Episode Five: Steps for a Successful Implementation Process (ft. Robin Jenkins, PhD)

Episode Description

Steps for a Successful Implementation Process (ft. Robin Jenkins, PhD)

Implementation Science supports successful youth justice system transformation. When implementation is done well, it influences positive change by providing a way to manage reforms through creating readiness and embedding evidence-based practices into daily activities. In this episode, Dr. Robin Jenkins teaches us how to reframe our existing leadership skills and practices to apply them in a more deliberate way to create better outcomes, realize a more satisfied workforce, and achieve a higher functioning organization that will deliver on the vision for improving the futures of the youth we serve.
Season One: Episode Five | Release Date: September 30, 2022 | Resources 

Visit the Implementation Science section of our Online Library to access the resources and tools on referenced in this episode: https://rfknrcjj.org/resources/implementation-science/

About the Guest

Robin Jenkins, PhD

Associate Director, Impact Center at Frank Porter Graham Institute | University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

Robin Jenkins, PhD, is the Associate Director at the Impact Center at Frank Porter Graham Institute, at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. As a senior implementation scientist, Dr. Jenkins actively engages leaders and organizations in implementing innovations, reforms, and evidence-supported practices using rigorous implementation processes. This work includes the application of implementation science practice strategies and translational frameworks to improve adoption and sustainment of evidence-supported initiatives. He and his Impact Center @ FPG teammates apply implementation science best practices to state level leadership teams, regional intermediary, and local organizations in child welfare, behavioral health, juvenile justice, and education systems. His career spans roles across prevention and implementation science, public health, child welfare, juvenile justice, and behavioral health and substance use treatment environments. His experience also includes multiple federal, state, and local (county) leadership and policymaking roles. He is a founding board member of the National Prevention Science Coalition to Improve Lives, in addition to leading and participating in many other federal, state, and local boards, commissions, and advisory groups.