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The Allocating of a ‘Named Person' for Every Child in Scotland

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Introduction

Throughout my seminar paper I will focus on the issues surrounding the governments plan to assign every child in Scotland a ‘named person'. This is one point in the Children and Young Peoples (Scotland) Bill, that parliament recently debated and passed on the 19th of February this year. The government believes the bill will promote their "ambition for Scotland to be the best place to grow up in by putting children and young people at the heart of planning and services and ensuring their rights are respected across the public sector" (Scottish Executive, 2013).
To gain insight into the approach in which the ‘named person' has stemmed from I will look at the ‘Getting it right for every child' (GIRFEC) approach. I also intend …show more content…

The approach outlines ten core components and a set of values and principles, which convey clarification and purpose at a practical level of collaborative working throughout children's services (Scottish Executive, 2010).
The safeguarding of children is a crucial part of the approach and is also a nationwide, inter-agency responsibility. It applies to every child, with a range of needs. Well-defined measures are constantly required to direct immediate action to guard children. The children and young people's bill will legalise and take forward the GIRFEC approach to supply children and young people with a ‘named person’, this will hopefully help to safeguard the child and support the family.

The purpose of the ‘Named Person'

The ‘named person' is allocated to make sure services are coordinated where required, to assist and support a child or young person. Lanarkshire's Practice Guide, 2012 outlines the purpose of the ‘Named Person' as being a way to support children, families and practitioners by introducing an agreeable method of communication. It would focus on takeing advantage of the regular contact, relationships and knowledge about each child within maternity, public health and education.

The role of the ‘Named Person’

Most children get all the help and support they need from their family, teachers, health practitioners and the wider community, but some may need additional support and that is where the ‘named person' steps in.
They are likely to be

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