Report: Children and Young Person's Independent Domestic Violence Advocate_an Evaluation of Islington Council's Service

This evaluation covers the work of the CIDVA from July 2021-June 2022, and sought to answer 3 key questions: 1. How well is the project working in term of outcomes and process? 2. Has the project experienced any barriers and have these impacted outcomes? 3. How could CIDVA activities be improved? 4. What learning has emerged for future work in the field of domestic abuse in children and young people? These questions were answered by analysing quarterly monitoring data for 2020-21 provided by the VAWG commissioning service as well as in-depth qualitative interviews with the CIDVAs and their managers, 2 young people who had used the service, and a range of other statutory and non-statutory service providers who work with children and young people in Islington.