1. Children & Young People (Scotland) Act Briefing on GIRFEC Provisions Lynn Townsend Education /Implementation Lead Scottish Government GIRFEC Team

3. Children & Young People (Scotland) Act - GIRFEC
GIRFEC policy unchanged – on-going refining and updating
Legislation – only aspects of the policy
Named Person
Child’s Plan
Wellbeing
Why legislate?
Increase pace of change
Improve consistency across Scotland

4. Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014
Introduced April 2013
Passed February 2014
Royal Assent March 2014
Commencement:
Early education and child care hours - summer 2014
GIRFEC duties – planning for August 2016

5. GIRFEC Duties in the Act: Part 18. General Section 96
GIRFEC Duties in the Act: Part 18. General Section 96. assessment of wellbeing
Wellbeing defined – 8 indicators
Safe
Healthy
Achieving
Nurtured
Active
Respected
Responsible
Included

6. GIRFEC Duties in the Act: Part 4. Named Person
Named Person for every child
Arrangements 0-5 / 5-18
Information on arrangements
Support for the Named Person – Schedule 2 Relevant Authorities
Information Sharing
Key duties on local authority / health boards/ independent schools / Scottish Prison Service
Other public bodies will have duty to cooperate and support

7. Named Person service Providing a Named Person service
identify a suitable Named Person
support the role of Named Person
make known the arrangements for Named Person - including holidays
put in place information sharing arrangements – by/with NP
develop partnership arrangements to support the NP functions

8. GIRFEC Duties in the Act: Part 5. Child’s Plan
Requirement to draw up a plan – ‘targeted intervention’
Content of the plan – Minimum Data Set
Preparation of the plan
Responsibility to prepare
Responsibility to manage – Lead Professional
Assistance with the plan – Schedule 3 Listed Authorities

9. Guidance Timeline Commencement August 2016
March Outline Guidance issued
July - November – engagement and informal consultation
Dec - Jan –review and preparation for formal consultation
February – April 2015 – formal consultation
August 2015 – issue final draft statutory guidance
Commencement August 2016

10. Next steps? Move from policy implementation to compliance with Act
Review systems and practice
Use national guidance to develop local protocols and guidance
Update training and workforce skills - general / specific
Communicate with parents and children
Strengthen partnership arrangements and agreements
Systems and practice change – not a smooth process

11. Support for Implementation
National Implementation Support Group (NISG)
overview of progress
learning events
materials
National GIRFEC Team
development of statutory guidance / other guidance
links to CPPs / national / professional groups
‘bespoke’ materials

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13. Discussion points
How far has implementation proceeded in your CPP/service?
What are the key issues emerging?
What are the key issues for children with sensory impairment?
What needs to change in your current practice to move towards full implementation?
What would help you develop ?