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My turn to talk? the participation of looked after and accommodated children in decision-making concerning their care: full report
- Author:
- CHILDREN IN SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 82p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Successful participation in decision-making can be particularly hard for looked after and accommodated children (as well as for the professionals and adult decision-makers in their lives). This qualitative research study was undertaken to ascertain the meaning and manifestations of 'children’s participation in decision-making' in two Scottish local authorities (one urban, one rural). In-depth interviews were conducted with looked after children, social workers, reviewing officers and children’s rights officers. This work focuses on the feelings and views of looked after and accommodated children and considers of both day-to-day participation in decision making and participation in formal meetings about placement, parental contact and other major issues in the lives of these children. It also includes the perceptions of the key professionals working with these children. This study’s aims were to explore looked after children’s views on, and experiences of, participation in meetings and more generally, to identify methods used to help looked after children have input and assess how well these methods work according to key stakeholders, and make recommendations on ways to help children have input into decision-making concerning their care.
Building strong foundations: opening up
- Author:
- PARTNERS IN CHANGE PROJECT
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 60p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This guide is the first part of the Building Strong Foundations Toolkit, which is part of the support from the Scottish Executive to encourage greater participation by people who use health services and the public in the NHS in Scotland. It has been compiled by the Partners in Change project and draws on ideas and experiences contributed by many people across Scotland. This guide is about working in partnership at different levels including partnership between an individual, her friends and family, and the staff involved in her care and treatment, partnership between users of a particular service and the people who work in that service, and partnership between the wider public and the people who plan and manage health services.
Building strong foundations: involving people in the NHS
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. The Scottish Executive Involving People Team
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 149p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This document forms part of the commitment within ‘Patient Focus and Public Involvement’ published in December 2001 by the Scottish Executive Health Department, to publish a ‘toolkit’ of approaches to facilitate involving people in the NHS. Different approaches to involvement are discussed. These approaches include action planning, advocacy, art work and other creative means, choices, citizen's juries and panels, comment and complaints cards, community profiling, opinion polls and referenda, design game, e-consultation, exhibitions, focus groups, future search, interviews, internet, leaflets, local sustainability model, nonimal group technique, open space technology, opinionmeter, parish maps, participatory appraisal, lay representatives, patient participation groups, person centred planning, planning for real, priority search, public meetings, round table workshops, social auditing, story dialogue, surveys, think tanks, and volunteering.
Delivering for health: delivering for mental health national standards for crisis services
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Standards for crisis response and resolution services to reduce hospital admissions and repeat admissions are presented. The standards cover access and availability, planning and delivering support, promoting equality and respecting diversity, resolution and discharge, service user involvement, supporting and involving carers, training and workforce development, and working with communities.
National programme for improving mental health and well-being small research projects initiative 2005-06: how can community services support mental health and well-being?
- Author:
- Connor Anne
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
A study to identify the experiences and views of people with serious mental health problems, and of members of other community groups(which were likely to include people who had mental health problems), about what keeps them well and ways in which community services can support people’s mental health and wellbeing is presented. The study involved a series of group interviews, planned and led by people who had personal experience of mental health problems.
Disability equality scheme
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive.
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 220p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The Scottish Executive's Disability Equality Scheme is presented. The Scheme outlines how, as an organisation, the Scottish Executive intends to approach their goals for disability equality, and emphasises the need to involve disabled people in policy development and to make sure that the needs and wants of disabled people are understood. The disability equality scheme contains 12 chapters covering the context of the Scottish Executive’s approach to disability equality, how disabled people have been involved in the development of the scheme and how involvement with be strengthened during the life span of the scheme, the approach to disability equality impact assessment, the Scottish Executive corporate functions and how disability equality will be taken forward in these areas, including information gathering, and departmental action plans.
Engaging children and young people in community planning; community planning advice note
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 39p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
As part of their work in building a picture of the views and concerns of communities, Community Planning Partnerships should be developing an awareness of the diverse needs of the children and young people in their area. This responsibility is shared by all members of the Partnership and all services, not just those traditionally recognised as having a role in working with children and young people. This Advice Note sets out why engagement is so important and looks at the factors which contribute to effective engagement planning and activity.
Report of the disability working group
- Author:
- WITCHER Sally
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 69p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report presents the recommendations of the Scottish Executive’s Equality Unit's Disability Working Group (DWG). The recommendations are aimed not just at the Scottish Executive but also at local authorities, employers, educators, community care providers and others. The overarching themes identified covered attitudes and actions (including raising awareness campaigns, disability equality training and recognising diversity), institutions and their operations (including implementing the Disability Equality Duty), and disabled people’s lives (including independent living, accessible and inclusive communication and promoting full citizenship). These themes are discussed under subject areas of education, employment, community care, health and poverty.
Getting it right for every child: proposals for action: analysis of consultation responses
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 126p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The consultation document getting it right for every child: proposals for action, which was published on 21 June 2005, identified three main areas for improvement: Improving and unifying the services for children, strengthening the children’s hearings system and modernising the children’s hearings system. The consultation document asked for respondents’ views about 23 specific proposals relating to these broad themes. In addition to the 23 specific proposals respondents were asked for their views on four more open ended questions on particular issues. These specific questions concerned the integrated assessment, records and planning framework, the role of safeguarders and arrangements for supporting panel members.
Getting it right for every child: proposals for action: consultation with children and young people
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The consultation document getting it right for every child: proposals for action, which was published on 21 June 2005, identified three main areas for improvement: Improving and unifying the services for children, strengthening the children’s hearings system and modernising the children’s hearings system. This report 'Getting it right for every child: proposals for action: consultation with children and young people' details the group events carried out with children and young people. The work was carried out independently on behalf of the Scottish Executive. The views expressed are those of the children and young people who took part.