Getting it Right for every Child (GIRFEC) Named Person Presentation for Parents

Curriculum for Excellence Additional Support for Learning (Scotland) Act, 2009 GIRFEC Children and Young People (Scotland) Act, 2014 Legislative Context

 Help make Scotland “the best place in the world to grow up”  Strengthen children and young people’s rights  Improve the services that support and protect children and families Children and Young People (Scotland) Act

 A single point of contact up to 18: for advice, information and support  0-5 years: Maternity and Public Health Visitor  5-18 years: Education Named Person

The big message in the Act is that every child and young person has a right to be: Safe Healthy Achieving Nurtured Active Respected Responsible Included Wellbeing

Safe It is important that you feel safe. Most young people get the help they need to be safe from their families and from people in the community, such as teachers. Some young people need extra help to be safe. But what does all this mean?

Healthy Everyone wants to be healthy. Young people may need advice and support to stay healthy such as eating a healthy diet, sleep, exercise and making positive choices to maintain a healthy lifestyle. They may also need help with their emotional wellbeing.

Active Most young people enjoy doing things which keep them active - being involved in different sports, clubs, music, art etc. Some young people do not get the opportunities to do this and they may need support to participate.

Nurtured All young people need a place where they can feel comfortable and safe and where people really care about them. Sometimes it can be difficult for families to get along and to share feelings with each other.

Achieving Every young person should have opportunities to learn and people who encourage them to do their best.

Respected Most young people have someone they get on well with who listens to their opinions, ideas and anything they have to say. Some young people need extra help to be able to express their views when decisions are being made about them.

Responsible Growing up involves learning to make decisions and sensible choices. Some young people need extra guidance to do this.

Included Every young person should feel accepted by the people in their lives and have someone they can count on. Some young people need extra help to develop and maintain relationships.

Activity Using the Post Its, write the information that you, as a parent, would find useful to find out about the role of Named Person. Do you have any ideas as to how best, we as a local authority, could communicate and share information with you?