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GIRPB/06/02 8. Getting it right for young people David Hunter presented the paper on young people (GIRPB/05/07), highlighting: • The Minister for Children and Young People’s desire to see progress in this part of her portfolio • A paper relating on young people from a More Choices More Chances was expected from Bobby McDowall, a former member of the GIRFEC team • The work set out in the paper was more about joining up and making the most of existing work than creating new work. The board raised the concern that, with the additional range of issues presented by extending into young adults and the existing challenges in implementing GIRFEC, becoming more heavily engaged on this age group may lead to a loss of focus. It was, however, agreed that exploring the territory would be worthwhile. David emphasised that the Minister had clearly expressed a wish to see progress made in this area, which she felt had been somewhat neglected, (see section 3.2) and also that most of the work involved would take the form of joining up and making more productive workstreams already ongoing. The board agreed to the proposed work plan set out in the paper and nominated Martin Crewe as the board member who would work with the group taking the work forward. 9. Any other business 9.1 Young Carers Marion McParland submitted a paper to update the board on progress in young carers policy (GIRPB/05/08). She sought the board’s views on whether young carers were being involved in GIRFEC and whether staff were able to support young carers within GIRFEC, including through having access to the appropriate training. The board highlighted that: • In some areas, schools were often unaware whether a pupil was a young carer unless they were already known to social services • The report to parliament from Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People would contain some relevant information • In areas where the role of the Named Person was more mature, there was an emerging pattern of earlier identification of young carers • Implementation Advisors within the GIRFEC team could pick up on the point of young carers as part of their usual engagement. 8
GIRPB/06/02 9.2 Robin McKendrick’s retirement Martin Crewe informed the board that Robin McKendrick would shortly be retiring and would be replaced by Pauline Davidson. He thanked Robin McKendrick for his support to the board and wished him well in his retirement. 10. Date of next meeting The date of the next meeting was set for 26 June <strong>2012</strong>. 9
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