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Early and Effective Intervention
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The Children & Young People (Scotland)
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Aims for today:
Improving outcomes for children who offend
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• Shared and Supportive Learning Event.
• Joint approach to help shape future practice in EEI.
• Test thinking, language and highlight opportunities and
challenges of Legislation
• Inform National Guidance
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Wide ranging scope:
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Children’s Rights
Children’s Commissioner
Children’s Services Planning
Elements of GIRFEC
Early Learning & Childcare
Corporate Parenting
Aftercare
Support for Kinship Care
Adoption Register
Children & Young People
(Scotland) Bill
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• Introduced to Scottish Parliament April 2013
• Passed Stage 3 on Wednesday 19th February (Royal assent mid
March).
• Commencement of first provisions expected to be August 2014
• Phased commencement of other provisions
• GIRFEC provisions expected to commence Summer 2016
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• GIRFEC policy unchanged – on-going refining and updating
• Legislation – only aspects of the policy
– Named Person
– Child’s Plan
– Wellbeing
• Why legislate?
– Increase pace of change
– Improve consistency across Scotland
Elements of GIRFEC:
Outline of Proposed Provisions
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Part 4. Named Person
• Section 25 – duty to help the named person
• Section 26 – information sharing
• Section 27 – disclosure of information
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Elements of GIRFEC:
Outline of Proposed Provisions
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Part 5. Child’s Plan
• Section 32 – content
• Section 33 – preparation (including subsection (6)
“ascertain and have regard to the views of child &
parent”)
• Section 36 – delivery
• Section 37 - management
Elements of GIRFEC:
Outline of Proposed Provisions
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Part 13. General
• Section 74 – promote, support and safeguard wellbeing
Part 12. Other Reforms
• Section 73 – consideration of wellbeing in exercising certain
functions
Part 3. Children’s Services Planning
• Section 8 – requirement to prepare children’s services plan
• Section 13 – reporting on children’s services plan
What does it mean for EEI?
Named Person considerations
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A Named Person from universal services for every child
How will parents and children/young people know?
Who else needs to know? And how?
What will the functions be? What will they NOT be?
What about sick leave and school holidays? Staff changes?
Supporting the Named Person.
Involving parents/children/young people
Consideration of arrangements for special groups
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What does it mean for EEI?
The Child’s Plan
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• Child’s Plan in the context of the National Practice Model
‘For every child who needs one’
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When should a child have a Child’s Plan? EEI Targeted Intervention?
What will it contain?
How will it be managed? When will it transfer?
Role of Lead Professional
What about disagreements?
What about other plans?
What does it mean for EEI?
Wellbeing considerations
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• Definition of wellbeing
• How can SHANARRI be used to safeguard, support and
promote wellbeing?
• How can it be used to identify outcomes within EEI context?
• Links to Children’s Services Planning provisions
• Implications for services and service providers
– Children’s services
– Adult and other services
What next?
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• Implementation ongoing
• Govt Support to Community Planning Partnerships
• Statutory Guidance is produced on powers and duties arising
from the Act.
• Guidance will explain how those powers and duties should be
exercised.
• An obligation to ‘have regard to’ guidance
Statutory & Non-Statutory
Guidance Considerations
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Collaborative process
Structure
Audience, Tone & Level of detail
Quality assurance
Fit for purpose
• Iterative Process - Who else can help?
• Formal Consultation – Autumn 2014
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Timescale for Guidance Development
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Dates shown are estimates, and as such, are subject to change
January 2013
Spring 2013
Autumn 2013
Winter 2013/14
Initiation of
collaborative process
to prepare Guidance
2014
Spring 2015
Enactment following
Royal Assent
Bill Introduced to
Parliament
Regulation and
Guidance Framework
Completed
Stage 1
Stage 2
Regulations complete
Debate and vote on
general principles of
the bill
Amendments
proposed & debated
Statutory Guidance
drafted &
Consultation
Stage 3
Detail of statutory
Guidance and
Regulation drafted
Bill passed or
rejected
Phased
commencement of
provisions begins
Revision of Guidance
as required
Develop Practice
Guidance
Statutory Guidance
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Early and Effective Intervention
Outcomes & Wellbeing
Elements of GIRFEC:
Outline of Proposed Provisions
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Part 13. General
• Section 74 – promote, support and safeguard wellbeing
Part 12. Other Reforms
• Section 73 – consideration of wellbeing in exercising certain
functions
Elements of GIRFEC:
Part 3. Children’s Services Planning
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Sections 8 & 9 - Children’s services plan
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(1) A children’s services plan is to be prepared with a view to securing
(a) that children’s services in the area concerned are provided in the way which—
(i) best safeguards, supports and promotes the wellbeing of children in the area concerned,
(ia) ensures that any action to meet needs is taken at the earliest appropriate time and that,
where appropriate, action is taken to prevent needs arising,
(ii) is most integrated from the point of view of recipients,
(iii) constitutes the most efficient use of available resources,
(b) that related services in the area concerned are provided in the way which, so far as
consistent with the objects and proper delivery of the service concerned, safeguards, supports
and promotes the wellbeing of children in the area concerned.
Elements of GIRFEC:
Part 3. Children’s Services Planning
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Section 12
• Implementation of children’s services plan
(1) During the period to which a children’s services plan
relates, the persons mentioned in subsection (2) must, so far
as reasonably practicable, provide children’s services and
relevant services in the area of the local authority in
accordance with the plan.
Our challenge
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Whilst ensuring……….
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Contact Details
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Barry Blair
GIRFEC Team
Scottish Government
Area 2B-North, Victoria Quay
Edinburgh EH6 6QQ
07841761622
[email protected]
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Early and Effective Intervention
National Update
Jim Devoy and Jill McAfee
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Scottish Government / WSA Update.
EEI Champions Group:
Framework for Core Elements
National Menu of Options
Learning and Development Strategy
Core Elements - Key Proposals
Role of the Named
Person / Lead
Professional
Named Person must be
central to EEI decision
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Named person will be notified by police of the alleged offence and associated
wellbeing concerns (Legal Duty).
EEI decision making models will vary however all decisions will be
guided/directed by information held by the Named Person who must be
central to any planning/decision making process.
Where multi-agency EEI groups are established in support of the Named
Person function, any decision to offer a service/intervention must form part of
a Single Child’s Plan. The Named Person will agree the appropriate Lead
Professional to manage the plan when required.
It is important to note that not all offending will necessitate a child’s plan to be
initiated however where it is decided that a ‘targeted intervention’ is required,
this must form part of the Child’s Plan.
Where formal meeting structures are not in place, the Named Person / Lead
Professional may convene a multi-agency planning meeting (Child’s Plan
Meeting) to address the alleged offending behaviour and associated wellbeing
concerns where appropriate to do so.
With regard to offence based concerns, it is important that any such
arrangements should reflect the principles of EEI and these Core Elements.
Core Elements - Key Proposals
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Communication of
outcome of multiagency process
With Child/Young
Person, Parent/Carer
Child/parents or young person should be notified in writing the outcome of
the EEI referral.
Victim (if known)
Outcome of EEI process should be reported to the victim unless the provision
of the information would be detrimental to the best interests of the child
concerned in, or any other child connected (in any way) with, the case. This
requires timely information being fed back to the Reporting Officer.
Named Person and Lead
Professional where
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All decisions must be fully documented in the chronology / child’s plan held for
that Young Person by the Named Person / Lead Professional.
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Menu of Options for Decision Making
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 Police Direct Measures
 Restorative Justice Intervention
 Support from Health/ Education/ Social Work
 Substance Misuse intervention
 Referral to SCRA (and in exceptional circumstances PF)
 No further Formal Action
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Learning & Development Strategy
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 Training should be tiered – induction to key aspects of a role
in EEI, awareness raising of EEI principles, EEI for Strategic
Managers.
 Included in training – implementation of Core Elements,
information sharing, performance management.
 How – through single or multi agency network events &
seminars, E-modules, fact sheets and briefing papers from
CYCJ.
Forward Look
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Revise National Guidance based on work stream reports
Learning & Development strategy in conjunction with CYCJ
Work with Care Inspectorate
Young Person, Family & Victim focus
Diversion from Prosecution
Implementation Support
What else………. Your chance to contribute?
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Jim Devoy
Youth Justice
Scottish Government
Area 2A-North, Victoria Quay
Edinburgh EH6 6QQ
Jill McAfee
Centre for Youth & Criminal Justice
Lord Hope Building
Strathclyde University
Glasgow G4 OLT
0131 244 7260
07972773860
[email protected]
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