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Meeting in the middle

 

Meeting in the middle

Scotland knows where it is now and where it wants to get to, and Plan 24-30 provides the route required. However, work to keep the promise is not the responsibility of the ‘care system’ alone.

Over time, five issues have been repeatedly identified as the major bridges and barriers to #KeepThePromise. These are: data, scrutiny, risk, money, and policy. All are systemic issues that relate more broadly to the wider public sector reform agenda.Infographic showing that the five issues in meeting in the middle are all interconnected. These issues include— Policy: What is focused on and how it is made; Money: What is funded and how funding works; Data: What is measured and valued; Risk: What the system worries about, and what it does not; and Scrutiny: What people are held accountable for. Policies direct how money is spent. Money dictates what is counted. What is counted helps inform the risk focused on. And all of this affects what is scrutinised.

Bridges & barriers

Keeping the promise requires collaborative effort by many organisations and sectors. There are key issues and areas of focus that act as both bridges and barriers to progress.

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Risks

There are significant risks that affect work to #KeepThePromise. The biggest will always be those felt by children, young people, families and care experienced adults.

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