The core components of the Getting it right for every child approach
Getting it right for every child is founded on 10 core components which can be applied in any setting and in any circumstance. They are at the heart of the Getting it right for every child approach in practice and provide a benchmark from which practitioners may apply the approach to their areas of work.
- A focus on improving outcomes for children, young people and their families based on a shared understanding of well-being
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- A common approach to gaining consent and to sharing information where appropriate
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- An integral role for children, young people and families in assessment, planning and intervention
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- A co-ordinated and unified approach to identifying concerns, assessing needs, agreeing actions and outcomes, based on the Well-being Indicators
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- Streamlined planning, assessment and decision-making processes that lead to the right help at the right time
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- Consistent high standards of co-operation, joint working and communication where more than one agency needs to be involved, locally and across Scotland
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- A Lead Professional to co-ordinate and monitor multi-agency activity where necessary
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- Maximising the skilled workforce within universal services to address needs and risks at the earliest possible time
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- A confident and competent workforce across all services for children, young people and their families
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- The capacity to share demographic, assessment, and planning information electronically within and across agency boundaries through the national eCare programme where appropriate
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Together the Well-being Indicators and the core components make up the Getting it right for every child approach to meeting the needs of children and young people.
The approach is underpinned by common values and principles and by shared models, tools and practices that are designed to support work with children and young people. (For more information, see A Guide to Getting it right for every child.)
The Getting it right for every child programme is promoting the concept of many journeys leading to one shared destination - to ensure all children and young people achieve their full potential. The necessary alignment across Scotland to deliver a programme of this breadth and magnitude requires a long term commitment which is why we need change on three fronts; culture change, systems change and practice change.
The primary role of the Scottish Government is to support, facilitate and promote change at local level while leading on those areas that require a national solution.
Guidance, training and toolkits will be necessary to support full implementation across all children's services in time. Along this journey there will be scope for testing through pathfinder activity and with learning partners and opportunities to evaluate the process and ensure recurring issues and themes are extracted to share learning and knowledge across Scotland.
The development of an on-line learning community will enable lessons to be shared across professions and for individuals to come together in a spirit of learning.
The aspiration is to ensure that all those working with children, young people and families develop the Getting it right for every child approach in their own organisations, regions and sectors to reflect local circumstances and needs in partnership with others and most importantly, adaptable to the needs of each and every family, child and young person.