
The internship will be hosted within the Scottish Government’s Office of the Chief Economic Adviser (OCEA), specifically in the Directorate for Chief Economist’s OCEA: Business Economic & Sector (BES) team. This team provides economic analysis support to DG Economy, working alongside policy advisers, statisticians, and researchers. The internship will involve providing analytical and data analysis support for the delivery of the Scottish Government’s National Innovation Strategy, with project details tailored to the intern’s skills and the team’s specific needs.
Developing the evidence base on childcare for families most at risk of poverty
Scottish Government has committed to better understanding and testing how to deliver high-quality, local, affordable and accessible childcare which supports family wellbeing and employment and helps lift families out of poverty. We are working to build our evidence base in this area and are seeking an intern to help us with this. The project will involve gathering, critically evaluating and summarising evidence from a range of sources to fill identified evidence gaps.
Delivering Value Based Health & Care in Scotland – progress and impact assessment
This project is based in the Whole System Intelligence Research team, within the Directorate for the Chief Operating Officer for NHS Scotland. The project will support the ongoing creation of a measurement framework for the Value Based Health and Care Action Plan, crucial for understanding progress and impact of the Action Plan. The Intern will lead on advancing the development of a Patient Outcomes Framework, designed to measure how the health and social care system in Scotland is performing for its users.
Adult Support and Protection – Data and Evidence Review
The ASP dataset has been revised to provide more robust data to inform improvement both at local and national level. Iriss worked with 5 ASP Learning Partners to review the previous ASP annual data return and develop a revised ASP minimum dataset. This has been approached in 2 phases, with Phase 1 indicators commenced in April 2023 largely mirroring indicators from the previous annual return. Phase 2 indicators were developed and tested by learning partners throughout 2023. The Phase 2 subset of the ASP minimum dataset was rolled out across all local authorities in April 2024.
SPS Corporate Plan 2023-28: Prisoner Complaints: data and usage
The overall focus will be on analysis to consolidate the evidence base to improve the usage of complaints data. Specifically, the project will examine how complaints management and complaints data use look across the prison estate, including how complaints are handled by officers, how they are categorised and analysed and how complaints data informs service improvements and what best practice looks like in complaints management for prison services, including alignment/compliance with SPSO guidelines.