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The Children's Hearings System in Scotland 2003
Training Resource Manual 2nd edition
PART TWO
Section 2 Roles, Responsibilities and Resources
Any intervention in the life of a child, including the provision of supportive services, should be based on the collaboration between all relevant agencies.
(White Paper, Scotland's Children, 1993)
Contents
1.Introduction
2 The organisation of the hearings system
Scottish Ministers
Children and Young People's Group
Social Work Services Inspectorate
Children's Panel Advisory Committees
Children's Panel Advisory Group
Children's Panel Members
The Chairman of the Children's Panel
Children's Panel Chairmen's Group
Scottish Association of Children's Panels
Children's Hearings Training Officers
Safeguarders
Legal representatives
Children's Hearings Representative Group
The Council on Tribunals
3 The professionals who serve the system
Children's Reporters
The Police
Procurator Fiscal
Courts
Social Workers
Education staff
Medical staff
4 Responsibilities to children and their families
Duties of local authorities in the Children (Scotland) Act 1995
Supervision
Children's services plans
Social services resources
Youth justice
Children away from home
Key requirements for children's services
Complaints
Education resources
Voluntary organisations
Agencies working together to protect children
5 Permanency planning
Parental responsibilities orders
Adoption panels
Adoption orders
6 Summary
7 Further reading
Appendices
1. The Blueprint for the Processing of Children's Hearings Cases
2. National Standards for Scotland's Youth Justice Services
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