Child Focused & Hollistic

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child tells us that each child has the right to:

•          Life, survival and development

•          Care and Protection

•          The provision of services to meet their basic needs

•          Preservation of their identity

•          Protection of privacy

•          Freedom of expression, of thought and of association

•          Express an opinion and to have it taken seriously

•          Be an active participant in society

 
We are committed to helping young people attain these outcomes through child-centred practice which we take to mean:

Connect with me and others involved

Holistic understanding

Inter-professional working

Listen to me and act on it

Don’t delay

Can’t wait

Engage and stay engaged

Need you to have me in mind throughout

Tell me what’s going on

Responsibility is for all of me

Experiences are unique and I need to make sense of them

Do something about my distress

Child-centred practice involves starting with children’s priorities; listening to what children say and do and acting on it; working with the whole child; and centering work on the child’s whole social, emotional, behavioural and academic development. It also involves developing mutual accountability as adults and children for a shared future.

The Scottish Executive has developed an excellent framework for working with the child in their world and one which mirrors Meadows philosophies and this provides a solid foundation for all our work. We have reworked this to become the Meadows’ world (need link to jpeg image please as you will have in the transitional assessment section):

We are also committed to the 7 wellbeing indicators: SHANARI:

Safe

Healthy

Achieving

Nurtured

Active

Respected & Responsible

Included