1. Partnership Working in the Western Isles Ag Obair Comhla airson nan Eilean Christine Lapsley SALT Manager NHS Sue MacDonald LS Manager CNES

2. Partnership An arrangement between two or more groups, individuals or agencies to work together to achieve common aims Usually more successful than individual efforts as have greater range of ideas, knowledge, skills, resources

3. Key Principles Trust Open & honest Shared goals/values Communicate Coordinate/planning Cooperate Collaborative advantage

4. Who are the Partners? Pupils Parents Schools Allied Health Professionals Children & Families Team Health Visitors/Public Health Nurses CAMHS Voluntary Sector Advocacy

5. Building an Effective Partnership Clear understanding of roles & responsibilities Communication Trust Joint planning Accountability Mutually supportive Critical Friend

6. Barriers to an Effective Partnership No clear boundaries Reluctance to share information/data Time to commit Misconceptions/previous experience Different philosophies Training Personalities

7. Quote Coming together is a beginning; Keeping together is progress; Working together is success Henry Ford

8. Western Isles Context Geography Population decline Rationalisation/new schools Learning Communities/Health Areas ASL Act

10. Challenges!

11. Purpose Improved outcomes for children & young people Joint Assessment Joint Planning Joint Training Coordination of support through education & therapeutic interventions

12. Collaboration Strategic level/Agency level School level Individual child level

13. Communication Meetings AHPs Heads of Service Operational management Resources Transparency Planning Future developments

14. HELS Health/Learning Support & others Local group supporting implementation of Guidance on Partnership Working Consider policies, guidelines & procedures Consider impact on other agencies

15. Training Deliver joint training INSET Share training opportunities

16. Meetings HT meetings LS meetings Transition meetings Meeting Learning Needs Questionnaire

17. Pre-ScAT Partnership to support 0-5 with ASN Multi-agency Child’s Meeting Well-being Indicators Positive evaluations Development of relationships

18. Early Years Collaborative Framework for Partnership Baseline Assessment Motor programme for 3-5s Fine motor programme Attachment Communication

19. Why it works Shared vision Maximise resources Professional respect Reflective partners Critical Friends Supportive Aiming for the best

20. To think about……. Alone we can do so little Together we can do so much Helen Keller