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Let’s Work Together – A Child’s Plan

Children, young people, and families sometimes need support. This might mean making a child’s plan for the child or young person so that everyone helping them knows what needs to happen. The plan will include what their family, community and services can offer. The Child’s Plan will include what actions are needed and who will do what.

The plan could be made by a single organisation which is single agency support or when different organisations work together, it is called multi agency support. Everyone involved should use all their skills and experience to meet the child or young person’s needs.

The plan should be in the child or young person’s best interests and respect their rights.

Click the links below for more information…

Support For Children, Young People and Families

When should a child’s plan be made?

When a child or young person has a wellbeing need, staff or practitioners who work the child or young person should ask these 5 questions: 5 GIRFEC Questions

  • What is getting in the way of wellbeing?
  • Do I have all the information I need to help?
  • What can I do now to help?
  • What can my service do now to help?
  • What other help is needed from others?

An assessment of wellbeing should list anything in the child or young person’s life which might affect their physical, mental, or emotional wellbeing. This will help to arrange the best support for the child or young person.

The National Practice Model is a way for workers to find out if a child or young person needs support for their wellbeing. Information will be gathered from different professionals, and the child or young person and their family: National Practice Model – Scot Gov

The child’s plan will look at strengths, needs and risks. It will have actions from plans the child had before this one. This is a solution oriented way of having a meeting: Solution Oriented Meeting Leaflet

The Better Meetings Guide is also helpful :

The assessment will also include these tools: Tools for Assessment

My World Triangle 2023: My World Triangle

Resilience Matrix 2023: Resilience Matrix

Click here to find out about the Wellbeing Wheel: Wellbeing Wheel

The child or young person and their family can choose if they would like help in getting support – Moray Children’s Rights Service – Quarriers

Information from the Alliance

Alliance YouTube video – Child’s Planning

Wellbeing Co-ordinator and Child’s Planning

The Wellbeing Co-ordinators provide advice, support and guidance to the named person, lead professional and Team around the Child to ensure that all available supports for children, young people and their families are explored and accessed. The Wellbeing Co-ordinators can be contacted at any point during the Child’s Planning process or even before for support and guidance. They can also attend Child’s Planning meetings to offer support if this is helpful to the process. Wellbeing Co-ordinator email: wellbeingcoordinator@moray.gov.uk

Who Is The Named Person or Key Professional For You?

Named Person

From birth to beginning primary school the Health Visitor or Family Nurse is usually the named person.

Education services in primary and secondary school provide the named person service for school aged children and young people. This can be the Head Teacher, Depute or Principal Teacher.

See here for: Named Person Information

If a child or young person and their family needs a multi-agency child’s plan a lead professional should be arranged. Any professional supporting child or young person could become the lead professional.

Lead Professional

The lead professional will have a key role in making the child’s plan work. The lead professional works with a named person if a family would like this and all the other practitioners involved in the child’s plan.

The lead professional will:

  • Be a point of contact with the child and their family to make sure the plan is working.
  • Be a point of contact for all workers who are delivering support.
  • Make sure that the support matches the child’s plan.
  • Ask people to work as a team.

The child, young person and their family along with all professionals involved must make sure the plan moves forward. It should be checked so it meets the needs of the child, young person and family.

See here for: Lead Professional Information

National Guidance For Professionals

Click on the links below to read the Scottish Government’s information

Role of the named person: Role of the named person – Scot Gov

Role of the lead professional: Role of the lead professional – Scot Gov

Child’s Plan: Child’s Plan in GIRFEC – Scot Gov

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