivering theory-led implementation, process and impact evaluation. He has a track-record in delivering experimental and quasi-experimental evaluation including Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs).
“It’s a privilege to work with clients across the public and voluntary and community sectors on a range of innovative projects, programmes and services which improve outcomes for vulnerable children, young people and adults across England and Wales.”
Steve, working collaboratively, has delivered a range of high-profile research, evaluation and consultancy projects for:
- Central Government, e.g. the Home Office, Ministry of Justice, Youth Justice Board, Department for Education and Welsh Government.
- Regional Government, e.g. Greater Manchester Combined Authority, West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
- Local Authorities, e.g. over 50 local authorities across England and Wales.
- Integrated Care Systems, e.g. Great Manchester, NHSE new care models.
- Police and Crime Commissioners and Violence Reduction Units/Partnerships, e.g. Derbyshire PCC, West Yorkshire VRP, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough PCC, MOPAC.
- What Works Centres, e.g. Youth Endowment Fund, Youth Futures Foundation, Foundations, Education Endowment Fund.
- Regulators, e.g. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
- VCSE organisations, e.g. Steve has supported large not-for-profit providers of adult social care as well as organisations supporting young people with a learning disability and a number of organisations which aim to improve outcomes for victims of domestic abuse, sexual violence and violence against women and girls.
Steve is skilled and experienced at delivering projects through multi-agency partnerships.
Examples of work include:
- Children and young people’s services: Steve has delivered research, evaluation and needs assessments on topics including: childcare and early education, vulnerable children and families, missing children, children with learning and physical disabilities, children on the “edge of care”, children involved or at risk of involvement in offending, those experiencing bullying, mental health, and substance misuse issues, trafficked children and children who are victims of modern slavery. Steve has led a number of evaluations for the Department for Education including innovative approaches to supporting young people who may be at risk of accessing acute CAMHS, for those on the edge of care, and vulnerable groups transitioning from education into employment. He has supported clients by delivering toolkits which have been embedded to help them to demonstrate the impact of their services on children’s outcomes. Steve has delivered a range of projects that assess the evidence base for what works in early intervention.
- Criminal justice: Steve specialises in conducting research and evaluation across criminal justice including 5 RCTs and implementation and process evaluations for the Youth Endowment Fund including programmes that focus on a range of mentoring approaches which aim to reduce offending behaviour among young people. He has led on research and evaluation which takes a public health and trauma-informed approach for clients including the Early Intervention Foundation (now Foundations), the Local Government Association and PCCs and Violence Reduction Units. He has also delivered research for the Ministry of Justice into how evidence is generated, disseminated and used in the criminal justice system.
- Domestic Abuse: Steve has led large-scale research programmes for the Home Office on Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programmes including what works in both delivering programmes and interventions and in evaluating them. He has conducted strategic needs assessments and evaluations in relation to Violence Against Women and Girls, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence.
- Integrated Health and Social Care: Steve has led the delivery of process and impact evaluations of integrated health and social care programmes including as part of NHSE new care models programme and the Greater Manchester local care approach. He has led reviews, evaluation and options appraisals concerning intermediate care provision, an evaluation of a resilience, escalation planning and surge management team, and an evaluation of an integrated assistive technology programme.
- Adult social care: Steve's work has included a focus on innovative initiatives for older people, people with a disability, people with mental health issues, people who are homeless, people with substance misuse issues and people with a physical disability. Steve has also conducted a range of market intelligence research for large not for profit providers of adult social care services and has supported them with their strategic planning.
Steve has a BA from Oxford and an MPhil and PhD from the University of Cambridge, where he was also an Economic and Social Research Council Post-doctoral Fellow.