Aim: Assist Parents and carers through parenting support when required Outcome Tasks Success Criteria Staff, Parents/Carers Timescale An increased number and Two new Development Officers for Development Officers and Pat Southall June 2013 wider range of parent/carers Parent and Carer support will be schools have improved Coordinator Parent and have access to parenting appointed to give one per neighbourhood. partnership working to ensure Carer Support.(P&CS) support as required parents/carers have access to information and support. (QI 2.2 Impact on Families Evaluating CYP Services with QIs) All schools will appoint a link member of There will be a clear, mutually Pat Southall - 100% of Secondary as the contact person for agreed pathway for both Development Officers schools by June 2014. Development Officers P&CS, with Development officers and P&CS. 50% of Primary schools specific regard to Support to schools to develop information by Dec 2014 and 100% Parents/carers within their school. and support to parents/carers. by June 2015. (QI 2.2 Impact on Families Evaluating CYP Services with QIs) The Development Officers will support Parent /carers report increased Pat Southall Parent 50% of. schools by Dec. – schools to make parent support access to information at key and Carer support. 2014 information available at transition stages: transition stages and feel more Development Officers Nursery to P.1 connected to the school. P&CS. 100% of schools by P.7 to S.1 June 2015 (QI 5.8 Care, Welfare and Development CATC. HGIOS) Each Nursery class/school will engage in Parents/carers, initially in test Pat Southall – a range of activities to ensure that there is site, and subsequently in 60% of Coordinator P&CS Test site June 2014 – contact prior to children starting Nursery. Nursery classes, report that both Jane Ramage – These could include transition groups, they and their child received the Years Manager. home visits or child planning meetings, support they required during the depending on the needs of individual transition into nursery. Development Officers. children and families. (QI 5.8 Care, Welfare and This will be tested and evaluated with a Development CATC. HGIOS) group of Nurseries in the James Gillespie cluster.
Aim: Assist Parents and carers through parenting support when required Outcome Tasks Success Criteria Staff, Parents/Carers Timescale An increased number and wider range of parent/carers have access to parenting support as required Two new Development Officers for Parent and Carer support will be appointed to give one per neighbourhood. Development Officers and schools have improved partnership working to ensure parents/carers have access to information and support. (QI 2.2 Impact on Families Evaluating CYP Services with QIs) Pat Southall Coordinator Parent and Carer Support.(P&CS) June 2013 All schools will appoint a link member of as the contact person for Development Officers P&CS, with specific regard to Support to Parents/carers within their school. There will be a clear, mutually agreed pathway for both Development officers and schools to develop information and support to parents/carers. (QI 2.2 Impact on Families Evaluating CYP Services with QIs) Pat Southall - Development Officers P&CS. 100% of Secondary schools by June 2014. 50% of Primary schools by Dec 2014 and 100% by June 2015. The Development Officers will support schools to make parent support information available at transition stages: Nursery to P.1 P.7 to S.1 Parent /carers report increased access to information at key transition stages and feel more connected to the school. (QI 5.8 Care, Welfare and Development CATC. HGIOS) Pat Southall – Parent and Carer support. Development Officers P&CS. 50% of. schools by Dec. 2014 100% of schools by June 2015 Each Nursery class/school will engage in a range of activities to ensure that there is contact prior to children starting Nursery. These could include transition groups, home visits or child planning meetings, depending on the needs of individual children and families. This will be tested and evaluated with a group of Nurseries in the James Gillespie cluster. Parents/carers, initially in test site, and subsequently in 60% of Nursery classes, report that both they and their child received the support they required during the transition into nursery. (QI 5.8 Care, Welfare and Development CATC. HGIOS) Pat Southall – Coordinator P&CS Jane Ramage – Years Manager. Development Officers. Test site – June 2014
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