The Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA) has published its corporate plan for 2014 to 2017, which sets out its desired outcomes and strategies for over the period.
The role of SCRA is to help children who are considered to be at risk by:
- Deciding whether a child should be referred to a Children’s Hearing.
- Enabling children and relevant family members to take part in a Hearing.
- Organising suitable accommodation and facilities for Children’s Hearings to take place.
- Publishing information to bring about improved outcomes for children.
The SCRA says that its plan is focused on five key outcomes, which are:
- “The views of children and young people influence both their individual cases and how to better deliver services that meet their needs now and in the future;
- Our decisions are proportionate, timely and make a positive impact on the welfare, safety and protection of children, young people and communities;
- We improve the lives of the most vulnerable children and young people in Scotland through the earliest and most effective interventions;
- Together with our partners we will get it right for every child in the Hearings System; and;
- Our staff and partners recognise SCRA’s quality of service and overall performance as continually improving.”
“The strategies that we set out are aimed at ensuring that the needs and priorities of children and young people are central to how we design and improve our services, making the best use of our resources and working collaboratively with partners within the Children’s Hearings System,” explained Neil Hunter, SCRA’s Principal Reporter/Chief Executive.
“Having successfully gone through a major period of change over the life of our 2011-14 Corporate Plan, which saw the most extensive adjustments to the Children’s Hearings System since its inception, we are excited by the opportunities to build on these successes, consolidate improvements and fully exploit the resulting benefits to build a sustainable future,” he added.
“We are determined to work with the Scottish Government, Children’s Hearings Scotland, our wider partners and, most importantly, children, young people and their families, to enable us to do so,” he concluded.
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