The Scottish Government have developed a menu of training options for the Children’s Rights Skills and Knowledge Framework. This has been developed to support staff in different roles to navigate training and learning resources to support their colleagues to learn about a children’s human rights approach.

They developed the menu of training in consultation with local authorities, non-departmental public bodies and workforce representatives. They used these inputs to make sure the menu of training is as helpful as possible, and they are still seeking feedback to ensure it remains relevant and responsive to the needs of workforces and different sectors.

Recognising that not all organisations have specialist learning and development staff, and that some workers have limited time for training and may not have access to digital equipment, the menu of training provides lots of options for learning in different scenarios.

It details how to deliver a brief introductory session using videos, an introductory briefing for colleagues, plans for short or long online individual learning sessions, and for both online and in person team meetings of different lengths.

These learning sessions can then provide a launch pad of understanding for individuals to explore the Framework and resources further, looking at what is relevant for their roles.

The Children’s Rights Skills and Knowledge Framework has also been updated with illustrated story resources for adults looking to understand their role in supporting children and young people who have concerns about their rights. The resources will help you to signpost children and young people to further information and guidance. This includes two Pathways posters for children and young people highlighting what they can do if they feel their rights are not being respected.

This is part of continual work to improve and update the Framework, Training Plan and Learning Library, which includes an Excel spreadsheet of resources about children’s rights. The spreadsheet can be filtered by the principles of a children’s human rights approach; the skill level of the Children’s Rights Skills and Knowledge Framework; organisation or author; and the level of detail in the resource. It has grown from over 500 resources to over 600, thanks to the new resources that have been released since the Framework launch. If there is a resource that you think should be included, please email mary@togetherscotland.org.uk.

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