Children and young people will be empowered and directly involved in their Audits of plans will show On-going HoASS AMBER child’s personal planning. evidence of views in 98% of children’s plans. Practitioners will be asked to ensure that all plans include comments from children and young people and that where this is not possible, observations are made and interpreted as to the feelings and emotional states of the children/young people. There will be evidence in plans of creative and innovative ways of gaining the views of children and young people who may find it hard to communicate verbally eg through the use of signers, talking mats, observations etc. Opportunities for engagement with children and young people at all levels will be Evaluation report By December 2014 HCF and GREEN created and taken. Initially engagement with children through the Highland Policy Officer Forum will be organised, as part of the formal evaluation of the Highland Children’s Practice Model. Children and young people will be involved in consultations and engagement with Evidence of engagement with children, On-going HPM Group AMBER service providers, to help develop and shape policy and practice. young people and their parents/carers, Opportunities for engagement with children and young people at all levels will be will be reported to the Leadership created and taken. Initially engagement with children through the Highland group termly. will be organised as part of the formal evaluation of the Highland Children’s Forum Practice Model. In addition, Practitioner Engagement will also inform children’s views Re-launch the HPM guidance, once this has been updated to take account of Guidance updated By October 2014 PO Social GREEN Care changes in structures and emphasise the need to include the child/young person at every stage. This will be emphasised with team leaders and managers. Progress since last plan Evaluation of HPM by Policy Officer and Highland – Child’s Plans ongoing, led Children’s Forum Final evaluation and future priorities FHC4 Outcome (12) Families are valued as important contributors and work as equal partners to ensure positive outcomes for
Children and young people will be empowered and directly involved in their personal planning. Practitioners will be asked to ensure that all plans include comments from children and young people and that where this is not possible, observations are made and interpreted as to the feelings and emotional states of the children/young people. There will be evidence in plans of creative and innovative ways of gaining the views of children and young people who may find it hard to communicate verbally eg through the use of signers, talking mats, observations etc. Audits of child’s plans will show evidence of children’s views in 98% of plans. On-going HoASS AMBER Opportunities for engagement with children and young people at all levels will be created and taken. Initially engagement with children through the Highland Children’s Forum will be organised, as part of the formal evaluation of the Highland Practice Model. Evaluation report By December 2014 HCF and Policy Officer GREEN Children and young people will be involved in consultations and engagement with service providers, to help develop and shape policy and practice. Opportunities for engagement with children and young people at all levels will be created and taken. Initially engagement with children through the Highland Children’s Forum will be organised as part of the formal evaluation of the Highland Practice Model. In addition, Practitioner Engagement will also inform children’s views Evidence of engagement with children, young people and their parents/carers, will be reported to the Leadership group termly. On-going HPM Group AMBER Re-launch the HPM guidance, once this has been updated to take account of changes in structures and emphasise the need to include the child/young person at every stage. This will be emphasised with team leaders and managers. Guidance updated By October 2014 PO Social Care GREEN Progress since last plan Evaluation of HPM – Child’s Plans ongoing, led by Policy Officer and Highland Children’s Forum Final evaluation and future priorities FHC4 Outcome (12) Families are valued as important contributors and work as equal partners to ensure positive outcomes for
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