Standard 9: Multi-agency Working

EVERY CHILD MATTERS OUTCOME DESCRIPTORS / EMERGENT (early stages) or / DEVELOPING (in progress)
or / EMBEDDED
(fully in place)
or
BE HEALTHY / Frontline workers from multi-agency services provide advice, guidance and information to support the health and well-being of children and young people
Health service workers contribute to government health initiatives such as the Healthy Schools Award
STAY SAFE / Professionals from education, health and social care fulfil their duties to safeguard, protect and promote the welfare of children and young people
Early intervention and preventative strategies are implemented by multi-agency service workers to ensure vulnerable children and young people do not develop unsafe lifestyles
ENJOY AND ACHIEVE / Multi-agency service practitioners work in partnership with staff in the educational setting to remove barriers to learning and participation among children/young people
Multi-agency professionals provide valuable inputs to support the PSHE curriculum
Multi-agency staff, in partnership with key workers within the educational setting, track and monitor the behaviour and attendance of children and young people
MAKE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION / The educational setting works closely with external multi-agency service providers, valuing the contributions they make to improving ECM outcomes for children
A collaborative ‘Team Around the Child’ approach to support and intervention contributes to coordinated effective, targeted, joined-up working to meet the needs of vulnerable children and young people
Joint professional development for ECM between multI-agency staff and staff wi thin the education setting ensure common agreed targets focus on the impact of service provision on ECM outcomes
The views of multi-agency professionals working with children and young people in the setting are valued
EVERY CHILD MATTERS OUTCOME DESCRIPTORS / EMERGENT (early stages) or / DEVELOPING (in progress)
or / EMBEDDED
(fully in place)
or
MAKE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION / The impact of personalised services delivered by multi-agency partners is monitored and evaluated
Staff in the education setting know the external multi-agency services they can call on to improve ECM outcomes for vulnerable children
Children and young people are involved in the design and delivery of wraparound care and personalised services, which lead to better ECM outcomes
ACHIEVE ECONOMIC WELL-BEING / Multi-agency service providers support children, young people and their families in maximising their economic and social well-being
Information and support is provided to children, young people and their families on welfare benefit entitlement

How to Achieve the Every Child Matters Standards, Paul Chapman Publishing © Rita Cheminais, 2007