Peter Peacock, MSP

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• Peter Peacock, MSP
• Minister for Education and Young People

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Cover.

• Childrens Charter
• Framework for Standards
• multidisciplinary inspection
• Child Protection Committees

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The Charter

• the voice of the child
• our pledges to children and young people
• making clear what the Executive will do to deliver

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The Charter

• Get to know us
• Speak to us
• Listen to us
• Take us seriously
• Involve us
• Respect our privacy
• Be responsible to us
• Think about our lives as a whole

• Think carefully about how you use information
  about us
• Put us in touch with the right people
• Use your power to help
• Make things happen when they should
• Help us be safe

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The Charter

• Our Pledges
• Get the help you need when you need it
• Be seen by a professional such as as teacher,
  doctor or social worker to make sure you are
  alright and not put at more risk
• Be listened to seriously, and professionals will
  use their power to help you
• Be able to discuss issues in private when, and
  if, you want to
• Be involved with, and helped to understand,
  decisions made about your life and
• Have named person to help you.

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The Executive will.

• Publish national framework for standards
• Help raise awareness community professionals
• Ensure local leaders review quality assurance
• Pilot multi-disciplinary inspection
• Support 24hr national helpline (with agencies and
  existing helplines)
• Issue guidance on key issues and legislate where
  necessary

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Framework for Standards

• 8 Standards
• Children get the help they need when they need it
• Professionals take timely and effective action
• Children are listened to and respected
• Information shared whenever necessary to protect
  a child
• Agencies work together to assess needs and risks
  and develop effective plans
• Professionals are competent and confident
• Agencies work in partnership with communities
• Agencies demonstrate leadership and
  accountability for their work and its
  effectiveness.

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Standard 8

• Agencies, individually and collectively,
  demonstrate leadership and accountability for
  their work and its effectiveness.

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Standard 8

• Para 1 - Agencies have in place policies,
  procedures, systems, structures, resources and
  personnel to support the needs of children coming
  first in all decision making.
• Para 6 - Agencies ensure their staff are
  effectively and relevantly trained, and that they
  are supported, supervised and accountable in
  their work.

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Future Work

• the development of exemplars of what good
  practice looks like
• what evidence is needed to assess performance and
  how to get it
• identifying best practice and how this can be
  shared
• identifying poor performance and what needs to be
  done to improve and
• the development of multi-disciplinary inspection.

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Child Protection Committees

• owned by all the agencies
• clearly mandated from the top
• have representation with delegated authority
• undertake shared core activities across the
  country
• flexibile to take account of local conditions

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Finally.

• information sharing
• staff training and development

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• Peter Peacock, MSP
• Minister for Education and Young People