Integrated Children’s Services

The Rationale

The Territory

The Plumb Line

Grace Gunnell (June, 2005)

Integrated Children’s Services : The Rationale

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FAMILY SCHOOL

GROUPS OTHER

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HEALTH

HOUSING

Single curriculum

Objectives Year targets

Capacities

National Priorities for Education

Characteristics of Health Promoting Schools

High level vision statements

Characteristics of New Community Schools

Core features of school provision

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Raising attainment; addressing social exclusion

Targets, plans and outcomes

Effective contributors; successful learners; responsible citizens; confident individuals

Achievement and attainment; framework for learning; inclusion and equality; values and citizenship; learning for life

Leadership and management; ethos; partnership working; curriculum; personal, social and health education, environment, resources and facilities

Safe; nurtured; healthy; achieving; active; respected and responsible; included

Needs of all pupils; engagement with families; engagement with the wider community; integration of formal and informal education, social work, health education and health promotion; integrated management; integrated objectives and measurable outcomes; leadership; multidisciplinary training

Whole-school policy; effective joint working; identified staff member;development plan; positive pupil behaviour including anti-bullying measures; effective personal and social education; safe accommodation; good toilet facilities; access to drinking water; healthy eating

References

Scottish Executive

“New Community Schools : The Prospectus” (1998)The Education (National Priorities) (Scotland) Order 2000“For Scotland’s Children” (2001) “Being Well : Doing Well” : a framework for health promoting schools in Scotland” (2004)“The Sum of its Parts” (2004)“Ambitious, Excellent Schools” (2004)“A Curriculum for Excellence” (2004)Arrangements for National Accreditation of Health Promoting Schools (2005)Health for All Children 4 : Guidance on Implementation in Scotland (2005)

Goleman, Do“The New Leaders”(2002)Craig,CoThe Scots’ Crisis of Confidence (2003)

Integrated Children’s Services : The Territory(examples)

A single service system; inclusive access to universal services; coordinated needs assessment; coordinated intervention; joint children’s services plan; services targeted to meet need and reduce inequalities

The Sum of its Parts

Integrated Children’s Services : The Plumb Line

                         Who are the effective contributors? with an enterprising attitude; resilience; self-reliance

able to : Communicate in different ways and in different settings : Work in partnership and in teams : Take the initiative and lead : Apply critical thinking in new contexts : Create and develop : Solve problems Scottish Executive, “A Curriculum for Excellence” (2004)

                       How competent are the leaders? : Self-awareness (emotional self-awareness; accurate self-assessment; self- confidence) : Self-management (self-control; transparency; adaptability; achievement; initiative; optimism) : Social awareness (empathy; organisational awareness; service) : Relationship management (inspiration; influence; developing others; change catalyst; conflict management; teamwork and collaboration) Goleman, D “The New Leaders”(2002)

Who champions ethos?