Issue - meetings

Report by Head of Children & Families and Justice

The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act incorporates a duty on the Integration Joint Board where children’s services are delegated. The incorporation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC or Convention) into Scots Law extends the duty, and to ensure that this was embedded within the strategic approach of the Integration Joint Board, work was underway to ensure that it was in adherence. The Board gave consideration to a report advising that the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child would require a number of operational changes and would require that staff receive the information and training to ensure that these changes happen.

Decision

The Integration Joint Board noted the progress on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

(Reference:  Report by Head of Children & Families and Justice dated 30 August 2023, submitted)