Quality of practice framework

North Tyneside needs an experienced and stable workforce across social care, education and health. This is so we can deliver on these ambitious plans for children and young people with SEND and their families. We want our workforce to have the knowledge, skills and values to make strong, meaningful relationships with the people they work with. We extend the same commitment to our workforce. We have high expectations of them in a highly supportive working environment. In turn we will give them the best opportunities to learn, so they will be effective in their practice and will thrive as practitioners. Our workforce will work to a set of practice principles. These are the foundations by which we can deliver on our ambitions. These principles outline what children and young people can expect from us, and how we will make sure we achieve those expectations. The eight practice principles are:

1. that children and young people will be listened to;
2. they will have people important to them involved in making things better for them;
3. their needs will be clearly understood and described;
4. there will be a plan in place regarding how these needs will be met;
5. we will only be involved in the lives of children and young people as long as we need to;
6. they will understand what is written about them;
7. we will follow the rules in what we do;
8. our workers will have support and guidance to help them do a good job