Consulting with our Youngest Children Toolkit
The strategies in this tool can be used by adults working on an individual basis with a young child for a specific purpose or by adults who have significant contact with young children on a frequent basis embedding meaningful consultation in daily practice.
Further Information
Click on the tiles below to access information and guidance.
Child Protection Guidance and support
Click here – National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland 2021
Click here – Summary of National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland 2021 – NSPCC
Click here – Highland Practice Model
Click here – QUICK GUIDE TO NON-ACCIDENTAL INJURIES IN CHILDREN
Child Here– Child Concern Form – Highland
Click here – Guidance on bruising on non-mobile babies
Click here – Female Genital Mutilation
Click here – Public Protection Booklet for Community Groups
Click here – No Smacking – Equal Protection Act 2019 FAQ’s.
Adverse Childhood Experiences
NHS Scotland has produced short animations to raise awareness about the impact of childhood adversity and how this can impact on behaviours of children and adults who have experienced this. The aim is to help us be a more Trauma Informed workforce. Click on the resources below:
Animation 1 – Overview of ACEs – Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) – Children
Animation 2 – Trauma-Informed Practice Sowing Seeds: for Anyone Working with Children and Young People on Vimeo
Animation 3 – Trauma Informed Practice for the Workforce
Child Sexual Exploitation
Click here – Public understanding of Child Sexual Exploitation in Scotland, Barnardos
Click here – What is CSE?
Click here – Online Safety, Parent Club Scotland a range of information and informative videos on different aspects of online safety and ways to help keep children safe online
Click here – RISE leaflet
Online Safety
Click here – Sexting and the law
Click here – Internet Matters 0 – 5’s
Click here – Internet Matters 6 – 10’s
Click here – Internet Matters 11 – 13’s
Click here – Internet Matters 14+
Click here – Keeping Under 5’s safe online
Click here – Parent factsheet
Click here – Social Networking Sites
Click here – Support Young People Online
Click here – CEOP Education – Protection from online sexual abuse – Think You Know for parents, professionals, children and young people 4 – 7 years, 8 – 10 years, 11 – 18, Parents and Carers
Lucy Hill Foundation:
Consulting our youngest children – toolkit
Click here to access – Consulting our youngest children – toolkit
Community and Third Sector Information for Child Protection
Click here – Care Inspectorate Self Evaluation Guide
Child Here– Child Concern Form – Highland
Click here – Child Protection Guidance and Toolkit for Community Groups
Click here – Child Protection – Self-evaluation and action plan for community groups
Click here – Child Protection Guidance and Toolkit for Third Sector Organisations
Click here – Child Protection – Self-evaluation and action plan for Third Sector Organisations
Click here – My Professional Development Tool
Click here – Practice Guide to Chronologies
Wellbeing, Health, Safety
Click here – Children’s mental health apps/web pages
Click here – Just Ask Highland
Click here – Care Inspectorate SIMBA Poster and associated information
Click here – My World Triangle
The Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland has developed a series of useful age-appropriate resources to help those working with children to support them to understand their rights:
Human rights for under 5s – The Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland (cypcs.org.uk)
Children: Your human rights – The Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland (cypcs.org.uk)
The Promise
Keeping the Promise – implementation plan: equalities position statement – Click here
Pinky Promise – Click here
How we will keep our promise to you – A child friendly version of the Scottish Government’s Promise Implementation Plan – CLICK HERE
