Early and Effective Intervention & The Children & Young People (Scotland) Bill

1. Early and Effective Intervention &The Children & Young People (Scotland) Bill

2. Aims for today:Improving outcomes for children who offend • Shared and Supportive Learning Event. • Joint approach to help shape future practice in EEI. • Test thinking, language and highlight opportunities and challenges of Legislation • Inform National Guidance

3. Children & Young People (Scotland) Bill Wide ranging scope: • Children’s Rights • Children’s Commissioner • Children’s Services Planning • Elements of GIRFEC • Early Learning & Childcare • Corporate Parenting • Aftercare • Support for Kinship Care • Adoption Register

4. Children & Young People (Scotland) Bill • Introduced to Scottish Parliament April 2013 • Passed Stage 3 on Wednesday 19th February (Royal assent mid March). • Commencement of first provisions expected to be August 2014 • Phased commencement of other provisions • GIRFEC provisions expected to commence Summer 2016

5. Children & Young People (Scotland) Bill - 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

6. Elements of GIRFEC:Outline of Proposed Provisions Part 4. Named Person • Section 25 – duty to help the named person • Section 26 – information sharing • Section 27 – disclosure of information

7. Elements of GIRFEC:Outline of Proposed Provisions Part 5. Child’s Plan • Section 32 – content • Section 33 – preparation (including subsection (6) “ascertain and have regard to the views of child & parent”) • Section 36 – delivery • Section 37 - management

8. Elements of GIRFEC:Outline of Proposed Provisions Part 13. General • Section 74 – promote, support and safeguard wellbeing Part 12. Other Reforms • Section 73 – consideration of wellbeing in exercising certain functions Part 3. Children’s Services Planning • Section 8 – requirement to prepare children’s services plan • Section 13 – reporting on children’s services plan

9. What does it mean for EEI? Named Person considerations • A Named Person from universal services for every child • How will parents and children/young people know? • Who else needs to know? And how? • What will the functions be? What will they NOT be? • What about sick leave and school holidays? Staff changes? • Supporting the Named Person. • Involving parents/children/young people • Consideration of arrangements for special groups

10. What does it mean for EEI?The Child’s Plan • Child’s Plan in the context of the National Practice Model ‘For every child who needs one’ • When should a child have a Child’s Plan? EEI Targeted Intervention? • What will it contain? • How will it be managed? When will it transfer? • Role of Lead Professional • What about disagreements? • What about other plans?

11. What does it mean for EEI?Wellbeing considerations • Definition of wellbeing • How can SHANARRI be used to safeguard, support and promote wellbeing? • How can it be used to identify outcomes within EEI context? • Links to Children’s Services Planning provisions • Implications for services and service providers • Children’s services • Adult and other services

12. What next? • Implementation ongoing • Govt Support to Community Planning Partnerships • Statutory Guidance is produced on powers and duties arising from the Act. • Guidance will explain how those powers and duties should be exercised. • An obligation to ‘have regard to’ guidance

13. Statutory & Non-Statutory Guidance Considerations • Collaborative process • Structure • Audience, Tone & Level of detail • Quality assurance • Fit for purpose • Iterative Process - Who else can help? • Formal Consultation – Autumn 2014

14. Children & Young People (Scotland) Bill: Timescale for Guidance Development

15. Early and Effective InterventionOutcomes & Wellbeing

16. Elements of GIRFEC:Outline of Proposed Provisions Part 13. General • Section 74 – promote, support and safeguard wellbeing Part 12. Other Reforms • Section 73 – consideration of wellbeing in exercising certain functions

17. Elements of GIRFEC:Part 3. Children’s Services Planning Sections 8 & 9 - Children’s services plan (1) A children’s services plan is to be prepared with a view to securing • (a) that children’s services in the area concerned are provided in the way which— • (i) best safeguards, supports and promotes the wellbeing of children in the area concerned, • (ia) ensures that any action to meet needs is taken at the earliest appropriate time and that, where appropriate, action is taken to prevent needs arising, • (ii) is most integrated from the point of view of recipients, • (iii) constitutes the most efficient use of available resources, • (b) that related services in the area concerned are provided in the way which, so far as consistent with the objects and proper delivery of the service concerned, safeguards, supports and promotes the wellbeing of children in the area concerned.

18. Elements of GIRFEC:Part 3. Children’s Services Planning Section 12 • Implementation of children’s services plan (1) During the period to which a children’s services plan relates, the persons mentioned in subsection (2) must, so far as reasonably practicable, provide children’s services and relevant services in the area of the local authority in accordance with the plan.

19. Our challenge

20. Whilst ensuring……….

21. Contact Details Barry Blair GIRFEC Team Scottish Government Area 2B-North, Victoria Quay Edinburgh EH6 6QQ 07841761622 Barry.Blair@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

22. Early and Effective InterventionNational Update Jim Devoy and Jill McAfee

23. Scottish Government / WSA Update. EEI Champions Group:Framework for Core Elements National Menu of Options Learning and Development Strategy

24. Core Elements - Key Proposals

25. Core Elements - Key Proposals

26. Menu of Options for Decision Making • Police Direct Measures • Restorative Justice Intervention • Support from Health/ Education/ Social Work • Substance Misuse intervention • Referral to SCRA (and in exceptional circumstances PF) • No further Formal Action

27. Learning & Development Strategy • Training should be tiered – induction to key aspects of a role in EEI, awareness raising of EEI principles, EEI for Strategic Managers. • Included in training – implementation of Core Elements, information sharing, performance management. • How – through single or multi agency network events & seminars, E-modules, fact sheets and briefing papers from CYCJ.

28. Forward Look • Revise National Guidance based on work stream reports • Learning & Development strategy in conjunction with CYCJ • Work with Care Inspectorate • Young Person, Family & Victim focus • Diversion from Prosecution • Implementation Support • What else………. Your chance to contribute?

29. Contact Details Jim Devoy Youth Justice Scottish Government Area 2A-North, Victoria Quay Edinburgh EH6 6QQ 0131 244 7260 Jim.Devoy@scotland.gsi.gov.uk Jill McAfee Centre for Youth & Criminal Justice Lord Hope Building Strathclyde University Glasgow G4 OLT 07972773860 Jill.McAfee@strath.ac.uk