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Children and Young People's voice
Children and Young People's voice resources
We've complied a list of resources about Children and Young People's voice.
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- Child Not Brought to Appointments
- Child Protection Conference - Information for Children and Young People
- Children’s Rights and Involvement Strategy
- CYSCP - Voice of the Child Pledge
- Listen To Us! Young People's Experiences with Trusted Adults Listen To Us!
- MindEd eLearning on participation
- Model of Joint Partnership Working
- Outcomes Framework
- Realising Children’s Rights – Co-production toolkit
- Save the Children Consultation Toolkit
- School Health and Wellbeing Survey 2024
- Together with Young People Podcast
- Young Minds Participation Toolkit
Child Not Brought to Appointments
Children not being taken to appointments is an example of listening to a child or young persons lived experience. Many children and young people are reliant on someone else to take them to meetings or appointments that relate to their welfare, care or health and as a result they are sometimes not taken to them.This may mean that a professional may record them as having ‘not attended’.
This is a safeguarding concern. A reminder that all professionals should use “Was Not Brought” rather than “Did Not Attend” for recording or noting the non-attendance of children and young people who are reliant on someone else to take them to a meeting or appointment.
The phrase “Did Not Attend” implies that the individual for whom the appointment or meeting has been arranged is responsible for not attending. There may be many reasons as to why someone doesn’t attend an appointment, however if a child is reliant on someone else to make, rearrange or take them to appointments or meetings, recording or noting “Was Not Brought” is a more accurate representation of the situation.
Recording or noting “Was Not Brought” enables a professional to consider the reasons why a child was not brought to a meeting or appointment, the implications for them not having been brought, and assess the potential risks or safeguarding concerns for them, especially if there is a repeat pattern of non-attendance.
Watch rethinking "Did Not Attend" on YouTube. Share with your colleagues and professionals and discuss in your team meetings.
Child Protection Conference - Information for Children and Young People
York's Children's Rights and Advocacy Service Speak Up, have produced a leaflet about Child Protection Conferences for Children and Young People.
This resource is specially designed for Social Workers to share with children and young people before they attend a Child Protection Conference.
Children’s Rights and Involvement Strategy
We commit that all partners across the city support children and young people to understand their rights, to have a voice and to realise their rights.
When we refer to children’s rights we mean so in relation to the United Nations Convention on Rights of the Child.
CYSCP - Voice of the Child Pledge
Traditionally, children have had a fairly passive role in safeguarding. Training and practice is largely formed by what adults think children need to be kept safe.
When children know their rights, and have experienced adults upholding their rights, they are more likely to identify and speak to someone about rights violations.
The CYSCP have developed a Voice of the Child Pledge to embed children’s rights into their work and develop rights-based practice across the City of York. The Pledge was developed for use by the CYSCP and for its partners within meetings to ensure that all of us are committed to understanding the lived experience of children and young people. It focuses on realising human rights with a strong emphasis on the rights of the child as set out in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Listen To Us! Young People's Experiences with Trusted Adults Listen To Us!
Young People's Experiences with Trusted Adults is an animated short that uses the voices of young people to highlight the importance of the role of trusted adults in their lives. This has been developed by the Humber and North Yorkshire Children and Young People's Mental Health Programme in collaboration with the Nothing About Us Without Us young people’s advisory group. Visit our e-learning platform to access the video.
If you work with young people and would like to find out more about being a Trusted Adult and access related resources, visit the Young Minds website. If you have any questions, comments, or feedback about the video or would like to know more about the Humber and North Yorkshire CYP’s Mental Health Programme, email: [email protected]. If you have any issues or queries regarding the e-learning platform, email: [email protected].
MindEd eLearning on participation
The participation and involvement of children, young people and their parents/carers in their care helps improve the quality and outcomes. This participation can and should extend to the design and delivery of services.
Model of Joint Partnership Working
The York's Model of Joint Partnership Working (Co-Production) guidance and Audit Framework for Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities Services in York is for all services who work with children, young people aged 0 to 25 and their families across the City of York.
The guidance should be used across the system when working with individual children, young people and their families in the development of their education, health and care plans and also when improving, developing or re-commissioning services.
Outcomes Framework
City of York Council and the Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership have worked with parents, carers and young people with SEND to produce the Outcomes Framework - a set of outcomes that we all want to achieve for our children and young people.
Realising Children’s Rights – Co-production toolkit
York has committed to become a Children’s Rights Respecting City. This means we want all children and young people to understand their rights, to have a voice and to realise their rights.
We have developed the Realising Children’s Rights Co-production toolkit for children and services to use together to introduce the concept of children’s rights. The toolkit uses an Appreciative Inquiry approach to agree what you, your service and children and young people will do to realise children’s rights.
Save the Children Consultation Toolkit
The Save the Children Consultation Toolkit is a practical guide about how to consult with children and young people on policy related issues. It is written for community workers, youth workers, teachers, local authority workers, facilitators and other organisations and individuals working with children and young people. It is also for children and young people themselves who may be involved or interested in organising a consultation exercise.
School Health and Wellbeing Survey 2024
A School Health and Wellbeing Survey was commissioned by the City of York Council Public Health Team. This was the second large scale survey on the health and wellbeing of children and young people in the city carried out between 2021 and 2024. The aim of the survey was to inform and support policy and decision-making across the local authority, in schools, and among other key stakeholders in the city. An animation that has been made regarding the findings of the City of York School Health and Wellbeing Survey.
Watch the School Health and Wellbeing Survey Animation on YouTube.
View the school survey reports in full online.
For more information about the survey email: [email protected].
Together with Young People Podcast
Together With Young People have developed a series of podcasts, giving young people a platform to question the systems that effect their lives. Topics include Politics, Education, Criminal Justice, The Care System, Employment and Mental Health.
For more information you can visit the Together with Young People website.
Access Season 1 of the podcast: Together with Young People Podcast.
Young Minds Participation Toolkit
The Young Minds Participation Toolkit aims to support organisations to increase the participation of children, young people and families who face marginalisation and barriers within the mental health system.
As well as insights into how these barriers impact young people's experience of service and engagement with participation opportunities, this toolkit provides practical tools you can use to make your participation more representative.