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Be able to participate in assessment and planning for children and young people towards the achievement of positive outcomes

This video is on the ‘Health and wellbeing of looked-after children and young people’ from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. It looks at establishing the needs of children and young people and it shares how delays and lack of information can impact them.

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Reading Materials

The Children Act 1989: Guidance and Regulations Volume 2: Care Planning, Placement and Case Review', from the Department for Education
‘Recommendations’ in ‘Looked-after children and young people’ from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
‘Goal setting’ from the Jigsaw website

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Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning

‘Promoting the education of looked after children and previously looked after children: Statutory guidance for local authorities’, Department for Education. Click on the link below to access this document and read ‘Supporting looked-after children’.
Find and read about the needs assessment framework used by your local authority.
Read through the 'Key findings and recommendations' from the '10,000 Voices' report from Julie Selwyn, The Rees Centre, Department of Education, University of Oxford and Linda Briheim-Crookall and the Bright Spots Team, Coram Voice
You may find these 'Career planning and employability resources' from the Children's Commissioner helpful when helping children and young people to plan realistic, achievable but challenging goals.
This chapter from Southwark Council looks at ‘Planning for children and young people: pathway plans including needs assessment - Practice guidance’. Read through it and compare it to the pathway plans used by your setting.

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