Participation at CWDC

CWDC has begun the process of establishing a culture of participation, in its own activities and also within the wider children's workforce and is working alongside others to ensure we are doing this properly. Project by project we are looking at the most meaningful and appropriate ways for children and young people to be involved.

CWDC's mission includes making sure the child is at the centre of all services. We want this to be true in our own company.

'Get involved' events

In October and November 2008 we held 3 creative consultation events - Get Involved - for children and young people to tell us what they think. We are using what they said to inform our business plan for 2009-2010. Find out more about the creative consultation events.

Participation Fund panel

Young people where involved in making decisions about the projects funded by the Participation Fund 2008-09. An adult panel decided on a shortlist of applications, a young people's panel then made the final decision on which projects should receive the funding.

National Occupational Standards (NOS)

CWDC staff conducted consultation work with groups of children and young people across the country as part of the review of national occupational standards for Learning Development and Support Services (LDSS), Children's Care, Learning and Development (CCLD) and Health and Social Care. 
What children and young people said about NOS [PDF - 2 Mb].

Find out more about National Occupational Standards.

Common Core

The Common Core sets out the skills and knowledge needed by people (including volunteers) who come into contact with children and young people as part of their work. CWDC is currently looking at ways to improve understanding of the common core across different areas of the children and young people's workforce. CWDC ran a number of projects with children and young people from across England who, with their workers, looked at ways to visually and linguistically communicate the benefits and impact of the common core in improving outcomes for children and young people. Find out more about 'different people, same skills'.

If you'd like to sign up to receive information about future opportunities then email us@cwdcouncil.org.uk

There's some pages on this website for children and young people - have a look!