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SSE Evidence Help Sheet

The HDRC Service Self-Evaluation (SSE) evidence Help Sheet is a resource designed to support anyone completing a service self-evaluation for their service area, by making it easier to identify, access, and use a wide range of relevant evidence.

Drawing on the ‘Evidence pie’ framework, this help sheet supports you to consider multiple types of evidence—including professional knowledge, lived experience, population data, organisational data, impact measurement data, and academic research—when responding to each SSE question. It is a single Excel workbook with each worksheet dedicated to a specific SSE sub-question, making it easy to locate the guidance and resources most relevant to your needs.

Each section of the help sheet aligns with a specific SSE question or theme, offering reflective questions, practical examples and direct links to data sources to guide you through each evidence type. 

The aim of this resource is to help ensure that your self-evaluation is robust, balanced, and reflective of the full spectrum of available evidence and information.

Please note: The help sheet is intended as a guide, not an exhaustive list of all possible data sources. It is designed to prompt you to think broadly about the evidence you use and to support you in drawing from a variety of sources. 

HDRC SSE Evidence Drop-In Sessions

Need support completing your evidence for the SSE? Join one of our informal drop-in sessions for practical guidance on the evidence helpsheet.

How to book

Choose the date and time that works best for you from the table below and click Sign-up in the right-hand column.

Once you’ve signed up, we’ll send you a Teams link closer to the session date, so you can join easily from your device.

If you prefer, you can also join using the Teams link shared in the global email on the day of the session—but signing up helps us plan and provide the best support.

Before you attend:

• Familiarise yourself with the SSE and Evidence Pie templates.
• Review your available evidence and consider where it fits in the Evidence Pie.
 

 
• Open Q&A – Drop in with any questions about your SSE—we’ll offer practical, personalised support to help you move forward.
• Evidence Pie in practice – Get hands-on help using the Evidence Pie to source, organise, and prioritise your evidence. We’ll walk through real examples and help you apply the framework to your own SSE.
• Strategic tips – Chat with the team about how to align your evidence with SSE requirements and make the most of what you already have. We’ll help you think through what’s useful, what’s missing, and how to present it effectively.