Core components

What are the Core Components of Getting it right for every child?

A Focus on improving outcomes for children, young people and their families based on a shared understanding of well-being.

An integral role for children, young people and families and those with a relevant interest in reaching the decisions that affect children’s lives as part of assessment, planning and intervention.

Maximising the skilled workforce within universal services to address concerns at the earliest point themselves, where they can, bringing others around them as needed.

A common approach to gaining consent and to sharing information where appropriate.

A co-ordinated and unified approach to identifying concerns, assessing needs, agreeing actions and outcomes based on indicators of well-being.

Streamlined planning, assessment and decision making processes that lead to the right help at the right time for the child.

Consistent high standards of co-operation, joint working and communication, across Scotland, where more than one agency needs to be involved.

A confident and competent workforce in the statutory universal and targeted services as well as the independent sector.

A lead professional to co-ordinate and monitor multi-agency activity, where necessary.

The capacity to share demographic, assessment, planning and outcome information electronically within and across agency boundaries through the national eCare programme where appropriate.