sers, and Reason for Creation 95 Appendix 9 - Detailed CBA methodology 97 Appendix 10 – Technical Advisory Group membership 108 Social Finance Limited +44 (0) 20 7770 6836 87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ socialfinance.org.uk 4 Introduction This evaluation sets out to understand the effectiveness of the Think Family Database (TFD) and its associated products in Bristol City Council, as developed by the Insight Bristol Team. The TFD is an innovative digital product that brings together and visualises various disparate datasets to give a single digital view of children and families to support practitioners in Children’s Services. Embedded within the TFD are also other products, such as different ‘targeted risk models’ which stratify data, providing additional insight to support identification of vulnerable children. As part of this evaluation, we carried out quantitative and qualitative research to determine the outcomes that the TFD delivers for Children’s Services practitioners and managers. We also evaluated the process by which the TFD was implemented to offer greater insight into how these outcomes have been achieved and how they might be enhanced going forward, within Bristol and beyond. Methods We made use of the theory of change as a framework to guide the evaluation across two stages. Firstly, interviews with those responsible for the development of the TFD took place to determine what the TFD is and how it was developed, which is outlined in Section 3. Through this process, implementation task areas were defined, which included project set-up, project implementation, training and support, and information governance. We also clarified key anticipated outcomes of the TFD for practitioners, managers and leaders, which we found were more effective support for front