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Baseline report on Angus GIRFEC Learning Partnership for children affected by parental substance misuse (CAPSM)
Date: 1st March 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Policies & procedures
Author: Scottish GovernmentA Baseline Report of the action research project in Angus to inform the development of Getting it right for every child and the work of the ADP/CPC to address the needs of Children Affected by Parental Substance Misuse (CAPSM).
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Participants, not pawns: Guidance on consulting with children and young people on school closures (and other significant changes)
Date: 1st March 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Policies & procedures
Author: Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young PeopleThis guidance has been launched to help local authorities ensure that their consultation with children and young people is meaningful, credible and commands the respect of children and young people, their parents/carers and the wider community.
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Children's Hearings Reform - The views of children in Scotland
Date: 1st February 2010
Category: Policies & procedures, Respect for the views of the child
Author: Children's ParliamentThe Scottish Government Children's Hearings Reforms Team asked the Children's Parliament to speak with children who had been to a Children's Hearing to find out what that was like and what could be improved.
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Single Outcome Agreements for Scottish Local Government, 2009-10: A thematic analysis by the Children's Voluntary Sector Policy Officers' Network
Date: 4th January 2010
Category: Policies & procedures
Author: Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young PeopleThis report looks at the extent to which children's issues have been addressed and priortised in Single Outcome Agreements for 2009-10. The review finds that there has been some improvement in relation to the treatment of children's issues since the first round of SOAs.
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Children's Hearings Reform and GIRFEC Paper
Date: 2nd December 2009
Category: Policies & procedures
Author: Scottish GovernmentWritten for the Children's Hearings Reform Conference in October 2009, a paper that sets out Getting it right for every child in the context of the Highland Pathfinder, and implications for the Children's Hearings System.
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Analysis and Getting it right for every child: A discussion paper
Date: 2nd December 2009
Category: Policies & procedures
Author: Scottish GovernmentAnalysis of information plays a vital role in the Getting it right for every child practice model of assessment, planning and review of children.
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Changing Professional Practice and Culture to Get it Right for Every Child
Date: 2nd November 2009
Category: Policies & procedures
Author: Scottish GovernmentAn evaluation report of the development and early implementation phases of Getting it right for every child in Highland 2006 - 2009.
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GIRFEC: Electronic information sharing workshop report
Date: 30th September 2009
Category: Policies & procedures
Author: Scottish GovernmentA report on the issues discussed and suggested actions arising from three workshop events on information sharing involving front line practitioners representing all services for children.
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Fife Early Years Strategy 2009 - 2011
Date: 3rd August 2009
Category: Policies & procedures
Author: Early Years Strategy GroupThis is the first overarching Early Years Strategy for Fife. The strategy has been developed in line with the national Early Years Framework and links with Fife's Community Plan, Children's Services Plan and to Fife's single outcome agreement.
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Children’s Rights: Twenty-fifth Report of Session 2008–09
Date: 2nd February 2009
Category: Policies & procedures
Author: House of CommonsSurveys by UNICEF and others of the well-being of children and young people have found that the UK is ranked lower than almost all other industrialised countries. We have previously considered children's rights in the context of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) - which the UK ratified in 1991 - inquiries into human trafficking, the treatment of asylum seekers and the use of restraint in secure training centres, and our scrutiny of legislation. This Report follows up some of the issues we have raised previously in the light of the latest Concluding Observations of the UN Committee which monitors compliance with the UNCRC.
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Fife Children's Services Plan 2009 - 2011
Date: 1st January 2009
Category: Policies & procedures
Author: Fife Children's Services GroupThis plan, for 2009/2011, takes account of national and local priorities and consolidates efforts on existing priorities. New priorities include those arising from the national initiative Getting It Right for Every Child and from the inspection of child protection services in Fife in 2009.
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Early Years and Early Intervention: A joint Scottish Government and COSLA policy statement
Date: 3rd March 2008
Category: Policies & procedures
Author: Scottish GovernmentA joint approach describing how early years and early intervention support the Government's purpose and national performance framework.
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Children's Rights - series of lesson plans on children's rights for ages 8 - 10
Date: 1st January 2008
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Policies & procedures
Author: OxfamExplore the difference between wants, needs, and rights with this series of lessons for ages 8-10. Activities include designing a poster, debating the issues, and writing letters in support of children's rights.
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Getting it right for every child in foster care and kinship care - National Strategy
Date: 3rd December 2007
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Policies & procedures
Author: Scottish GovernmentNational strategy for kinship care, public fostering and private fostering.
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The Report on the Consultation Responses The Draft Children's Services (Scotland) Bill
Date: 31st March 2007
Category: Policies & procedures
Author: Scottish GovernmentThe Draft Children's Services (Scotland) Bill, consulted on before the Election, contained 2 Parts. Part 1 proposed new legal provisions to define at a high level the roles and responsibilities of all agencies (not just social work or local authorities) to identify need and to act to help children. Part 2 proposed changes to the statutory basis for referring children to the Children's Hearings system and various changes to the operation of the Children's Hearings system.
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Implementation of the Child's or Young Person's Plan: Guidance for local areas on ensuring all children appearing at a Hearing have a plan by December 2007
Date: 1st February 2007
Category: Policies & procedures
Author: Scottish GovernmentDocument intended to help agencies prepare for implementing the requirements for Getting it Right for Every Child.
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Getting it right for every child: Guidance on the Child's or Young Person's Plan
Date: 31st January 2007
Category: Policies & procedures
Author: Scottish GovernmentThis document supports the implementation of Getting it Right for Every Child providing a framework for planning and action to help improve outcomes for children in Scotland.
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Big Words and Big Tables
Date: 3rd April 2006
Category: Policies & procedures, Respect for the views of the child
Author: Scottish GovernmentThis study examines children and young people's experiences of advocacy within the Children's Hearings System and how advocacy support could be improved.
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GIRFEC - Children and young people's experiences of advocacy support and participation in the Children's Hearings System: Big Words and Big Tables
Date: 3rd April 2006
Category: Policies & procedures, Respect for the views of the child
Author: Scottish ExecutiveResearch into children and young people's views on advocacy in the children's hearings system.
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GIRFEC - Proposals for Action: Consultation with Children and Young People
Date: 1st March 2006
Category: Policies & procedures, Respect for the views of the child
Author: Scottish GovernmentAnalysis of the responses of children and young people to the Getting it right for every child proposals.
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