Gareth Allen, The Third Sector Unit Mike Mawby, The Better Life Chances Unit

1. Getting it right for every child Implementation, the proposed Bill and the role of the Third Sector Gareth Allen, The Third Sector Unit Mike Mawby, The Better Life Chances Unit John MacDonald CVS, Falkirk and District

2. Setting the Scene This session aims to: • Help you discuss what the proposals and proposed Bill might mean for you • Consider what the role of the third sector is in implementation • Identify the opportunities and challenges to involvement

3. What We Want To See Happen • Quicker flow of relevant quality information for an appropriate reason and with consent wherever possible; • Increased trust among professionals; • Children and families more engaged + understand better the who, the what and the why – and their respective roles; • Prevention work being undertake: effective evidence based interventions especially but not exclusively in early years; • Children not falling out of our radar (national + local need); • Reduced bureaucracy for children and families/resources released; • Outcomes focused planning and review; • Rights made real for children and young people.

4. GIRFEC Programme Board Five Key Implementation Priorities • Identifying a Named Person for every child and young person in the universal services; • Identifying protocols and governance for Lead Professional; • Supporting partnerships to take a proportionate approach to managing all concerns and risks; • Redesign business processes to secure a single planning process for all children and young people supporting a single plan; • Ensuring the use of the National Practice Model.

5. Ministers’ Aspirations for Children’s Services • Effective early years support • Prevention and early intervention • Supporting parents effectively • Delivered child centred support and services • Recognising the rights of children and young people www.scotland.gov.uk/gettingitright

6. So What is Proposed in Legislation? • Arrangements to be put in place for every child to have a named person; • Obligation to work to improve wellbeing (defined); • Arrangements to be put in place to support a single planning process and one child’s Plan; • Duty on all public service to cooperate to improve wellbeing; • Duty to report on how children’s outcomes are being improved.

7. The Falkirk experience CHILDREN’S COMMISSION : STRATEGY LOCALITY CO-ORDINATION : DELIVERY CHILDREN’S SERVICES HUB : PLANNING THE ROLE OF CVS FALKIRK & FORUM : PARTNERSHIP

8. Voluntary sector LOCALITIES MAG x 6 EARLY INTERVENTION Social Work Education Health Ed Psych CLD Housing Police Churches ‘Locally Available Services’ and ‘Centrally Co-ordinated Services’ Monitor Commission Central Services Access to Out of Authority Services Access To Centrally Coordinated Services Joint Training CENTRAL HUB Joint Training Research SDS

9. The proposed national project • A scoping group involving Voluntary Action Scotland is developing proposals for a national project to strengthen the contribution of the third sector to improving outcomes for children and young people through GIRFEC, particularly through local partnership working. • With the announcement of the Early Years and Early Intervention Change Programme, the focus of the proposals has been expanded to encompass supporting the third sector’s contribution to the change programme at a local level.

10. The proposed national project What might be provided: • Model good practice at CPP level • Share learning • Provide practical support to Third Sector interfaces Your involvement is crucial.