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GIRFEC is the national approach in Scotland to improving outcomes and supporting the wellbeing of our children and young people by offering the right help at the right time from the right people. It supports them and their parent(s) to work in partnership with the services that can help them.<\/p>\n
It puts the rights and wellbeing of children and young people at the heart of the services that support them \u2013 such as early years services, schools, and the NHS \u2013 to ensure that everyone works together to improve outcomes for a child or young person.<\/p>\n
Most children get all the support and help they need from their parent(s), wider family and local community, in partnership with services like health and education. Where extra support is needed, the GIRFEC approach aims to make that support easy to access and seamless, with the child at the centre.<\/p>\n
The Children and Young People\u2019s (Scotland) Act 2014 is about improving the wellbeing of children and young people. A child\u2019s wellbeing is influenced by everything around them and the different experiences and needs they have at different times in their lives. To help everyone have a shared understanding of what wellbeing means we have eight indicators to give us a common language when talking about a child\u2019s strengths or identify where further support may be necessary. These wellbeing indicators are generally referred to by their initial letters, SHANARRI: safe, healthy, achieving, nurtured, active, respected, responsible and included. We use the wellbeing wheel to illustrate this. The children can use this wheel to reflect on their own wellbeing and are familiar with the term SHANARRI.<\/p>\n
Please find out more about GIRFEC and the Children and Young People\u2019s (Scotland) Act 2014 by visiting the Scottish Government website. Click here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n The\u00a0 Additional Support Needs C0-Ordinator for Drummore Primary is Miss Nicola McSweeney<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Article 29: I have the right to an education which develops my personality, respect for others\u2019 rights and the environment<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" GIRFEC is the national approach in Scotland to improving outcomes and supporting the wellbeing of our children and young people by offering the right help at the right time from the right people. It supports them and their parent(s) to … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/drummore\/uploads\/sites\/11921\/2025\/05\/05120540\/ASN-coordinator--300x206.jpg\")
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