improving and getting it right for every child learning session 6 october 2014
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Improving and GettingIt Right for Every Child
Learning Session 6October 2014
Getting it right for every child:A framework for improvement
GIRFEC is the Scottish Government approach to improving the wellbeing of all children and young people. It does so by finding better ways:
• to keep the child/young person at the centre of policy and service delivery;
• for professionals to work together with each other and with children, young people and their families; and
• to embed early and primary intervention.
GIRFEC and the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014
• Named Person
- the role of the Named Person
- who’s responsible for the service• Information sharing
- sharing information with/by the NamedPerson
• Child’s Plan
Implementing the GIRFEC duties
• Commencement: 1 August 2016
• Publication of final statutory guidance: mid-2015
• Consultation on draft statutory guidance: 1st quarter of 2015
• Publication of support materials for GIRFEC change management: end 2014
GIRFEC and the Collaborative ambition and aims
• Named Persons: improved support for developmental milestones through partnership working around the Named Person, including pre-birth
• Information sharing: better early identification of those children experiencing difficulties with developmental milestones
• Child’s Plans: more consistently coordinated multi-service intervention for children needing help with developmental milestones
Improvement and GIRFEC
• Key motivation for legislating on GIRFEC: consistency across Scotland. Hence, the challenge of balancing national prescription with local flexibility.
• Two types of improvement may offer this balance:- improving how to meet the requirements
under the Act and the statutory guidance- improving what is not required but which
makes best use of the Act/guidance
Improvement and the Named Person
Examples of aspects where the improvement methodology could support the Named Person:
• Raising awareness of the Named Person among families
• Understanding what should be treated as a concern
• Responding to a concern
Improvement and information sharing
Examples of aspects where the improvement methodology could support information sharing:
• Working with children, young people and their families
• Sharing information appropriately within services• Sharing information appropriately between services
Improvement and the Child’s Plan
Examples of aspects where the improvement methodology could support the Child’s Plan:
• Determining a common format for the Child’s Plan
• Initiating the Child’s Plan
• Managing the Child’s Plan
‘IRFEC’
• What aspects of implementing GIRFEC can benefit from the improvement methodology?
• What kind of small tests of change can be devised and how could success be scaled up?
• How much can your area benefit from using the improvement methodology in this way?