Importance of Language in Co-Produced Writing for Project Success
Explore the significance of language in co-produced writing within the Write Right About Me project, emphasizing the impact on children's rights, participation, and effective communication for improved outcomes and support.
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The importance of language in co-produced writing Why language is so important for the Write Right About Me Project
Language of Care is the words we use to write about children supported and cared for by the care system. Much has been said in recent years about its role in stigmatising children and families who find themselves supported by these systems. Language of Care, Voice & Co- Voice of children is a recurring missing factor in serious case reviews that could have helped to safeguard children. production Co-production is the active involvement of children and families in the records written for and about them, far beyond the current practice of sharing a written report moving towards collaborative recording with shared language and meaning.
Write Right About Me is a multi-agency records project improving the way current and new workforces write about those they support and have parenting responsibilities for. Write Right About Me
The involvement of children in the writing of records is an important aspect of the improvement work supporting children s rights, in their records under UNCRC, particularly for Article 12 Aberdeen City Council are building a new recording system for their social work records, access, collaboration and voice are a key factors informing this development. Co-produced writing with children
We have a focus on language from the perspective of the child s voice, What it looks like. How our own professional voice impacts on it. The impact of the circumstances and context in which it is given. The conditions we create to give agency to it. The language of child s voice
What is childs voice in their record? Language of Childs Voice This is helping us formulate a clear statement about Language of Child s Voice and inform change ideas, the development of guidance, learning and quality assurance.
We have identified factors that influence agency for a child s voice in their record: Context Child s Voice How do we include children s voices in their records Processes Audience Influence Professional Assessment Voice
If you were to change one thing about the writing you do for children, that would have a positive impact on their voice in their records and opportunities for them to participate what would it be and what do you need to make it happen? Question
