What GIRFEC means
For children, young people and their families:
- They will feel confident about the help they are getting.
- They understand what is happening and why.
- They have been listened to carefully and their wishes have been heard and understood.
- They are appropriately involved in discussions and decisions that affect them.
- They can rely on appropriate help being available as soon as possible.
- They will have experienced a more streamlined and co-ordinated response from practitioners.
For practitioners:
- Putting the child or young person at the centre and developing a shared understanding within and across agencies.
- Using common tools, language and processes, considering the child or young person as a whole, and promoting closer working where necessary with other practitioners.
For managers in children's and adult services:
- Providing leadership and strategic support to implement the changes in culture, systems and practice required within and across agencies to implement Getting It Right For Every Child.
- Planning for the transition as staff in agencies move from the current working processes to the new child-centred processes.