Participation (parents)
The Children Act says that children and young people must have a big say in all the services that support them. We welcome your input and your views are important to us weather you are a professional working in children's services or a parent or carer.
This site is aimed at those who work with children, young people and parents. However if you are interested in helping us improve services for children and young people by letting us know what you think you can write to us at the 'Contact Us' page. Children Leeds also have groups for you to join, for more information on how you can get involved please call - 0113 3957 222
Participation (children and young people)
The Children Act recognises that parents and carers are the most important influence in the lives of children and young people. The role of Children Leeds is to make sure parents and carers are fully involved in planning the support for children and families.
For more information on how you can get involved please contact Deborah Rose by email at deborah.rose@leeds.gov.uk or call on 0113 224 3959. You can also use the 'Contact Us' page on this site to contact us for more information or to offer your views.
Minutes of participation meetings:
City wide participation
Useful documents:
Participation and Consultation Summary Report Final
Takeover Day Report 2010
Directory of resources for the participation of children and young people
Children and Young People's Participation strategy and appendices (at bottom of page)
Participation Evaluation Training- Participation Evaluation Tool & training Registration Form Please find information on the Participation Evaluation Training
Participation Report for Children Leeds
Leeds Sufficiency Report - Children’s Consultation Workshops Report (As part of the Leeds sufficiency report the views of children and young people were gathered regarding childcare).
The Participation Evaluation Tool is based on the five principles of The ‘Leeds Charter for Participation of Children and Young People’.
Good Practice Guidelines forThe Participation of Children and Young People in Commissioning. These guidelines have been drawn up by a multi agency group drawn from the Strategic Participation Partnership and representatives from other stakeholders.
Children's Involvement Advocate's (CIA's). Please find the list and contact details below:
· WEST – Diane Law Diane@barca-leeds.org.uk
· NORTH WEST – Emma Manners Emma.Manners@cardigancentre.org.uk
· SOUTH – Flavia Doherty info@cupboard.co.uk
· EAST – Adrian Lee Adrian.Lee@Leeds.gov.uk
· NORTH EAST – John Bosworth John.Bosworth@leeds.gov.uk
PIP delivery: Improving access to services
PIP Products are all now Online. The introduction online describes the products as: If services are to fully meet their aims of improving child and family outcomes they need to be accessible and shaped around the needs of local families. Increasing awareness of services, and providing information is a critical (and sometimes forgotten) first step to improving access. Local areas also need to think about how services should be delivered to fit the way that families live their lives. This presents a complex challenge and the resources available under ‘Associated documents’ describe how 3 PIP local areas addressed just some of these issues. Steps taken include: improving the quality of information available to parents; focussing and targeting the provision of that information; enabling self-referral into services; and reshaping services through the effective use of outreach – across a range of agencies.
National website on participation