PLEASE NOTE, THE NEW GETTING IT RIGHT FOR EVERY CHILD GUIDANCE AND CHILD PROTECTION PROCEDURES IS NOW AVAILABLE HERE:
Highland Child Protection and GIRFEC Guidance 2024 – Update Dec 24 – V2
THE APP ENABLES YOU TO ACCESS THE PROCEDURES QUICKLY ON A MOBILE DEVICE AND CAN BE ADDED TO YOUR DESKTOP TO RECEIVE UPDATES IMMEDIATELY.
TO ADD THE APP TO A MOBILE DEVICE, DOWNLOAD THE RIGHT DECISIONS APP AND SEARCH FOR ‘HIGHLAND CHILD PROTECTION’. FULL INSTRUCTIONS ARE AVAILABLE BELOW:
STEP BY STEP INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS HCPC-GIRFEC-guidance-Child-Protection-procedures-mobile-Step-by-Step-Guide-2024.pdf
TO ADD THE APP TO YOUR DESKTOP AND SAVE IT IN ‘FAVOURITES’, CLICK ON https://bit.ly/HighlandGIRFECandCPP2024
Specific Policies and Guidance documents are available in the sections below.
Preparing for a meeting? Use the Better Meetings guide to help make it child and young person friendly – Better Meetings – Social Work Practitioner’s Guide 2
Working with under 5s? All children have a right to have their views heard. This guide gives you tools to interact with our youngest children: CONSULTING WITH OUR YOUNGEST CHILDREN TOOLKIT
The Scottish Government and Parent Club have produced some useful resources for families. These are available here.
There are also lots of helpful resources on the following sites:
Neurodevelopmental info (the Pines) – https://www.thepineshighland.com/
Further information for children and families is available in relation to the Equal Protection from Assault Legislation (Scotland)