CYPPP

Our Objectives

The Children and Young People’s Planning Partnership is an improvement partnership made up of key stakeholders who deliver Children and Young People’s Services in the Scottish Borders. The members are;

• Children, young people, parents and carers who have lived experience of local children’s services;
• Senior decision makers within their respective organisations whose work has an impact on the lives of children, young people and their families and who join together through a shared vision and set of priorities.

A primary responsibility is the delivery of the Promise, Corporate Parenting responsibilities and the Integrated Children & Young People’s Plan in the Scottish Borders.

In Scottish Borders, our multi-agency strategic planning partnership work is underpinned by the Promise, Getting it Right For Every Child (GIRFEC) and children’s rights. The Promise is being implemented as the umbrella policy driver for multi-agency strategic planning for children’s services in Scottish Borders.

Remit

It is the remit of The Children and Young People’s Planning Partnership to:

a) Ensure The Promise, GIRFEC and the UNCRC are implemented across the Scottish Borders in accordance with both local and national priorities via the Integrated Children and Young People’s Plan and related strategies and plans.

b) Improve outcomes for all children, young people and their families within the Scottish Borders through working in partnership and in collaboration;

c) Ensure that services within our authority are aspirational and enable all families to access the support they need to thrive.

Overview of Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction and leadership across Children’s and Young People’s Services in the Scottish Borders
• Lead on the development, implementation and monitoring of the Integrated Children & Young People’s Plan and the Corporate Parenting Strategy for the Scottish Borders that will inform the Network plans, and serve as the overarching plans for all agencies
• Contribute to the Community Planning Partnership’s (CPP) priorities and outcomes
• Support, monitor and scrutinise the implementation of the action plans of the four workstreams to ensure they align to the abovementioned plans;
• Promote and seek opportunities for joint working through the integration and/or co-location and/or co-ordination of services
• Promote and seek opportunities for joint budgeting
• Promote and seek opportunities for the integration and sharing of information, enabling seamless transfer between services for children, young people and families
• Be responsible and accountable for all multi-agency children’s services funding and other identified delegated budgets

Networking Groups

-Supporting the workforce

-A Good Childhood

-Planning and Building Capacity

-Whole Family Support Network