Clear and Connected’ Orkney’s Children’s Services Performance Indicators

‘the right help, at the right time, in the right way’.

IMAGE: The Orkney Children and Young People’s Partnership logo appears above the title “Clear and Connected’ Orkney’s Children’s Services Performance Indicators.” The tagline reads “‘the right help, at the right time, in the right way’.”

Contents

• Orkney’s Children’s Services Strategic Plan 2016-2018
• Healthy
• Achieving
• Nurtured
• Active
• Respected
• Responsible
• Included

Orkney’s Children’s Services Strategic Plan 2016-2018

The true measure of a nation’s standing is how well it attends to its children - their health and safety, their material security, their education and socialization, and their sense of being loved, valued, and included in the families and societies into which they are born.

UNICEF, 2007.

IMAGE: A “Well-being” diagram presents the following labels and descriptions around a central “getting it right for every child” panel: “Successful Learners”; “Active — Having opportunities to take part in activities, such as play, recreation and sport, which contribute to healthy growth and development at home and in the community”; “Responsible Citizens”; “Respected and Responsible — Should be involved in decisions that affect them, and should have their voices heard and should be encouraged to play an active and responsible role in their schools and communities”; “Confident Individuals”; “Included — Having help to overcome social, educational, physical and economic inequalities and being accepted as part of the community in which they live and learn”; “Safe — Protected from abuse, neglect or harm at home, at school and in the community”; “Effective Contributors”; “Healthy — Having the highest attainable standards of physical and mental health, access to suitable healthcare and support in learning to make healthy and safe choices”; “Achieving — Being supported and guided in their learning and in the development of their skills, confidence and self-esteem at home, at school and in the community”; and “Nurtured — Having a nurturing place to live in a family setting with additional help if needed or, where this is not possible, in a suitable care setting”.

The following tables outline the performance indicators with either Blue, Red, Amber or Green (BRAG) status.

Healthy

Having the highest attainable standards of physical and mental health, access to suitable healthcare and support in learning to make healthy, safe choices.

Achieving

Being supported and guided in learning and in the development of skills, confidence and self-esteem, at home, in school and in the community.

• Comparative data for peer group using the same measure of success.

Nurtured

Having a nurturing place to live in a family setting, with additional help if needed, or, where possible, in a suitable care setting.

Active

Having opportunities to take part in activities such as play, recreation and sport, which contribute to healthy growth and development, at home, in school and in the community.

Respected

Having the opportunity, along with carers, to be heard and involved in decisions that affect them.

Responsible

Having opportunities and encouragement to play active and responsible roles at home, in school and in the community, and where necessary, having appropriate guidance and supervision, and being involved in decisions that affect them.

** Date for previous year; extract from Attainment and Achievement Review 2015.

Included

Having help to overcome social, educational, physical and economic inequalities, and being accepted as part of the community in which they live and learn.