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 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.

The GIRFEC approach comprises:

• Core components
• Principles and values
• Common understanding
• Shared language
• Practice model (needs and strengths)
• Well-being and well becoming