I want to know how to build relationships with services working with children and young people who might be able to provide support, contacts, and expertise for my work

Informed

1) Scenario - Partnership Working to Support Young People

Together (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights)

A one page pdf which details a scenario where the police work in partnership to support young people. Useful for individuals looking for an example of partnership working to support children's rights.

2) Children's Human Rights in Scotland online group

Knowledge Hub

An online community of people who are working to ensure that children’s rights are realised in Scotland, part of the Improvement Service UNCRC Implementation Project. Have you request to join the group. Suitable for those directly working in UNCRC roles and leaders.

3) Working in Partnership

Early Childhood Forum

An eight page document that gives advice on how to partner with organisations and families to champion children’s rights. This intersectional resource includes case studies and sections on equality, diversity and partnerships, effective, value-based partnerships and evaluation. This resource is from 2009 and some links may no longer be active, however, it includes useful, practical tools to build and strengthen partnerships. 

4) About Together

Together (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights)

Together is an alliance of Scottish children's charities that works to improve the awareness, understanding and implementation of the UNCRC. This page explains Together’s work, including a section on their work with professionals. Their website also has a page of resources.

5) About us – Young Scot

Young Scot

This webpage explains the services Young Scot offer to young people. It contains a form to sign up to their stakeholder newsletter.

6) Children’s Parliament – who we are

Children’s Parliament

This webpage explains the priorities, vision and history of the Children’s Parliament. Further information can be found in the ‘Our work’ section.

Skilled

1) Children’s Services Plans: Promising Planning Examples

Children in Scotland

This document has been produced to support and encourage the effective collaboration of the third sector and all planning partners in the ongoing development of Children's services plans. It contains a list of resources and further information which might be of use to third sector organisations and others in considering how best to feed into and support the process of children’s service planning.

This is a Scottish Government-funded project. This webpage, and the linked resources within it have not been produced by the Scottish Government and so the Scottish Government cannot guarantee their quality or accuracy. Nothing on this webpage and in its linked resources is intended to constitute legal advice. Readers should seek their own independent legal advice with respect to any legal matter.