Protecting Children and Young People - The Charter
Protecting Children
and Young People: The Charter was launched by the First
Minister, Jack McConnell, and Deputy First Minister, Jim
Wallace, on 22 March 2004.
The Charter sets out what children and young people need
and expect to help protect them when they are in danger of
being, or already have been, harmed by another person.
It has been developed, by Save the Children, talking to
children and young people who have experienced the need to
be protected and supported - but what they are saying is
how any child facing difficulties could expect to be
treated.
The response to the 13 statements from children is a set
of 11 pledges and an outline of work to be done to help
deliver on these.
The Scottish Executive is committed to delivering
improved services for children and young people. As part of
the
Child Protection Reform Programme, a
Framework for
Standards for child protection has been developed which
builds on these Charter statements and the pledges made to
help deliver better, more joined-up, child focused services
for vulnerable children and young people.
The
Explanatory
Booklet provides the details of how the Charter was
developed and the background to the 13 Charter
statements.