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GIRFEC - E-UPDATES
Click here for the latest GIR E-Updates (fortnightly update). 

GIRFEC OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE
View/Download  the GIRFEC Operational Guidance by section on the Integrated Working page.

NEW GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE FOR INTEGRATED CHILDREN'S SERVICES 
Click here for more information on the ICS Governance Structure.

Local News:

• Aberdeen Schools Continue to Perform Well

• Sign Up for Free Pre-School Places

• Dance Auditions for Young People

• Critical Review of Give Kids a Chance

• EXTREME

• Barnardo's Urgently Requires Porters - Barnardo's are looking for porters and/or drivers to help on their delivery van or in the shop. Anyone who can offer one hour, one day or one week, please call into the shop at 34 St Andrews Street or call (01224) 635429.

• Youth Activities Small Grants Fund

• shmuTRAIN Taster Sessions

• Redesigning Health Services for Children with Complex Needs

• Sexual Health Services in Grampian

• Cash for Kids Sports Balls - Cash for Kids have been collecting sports balls and now have several to give away to groups working with children. For further information please contact Michelle Herd.

• Aberdeen Play Forum Seeks Participants for Playday Event

• New Children and Young People's Structure Released (July 2010)

• Act Daft at Aberdeen Arts Centre

• Youth Activities Small Grants Fund

• Dialogue Youth – Latest News

• Children's Reception Service – Kirkgate House - Aberdeen City Council's Social Care and Wellbeing Service have set up a new children's team based in the city centre which will be known as the 'Reception Service'. For more information, call 01224 264198

• Summer Playscheme by Gilcomstoun Out-of-School Project will run from Monday 5th July until Friday 30th July 2010. For more information, call (01224) 648120

• NHS Grampian Launches New Oral Health Campaign: Teeth TLC- Tender Loving Care for Teeth

• Formal Consultation on Health Service Plans for Children with Complex Needs

• Aberdeen School Merger Plan Recommended

• Celebrating Young People: The Humanitarian Citizens Award

• Kids Help City Bloom With Winning Displays

• Aberdeen City Youth Council

• Is It Worth It? Campaign

• Summer in the City 2010 Contributions Reminder!

• Youth Council Election Postponement - Please note that the Aberdeen City Youth Council Elections have been postponed until after the 10th May 2010.

• A Single Parents' Manifesto for Change

• Tickets Go on Sale for Aberdeen Youth Arts Festival

• Results of Underage Drinking Initiative in Torry

• Aberdeen Forward Opens Funding Programme for Community Groups across Aberdeen City 

• Social Care and Wellbeing Committee Meeting

• Two new schools open for business

• NESCPC Publications

• Youth Activity Grant Fund

• Getting It Right For Every Child (GIRFEC) Operational Guidance

• Summer in the City 2010

• Whizz-Kidz Ambassador Club – Aberdeen - Whizz-Kidz is a national charity that gives disabled children the independence to be themselves by providing them with customised mobility equipment, training and advice that is not available from the NHS.They have set up an 'Ambassador Club' in Aberdeen for young wheelchair users who can participate in fun activities, sports and drama.

• Condemned - The Reality Of Life For Young People Experiencing Homelessness (Quarriers)

• ACSEF Youth Summit Election Form

• Vote Now ! Aberdeen City Youth Council Elections

• Aberdeen Getting It Right Website – Revamp

• ACSEF Youth Summit Election Form

• Aberdeen City Children and Young Peoples Strategic Group

• Rock Challenge 2010

• Police launch cadet recruitment drive

• Persistent Young Offenders

• Youth Council Alcohol Q&A Video

• Aberdeen City Youth Council Elections 2010

• ACC Eligibiilty Criteria For Childrens Services

• Advocacy Service Aberdeen CYP Service Poster and What An Advocate Does - ASA

• Fit for the Future: A Sport and Physical Activity Strategy for Aberdeen City

• Aberdeen City Council Revised Exclusion Policy And Procedures June 09

• Youth Activities Small Grants Fund Flyer & Application Form

• Update on Budget Process 2009-10 - Letter from Sue Bruce 04-02-09

• Aberdeen City Child Protection Action Plan 2009-2011 (Final Draft)

• Integrated Children's Service Plan 2009-12 - Quality Improvement Framework

• Aberdeen City Council Social Care Annual Grant 2009-10

• Joint Inspection of Services to Protect Children and Young People in the Aberdeen City Council Area

National News:

• Scottish Epilepsy Initiative Accepting Applications for their IT Equipment Fund for Young People with Epilepsy

• Over 100 Children per Week Call ChildLine About Their Parents' Drink and Drug Use

• Getting it Right for Young Carers: The Young Carers Strategy for Scotland 2010-2015

• Make it Happen! Awards for Young Entrepreneurs

• ClickCEOP Status Update

• Capability Scotland Early Years Questionnaire 2010

• Picture the Change

• Online Survey for Disabled Children and Young People

• HM Inspectorate of Education Seeks Lay Members - Please contact hmiehr@hmie.gsi.gov.uk for further information.

• Introducing C.O.D.Y.

• Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme

• A RIGHT blether

• Partnership Matters - Guidance on supporting students with additional needs

• Shoot Nations: International Youth Photography Project

• Play Scotland Annual Review

• Funding for Youth Groups from the CashBack for Communities Scheme

• These Are Our Bairns: A Guide for Community Planning Partnerships on Being a Good Corporate Parent

• Picture the Change: the Scottish Youth Parliament Manifesto 2011

• Early Years Framework Scoping Study for the Scottish Commissioner for Children and Young People

• Commissioner Launches New Rights Website for Young People

• Shoot Nations

• The Impact of Bridging the Gap

• Child Protection Guidance

• New Website Launched

• Children's Jobs Bring in £430m

• Elderpark Housing Association Youthpoint

• State Of Children's Rights 2010 - Consultation with children's organisations across Scotland. For more information, email Juliet Harris

• Historic Child Abuse

• Schools Steered To Outdoors Education

• Young Parents Speak Out

• Growing Up In Scotland

• Draft National Guidance: Under-Age Sexual Activity - Meeting the Needs of Children and Young People and Identifying Child Protection Concerns: Consultation

• Great outdoors helps young Scots learn

• Support for learning

• Good Places, Better Health – A New Approach to Environment and Health in Scotland (Implementation Plan)
  Scottish Youth Commission on Alcohol
  16+ Learning Choices: Policy and Practice Framework

• Young People Self-Harming

• £500,000 For Youth Groups

• Launch Of Children And Young People's Mental Health Coalition

• Scrutiny Bodies Project

• Childhood Practice Announcement

• Funding - Kids First: Playground Partnerships
• The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (Guide)
• Working Together to Help Children Sooner (Tools/Resources)
• How to Support Children and Young People's Campaigning

• Aberlour "Scotland's Children's Charity" Creating New Outdoor Play Opportunities

• ASH Scotland - Resources for Young People

• KIDS Playwork Inclusion Project Feedback Survey

• Funding - Kids First: Playground Partnerships

• Priorities for Education

• Children Looked After Statistics

• Scottish Perspective on NICE public health guidance 20

• Make your mark with a tenner

• Young People and Money Training Course

• Toolkit for Engaging Parents

• Cattanach Trust – Helping Young Children Grasp the Future

• Getting It Right for Every Child: January 2010 Update for Third Sector Organisation

• Alarming Figures for Young Self Harmers

• Who Cares? Scotland's New Campaign

• Toolkit for Engaging Parents

• Further Fall in School Exclusions

• Cabinet Secretary New Year Letter on Curriculum for Excellence

• Positive Start, Positive Outcomes - HMIe Report

• Early And Effective Intervention - Evaluation Report

• Early And Effective Intervention - Implementation Guidance

• Additional Support For Learning Case Studies

• Scottish Government Early Intervention Guidance

• Scottish Government Early Intervention Evaluation

• Early and Effective Intervention Evaluation Guidance and Report

• Can work eradicate child poverty? A JRF report

• UK Childrens Commissioner Report To The UN

• Scottish Government Letter on new Youth Justice Good Practice Document
  

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