Highland Pathfinder

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• Highland Pathfinder

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Getting it right for every child core message

• Everyone has a responsibility to do the right
  thing for each child and we must all work towards
  a unified approach, with less bureaucracy and
  more freedom to get on and respond to children.
• This will mean earlier help and the child
  getting the right help at the right time packaged
  for their particular needs.

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Background

• 1998 The Child at the Centre HMIe Report
• 2001 For Scotlands Children
• 2002 Its Everyones Job to Make Sure Im Alright
• 2003-4 Getting it Right for Every Child - Review
  of the Childrens Hearing System
• 2004 Framework for Standards and The Childrens
  Charter

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Background /cont.d

• 2004 Additional Support for Learning Act
• 2004 A Curriculum for Excellence
• 2005 Hall 4
• 2006 Changing Lives
• 2006 UN convention on the Rights of the Child

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Getting It Right Aims

• A new duty of co-operation
• Improve joint working/communication
• Improve effectiveness through shared
  understanding
• Support early intervention
• Identify additional needs
• Reduce bureaucracy and duplication

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Outcomes for Scotlands Children

• Confident individuals
• Effective contributors
• Successful learners
• Responsible citizens

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Well-being Indicators

• Safe
• Healthy
• Achieving
• Nurtured
• Active
• Respected Responsible
• Included

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The My World Triangle
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Everyones Responsibility to ask The 5
Questions

• What is getting in the way of this child
  achieving their potential?
• What can I do to help this child?
• What can my agency do to help this child?
• Do I need to share or seek any further
  information to construct a plan?
• Does this child need any help from any other
  agency?

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Named Person

• Work within Universal Services
• Point of contact for child, parent, professionals
  members of the community
• Maintain the Childs Record
• Update core information and the Record of Concerns

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Lead Professional

• Is appointed when
• two agencies are working together and
• are delivering a service to a child
• Is the person best placed to
• co-ordinate a Childs Plan,
• arrange the review of the Childs Plan
• and provide confident leadership.

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Deciding the Lead Professional will be
influenced by

• Statutory responsibilities
• The kind of help a child or family needs
• Previous contact or a good relationship with the
  child

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Lead Professional will ensure

• That children families are involved supported
• Agencies act as a team
• Work together seamlessly
• Record the (multi-agency) Childs Plan
• Appropriate services are provided
• Childs Plan monitored reviewed

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Concerned about a Child?

• Is there an immediate risk to the child?
• Is there suspicion that an offence has been
  committed against the child?
• Is there a risk of significant harm?
• Consider information sharing protocols

Child Protection Procedures
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Concerned about a Child?

• Concern but no immediate risk
• No suspicion of offence against the child
• Consider information sharing protocols

Discuss with Named Person
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What Will Happen

• Child Concern Form completed
• Single agency checks carried out
• Contact made with Named Person
• Discussion and decisions made recorded
• Decision made with whom to share information and
  why
• Not all children routinely referred to the
  Childrens Reporter

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Childrens Reporter

• Are there grounds for compulsory measures?
• Significant need AND
• Parental capacity and/or motivation lacking AND
• Compulsion likely to be needed

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Childs Plan

• Needed when two or more agencies working together
  and are delivering a service
• A Childs Plan needs to be constructed with
  child, family and other relevant people involved
  with the family.
• A Lead Professional is agreed

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A Childs Plan is .

• An Assessment report
• A Record of agreed goals/actions
• A Review report/ record
• Needs to be proportionate constructed with
  child, family and relevant others

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A Childs Plan will contain .

• Demographic details
• Partners to the Plan
• Reasons for Plan/Report
• Chronology
• Assessment
• Analysis
• Summary of Needs
• Actions
• Child Familys Views
• Review Arrangements
• Contingency plan

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Monitoring Review

• Meet statutory requirements
• Proportionate
• Actively agreed
• Not always a meeting

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What if the plan isnt working?

• Statutory plans
• Consider an early review
• Non-Statutory plans
• Review the plan
• Consider convening a meeting

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CG
Case Conference
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LAC Review
Review Case Conference
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Review of Co-ordinated Support Plan
LAC Review
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CG Core Group LAC Looked After Child
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Childs Plan Meeting
Childs Plan Meeting
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Multi-agency Childs Plan no longer
required (Needs can be met within Universal
Services)
Possible single agency Childs Plan
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CG Core Group