1. Getting it right for every child
in Edinburgh
Our story so far……….
Lynne Porteous
Early Intervention Strategic Manager
City of Edinburgh

2. The Child’s journey
Named Person Universal Service throughout

3. Changing the Children’s
Services World
• Engaging and supporting staff
• Responding earlier and managing
concerns more effectively
• Promoting the contribution of parents,
carers and children
• Getting it more right for more children
and more families, more of the time,
more quickly

4. Building the service response
ALL CHILDREN---------------------------------CHILDREN IN NEED--------------------------AT RISK OF HARM
Statutory Complex Children managed within
a complex environment
Measures Needs
Lead Professional
Stage 3 Plan
Advice from Early Intervention/Social Work
re: preventive strategies and/ or
Social Work Services referral
Child’s Plan (Multi-Agency,
managed by Lead Professional)
Stage 2 Plan
Shared Assessment Support for children and families from community
and universal services e.g. Educational
Psychology, Educational Welfare Officer, Child
Named Person
and Adolescent Mental Health Service and
Voluntary Sector services
Team Around the Cluster
Stage 1 Plan Plan
Stage 1 Plan (Single Agency, managed by Named Person)
e.g. Health Plan, Individualised Education Programme
Early Identification/Intervention
Strengthening
Universal Services
e.g. Curriculum for Excellence,
Growing Confidence, Solihull,
Improving Relationships Strategy, Peer Early
Education Programme, Parent/Carer
Support, Community Learning and Development
and Voluntary Sector services
Team Around the Cluster
v1.1

5. ADKAR
Awareness Of the need for change
Desire To participate and support
change
Knowledge On how to change
Ability To implement required skills
and behaviours
Reinforcement To sustain the change

6. Gaining support and getting
buy-in for change
Green - visibly and consistently supports the change
Demonstrates a high level of sponsor competency
Yellow - supports the change but not overtly or energetically!
Demonstrates a moderate level of sponsor competency
Red - opposed – or neutral - to the change.
Demonstrates a low level of sponsor competency

7. Home improvements
Focus on “in-house” services
Significant focus on
strengthening universal services, using
evidence based approaches and
shifting resources over time
ALL CHILDREN-----------------------
Universal health and education services
Named Person
Examples of current resources
supporting universal services
e.g. Curriculum for Excellence,
Growing Confidence, Solihull,
Improving Relationships Strategy, Peer Early
Education Programme, Parent/Carer
Support, Community Learning and Development
and Voluntary Sector services
Team Around the Cluster
v1.1

8. Creating the conditions
Building local relationships
Team Around the Cluster
• Support for the Named Person
• Named and familiar contact within each support
organisation or team
• Focus on high school cluster or public health team
cluster
• Building relationships, trust and respect
• Best use of performance information

9. Making the improvements
1. Building knowledge, awareness, trust and respect across services
2. Strengthening staff capacity to engage with parents and carers
3. Increasing the range and uptake of effective preventive strategies
4. Thinking “out of the box”
ALL CHILDREN-----------------------CHILDREN IN NEED
Support for children and families from community
Shared Assessment and universal services e.g. Educational
Psychology, Educational Welfare Officer, Child
and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Voluntary
Sector service etc. Team Around the Cluster
Plan (Single Agency, managed by Named Person)
Stage 1 Plan e.g. Health Plan, Individualised Education Programme
Early Identification/Intervention
Named Person
Strengthening
Universal Services
e.g. Curriculum for Excellence,
Growing Confidence, Solihull,
Improving Relationships Strategy, Peer Early
Education Programme, Parent/Carer
Support, Community Learning and Development
and Voluntary Sector services
Team Around the Cluster
v1.1

10. Supporting change at every level
Edinburgh Partnership
Chief Officers Group
The Children’s Partnership
City Wide Services
North West North East South South West 1. Complex Disabilities
East West
Children’s Services Children’s Services Children’s Services Children’s Services 2. Social Emotional
Children’s Services Children’s Services
Management Group Management Management Group Management Group and Behavioural
Management Group Management Group
Group Difficulties (SEBD)
Support for Named Person (Team around the Cluster)
10

11. “A jug fills drop by drop” –
Buddha
Prepare for change
Engage, involve, train, support
Reinforce change
Manage change
Celebrate success, analyse feedback,
Lead effectively, challenge
follow through on actions
barriers, act!
and manage resistance

12. Children Services Delivery Model
ALL CHILDREN---------------------------------CHILDREN IN NEED--------------------------AT RISK OF HARM
Statutory Complex Children managed within
a complex environment
Measures Needs
Lead Professional
Stage 3 Plan
Advice from Early Intervention/Social Work
re: preventive strategies and/ or
Social Work Services referral
Child’s Plan (Multi-Agency,
managed by Lead Professional)
Stage 2 Plan
Shared Assessment Support for children and families from community
and universal services e.g. Educational
Psychology, Educational Welfare Officer, Child
Named Person
and Adolescent Mental Health Service and
Voluntary Sector services
Team Around the Cluster
Stage 1 Plan Plan
Stage 1 Plan (Single Agency, managed by Named Person)
e.g. Health Plan, Individualised Education Programme
Early Identification/Intervention
Strengthening
Universal Services
e.g. Curriculum for Excellence,
Growing Confidence, Solihull,
Improving Relationships Strategy, Peer Early
Education Programme, Parent/Carer
Support, Community Learning and Development
and Voluntary Sector services
Team Around the Cluster
v1.1

13. Getting it right for every child
in Edinburgh
If you have any questions or would like to discuss
any aspects of Getting it right for every child in
Edinburgh, please contact:
0131 469 3375
girfec@edinburgh.gov.uk
lynne.porteous@edinburgh.gov.uk
www.edinburgh.gov.uk/girfec