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Getting it right for every child: guidance on the child’s or young person’s plan
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This guidance on the child's or young person’s plan sets out the structure of the plan as intended in 'Getting it right for every child'. The plan has been designed to help all practitioners and staff working with children and families in any organisation in the community think about the needs of a child or young person. The child’s plan is the core of the approach to meeting the needs of children as set out in Getting it right for every child. This guidance is the first of a set of tools for practitioners, which will be developed and improved in the light of experience and developing legislation.
Transitions evaluation
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The findings of an 18-month evaluation of three pilot initiatives financed by the Scottish Executive Education Department (SEED) and implemented in three local authorities: North Lanarkshire, East Ayrshire and Glasgow City are presented. The pilots aimed to improve the transition between primary and secondary school. Although the pilots were designed primarily to support teaching and curricular transition, they also recognised the social and pastoral issues involved, and adopted teaching and learning strategies suited to the needs of pupils.
Growing up in Scotland: use of childcare by parents of young children
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This Research Findings examines the use of childcare for both the baby and toddler cohorts of the Growing Up in Scotland study (GUS) longitudinal research project, and how cost, type, mix of formal and informal provision, duration and childcare preferences vary according to parents’ socioeconomic circumstances. Differences in attitudes towards employment and childcare are also explored.
Growing up in Scotland: pregnancy, birth and early parenting
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Parents’ expectations and experiences of pregnancy, birth and the first few months of parenting are presented as part of the Growing Up in Scotland study (GUS) longitudinal research project aimed at tracking the lives of a cohort of Scottish children from the early years, through childhood and beyond.
Growing up in Scotland: sources of formal and informal support for parents of young children
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report is part of the Growing Up in Scotland study (GUS) is longitudinal research project and looks at the potential sources of support that parents of young children might draw on for help with parenting and childcare or for information and advice about child-related issues. Mapping parental perceptions of the range of sources of support available to them contributes to the knowledge base available to those developing and assessing policies and services designed to support parenting. Specific attention is paid to parents’ informal sources of support including, in particular, the child’s grandparents. Data detailing sources of advice on issues of child health and behaviour, and attendance at mother and toddler/baby groups and parenting classes are also presented.
Scottish Executive response to recommendations made in the report 'Moving forward: review of NHS wheelchair and seating services in Scotland'
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive.
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 25p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The Scottish Executive welcomes the independent Review of the NHS Wheelchair and Seating Service, 'Moving Forward – Review of NHS Wheelchair and Seating Services in Scotland: March 2006', as a comprehensive critique of existing services from the viewpoint of users and carers. The Executive’s response addresses the 40 recommendations. A number of linked/parallel policy initiatives which support the implementation of recommendations have also been identified.
Growing up in Scotland: summary of findings from year 1
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive Social research
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Growing Up in Scotland (GUS) is based on a cohort or longitudinal design involving the recruitment of a 'panel' of children (and their families) who will be revisited on a number of occasions over an extended period of time. Members of the panel were identified in the first instance from Child Benefit records. Interviews with the main carer (usually the birth mother) covered a wide range of topics including pregnancy, birth and early parenting, formal and informal sources of support for parents, childcare, child health and development and parental health.
Looked after children and young people: we can and must do better
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 60p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
A report from a working group set up by the Scottish Executive to consider the educational outcomes for looked after children and young people is presented. The report is the outcome of meetings between November 2005 and June 2006, and sets out 19 specific and targeted actions under five key themes: working together; becoming effective life long learners, developing into successful and responsible adults, being emotionally, mentally and physically healthy, and feeling safe and nurtured in a home setting. The report highlights and addresses 8 notable messages: the importance of the corporate parent role, the need to raise awareness of the educational needs of looked after children and young people and improve training for all foster carers, residential workers, lead professionals, support workers and associated professionals, the need for clarity regarding the role and responsibilities of the designated person within schools and residential establishments, the importance of providing flexible and appropriate support before, during and post transitions, the importance of physical, mental and emotional health and wellbeing in facilitating positive educational outcomes, the need for good quality accommodation, which supports the education, training or employment of looked after children and young people, the importance of clear advice and a range of emotional, practical and financial support for looked after young people as they make the transition to adulthood/ independent living, and the importance of stability and continuity within education and care settings.
Changing lives: the 21st Century Social Work Review: local practitioners forum toolkit
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This document provide information for use by frontline professional practitioners in putting together and launching local practitioners forums in support of the 21st Century Social Work Review. Its contents are for adaptation and use as local conditions require.
Delivering for mental health using self-help in primary care and community based services: a guide to everyday service delivery for mild to moderate psychological problems: lessons from the Doing Well by People with Depression programme
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 37p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This guide is an interactive practical approach to setting up supported self-help services for the treatment of psychological problems in a primary care/community-based setting. It has been taken from the learning and the evaluation of the Doing Well by People with Depression programme funded by the former Centre for Change and Innovation (now the Improvement and Support Team). Reasons for implementing a service are outlined along with definitions of self-help.