The Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland GIRFEC
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The Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland GIRFEC Workshop Welcome to our GIRFEC Awareness Raising Session. If you are tweeting please use the hashtag #Get. To. Know. GIRFEC
Ice-breaker Quiz • You have 5 minutes to answer true or false to all the questions in the quiz on page 2. • No cheating and peeking at the answers in the rest of the pack!
GIRFEC Overview • What is GIRFEC? • Who does it affect? • Where has it come from? • What does it involve?
Key Principles/Components of GIRFEC The GIRFEC approach: • Focuses on improving outcomes for the child or young person and their family • Is based on an understanding of the wellbeing of a child in their current situation and on tackling needs early • Provides a clearly identified point of contact • Requires joined-up working, proportionate assessment and planning • Supports informed choice, respects confidentiality and proportionate sharing of relevant and necessary information • Provides a Lead Professional to coordinate and support planning for a child, young person and, where relevant, young adult
The Role of the Clear Contact or Named Person • What is a clear contact or named person? • Who is the named person for your child? • What are their responsibilities?
The Role of the Lead Professional The Lead Professional • What is a lead professional? • Who is the lead professional for your child? • What are their responsibilities?
Wellbeing Wheel and Wellbeing Indicators
Joined Up Planning for Children, Young People and Young Adults • One planning framework • What about other plans? • Who is responsible for the joined up plan? • What will the joined up plan contain? • Your input into the joined up plan
How it All Fits Together – Children’s Rights
Early Years Strategy Additional Support for Learning Early Intervention GIRFEC More Choices, more Chances GIRFEC Curriculum for Excellence Health for All Child Protection
Thank You & Questions Please remember to fill out your feedback form and leave it for the session facilitator. We want your insight to help influence policy and practice. It’s important your views are represented. If you would prefer you can fill in the survey which asks you questions intent on collecting your insights.