Jane Lewis has been a key user of and advocate for evidence and implementation science in the UK for a number of years. Her earlier career was in evaluation and research dissemination before a combination of frustration and curiosity drove her into the warm embrace of implementation science.
She now works across evaluation, evidence synthesis and active implementation support and relishes the opportunity to bring these together to improve services and support for children and families. She leads projects and programmes of work for several of the UK what works centres (Foundations, Youth Endowment Fund, Youth Futures Foundation and Early Education Foundation) as well as for national government and NGOs. Her work focuses on improving policies and services in areas including early years, school inclusion, education, youth justice, youth employment and children’s social care, and she has a particular interest in scaling and in place-based change.
Jane was previously Head of UK Programme Development & Quality with Save The Children UK (SCUK), leading on innovation, implementation, evaluation and scale-up strategies for SCUK’s UK programmes. She has held leadership positions in organisations concerned with policy and practice evaluation and with evidence-informed practice, including Research in Practice, the National Children’s Bureau and NatCen Social Research.
Jane was previously Managing Director in our UK office and now leads projects for CEI as an Associate Director.
