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• The real willingness for 16 and 17 year olds to be kept away from the criminal justice system and look at diversional measures • The ACPOS lead on GIRFEC was expected to be ACC Allan Moffat, in order to capture the preventive aspect of GIRFEC. In discussion it was suggested that the consistent rate of 88% of referrals from the police should be more evenly spread if early intervention were happening and it would be possible to look at the differences in referral rates in each local authority area, which were available through the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA). It was suggested that it might therefore be a good measure of how implementation of GIRFEC is progressing. The importance of linking in with housing personnel was also raised, as they are often the only ones going into a house. Mike Foulis observed that there was work to extend the Whole Systems Approach across the country and beyond offence referrals, and that there seemed to be agreement that, where the approach was implemented, it had been effective in reducing timescales and the number of referrals. 3.5 Third sector Carole Patrick highlighted that there was lots of good practice to build on and work going on around how to link the Supporting Third Sector Embedding of GIRFEC Locally National Project with the Early Years Change Fund. Gareth Allen reported that the meeting of the Supporting Third Sector Embedding of GIRFEC Locally National Project Scoping Group on 14 March would focus on the delivery mechanism for the project, which would allow an update on this to be made to the board in June. GIRPB/06/02 Action: Update the board on the delivery mechanism for the Supporting Third Sector Embedding of GIRFEC Locally National Project. 3.6 Meeting of NHS Change Managers (CEL 29) Yvonne Strachan 26 June 2012 John Froggatt reported that the meeting of NHS Change Managers on 29 February had been attended by 12 of the 14 territorial health boards and all of the special health boards, indicating a good level of buy-in. The group had received updates on the policy context for GIRFEC, progress on implementation (which raised awareness of the support available), GIRFEC in the context of the NHS, the Maturity Model and the Children’s Services Bill consultation. There was also feedback from each of the Change Managers on the challenges within their own areas, the insight from the special 4
oards for instance suggesting that support to them from the GIRFEC team would be particularly important. The group had agreed to continue to meet and that the next meeting would be more structured to address specific issues. Ralph Roberts commented that four of the main themes that had come out of the updates from Change Managers had been: engaging with other services, such as maternity and adult services; information sharing and paperwork; culture; and training. 3.7 Scrutiny of children’s services Phil Raines updated the board on the current position with regard to scrutiny of children’s services, highlighting: • The current round of inspections was due to come to an end in June 2012 • The methodology for the new integrated children’s services inspections was being developed by the Care Inspectorate, based on GIRFEC principles • Testing would take place in Angus during April and May to develop the methodology further • There would be six or seven pilots of the new methodology, starting in July • There would be consultation around the country on the new inspections during April and May. 4. Update on legislation Phil Raines provided an update to the board on children’s legislation. Two key pieces of legislation had been announced: the Rights of Children and Young People Bill, for which the Scottish Government response to the consultation was still pending; and the Children’s Services Bill, which had been the focus of work over the past couple of months and looked likely to be called the Children and Young People Bill. This second bill would be a vehicle for implementing GIRFEC and introducing practical changes in the delivery of services. Current thinking was that the consultation on the policy behind the services bill was likely to take place after local authority elections with a view to the production of a draft bill in spring 2013. 5. Programme Board Action Plan Martin Crewe presented the progress report on the board’s Action Plan (GIRPB/05/04), stressing that he would be looking for Programme Board leads to be reporting personally to the board at future meetings. He invited comments on the progress report. The following points were raised in discussion: • In response to the challenge identified in Objective 1 around the Community of Practice, it was suggested the change that GIRPB/06/02 5
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