What is GIRFEC?
- Getting it right for every child is a way of working which focuses on improving outcomes for all children by placing the child at the centre of thinking, planning and action
- It affects all services that impact on children (i.e. adult services working with parents / carers)
- It builds from universal services: moving crisis intervention to early intervention
- It streamlines processes and uses ICT to support best practice on information sharing
The GIRFEC approach comprises:
- Core components
- Principles and values
- Common understanding
- Shared language
- Practice model (needs and strengths)
- Well-being and well becoming
The Core Components of Getting It Right For Every Child:
- Improving outcomes for children
- Common approach to gaining consent and sharing information where appropriate
- Integral role for children
- Co-ordinated and unified approach , based on the Well-being Indicators
- Streamlined planning, assessment and decision making - the right help at the right time
- Co-operation, joint working and communication
- A Lead Professional to co-ordinate
- Maximising the skilled workforce within universal services
- A confident and competent workforce across all services
- The capacity to share demographic, assessment, and planning information electronically
So what does this mean for children, young people and families?
Children will:
- feel confident about the help they are getting
- understand what is happening and why
- have been listened to carefully
- be appropriately involved
- be able to rely on appropriate help and have a streamlined and co-ordinated response.