Transcript Getting it right for every child

Children & Young People
(Scotland) Act 2014
Briefing on GIRFEC Provisions
Scottish Government GIRFEC Team
Lynn Townsend
Marion Gillooly
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Children & Young People
(Scotland) Act - GIRFEC
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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
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GIRFEC Duties in the Act:
Part 18. General
Section 96. assessment of wellbeing
• Wellbeing defined – 8 indicators
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GIRFEC Duties in the Act:
Part 4. Named Person
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• Named Person for every child
 Arrangements 0-5 / 5-18
 Information on Named Person arrangements
 Support for the Named Person – Schedule 2 Relevant Authorities
 Information Sharing
Key duties on local authority / health boards/ independent
schools / Scottish Prison Service
Other public bodies will have duty to cooperate and support
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Roles and responsibilities
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The Named Person role is key – they will :
 Promote, support and safeguard wellbeing
 Provide support when wellbeing concern identified
 Requests support from other agencies
 Coordinate support from other agencies through a Child’s
Plan
 Link with a Lead Professional where appropriate
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GIRFEC Duties in the Act:
Part 5. Child’s Plan
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 Requirement to draw up a plan – ‘targeted intervention’
 Content of the plan – Data Set
 Preparation of the plan
 Responsibility to prepare
 Responsibility to manage – Lead Professional
 Assistance with the plan – Schedule 3 Listed Authorities
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Single Planning Process
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• Child’s Plan – coordinates support where a ‘targeted
intervention’ is required to meet a wellbeing need.
What is a targeted intervention?
• Used by all services in all circumstances
• Active involvement of child and parents ( where practicable)
• A seamless process from routine planning to statutory plan
• Common data set to support consistency and transferability
To incorporate all the components of all key planning
processes
• Focus on outcomes
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Secondary Legislation –
Ministerial Orders
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• The Named Persons (Training, Qualifications, Experience and
Position) (Scotland) Order
• The Child’s Plan (Scotland) Order
• Complaints Order – under development
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Orders / Guidance Timeline
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March 2014 - Outline Guidance issued
July - November – engagement, informal consultation
Dec - Jan – review and preparation for formal consultation
February – April 2015 – formal consultation on 2 draft Orders
and Statutory Guidance
• August 2015 – issue final draft statutory guidance
• Jan 2016 – lay 3 Orders before Parliament
• Commencement August 2016
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How does GIRFEC support all
services to improve outcomes?
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• Common approach and shared language of wellbeing
• Single planning process
• Framework to support information sharing
• Specialist support builds on universal provision
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The way forward – next steps
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Move from policy implementation to compliance with Act
Systems and practice change – not a smooth process
Consultation with specialist stakeholder groups
Statutory guidance – practice guidance
Advice and case studies on website
Touchpoint tool
• Lots of work still to do!!
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Case Study
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A 14 year old boy, in his second year at high school, is suspected of committing
vandalism at 11 pm, and at the time he appears to be under the influence of alcohol.
An initial police check at the scene reveals no prior convictions. However the officer
is concerned about the boy’s wellbeing and when spoken to the boy is
uncooperative. When taken home to be charged in the presence of his parents, his
parents appear concerned as they were unaware of his whereabouts and believed
him to be with friends. They could not explain his access to alcohol and claimed this
type of behaviour had never happened before.
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Case Study:
Questions to consider
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What actions should be taken forward by the Police Officer?
What is the role of the Named Person in this process?
What role do the boy and his parents have in the process?
How should decisions be made about possible sanctions /
support?
5. How will the planning process incorporate assessment of the boy’s
wellbeing?
6. Whose responsibility is it to co-ordinate the planning process?
7. What would be a successful outcome for this boy?
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Contact the team : 0131 - 244 - 7168
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