A named person is someone you can talk to if you want information or advice, or if you want to talk about any worries and seek support.

You can speak to;

• Health Visitor - children aged 5 and under who do not yet attend primary school
• Head Teacher or Depute Head Teacher - primary school age children
• Principal Teacher of Pastoral Support - secondary school age children and young people.

A Team Around the Child (TAC) is a way of working out what extra support you and your family may need. It is used to get everyone working together to identify the needs and strengths of your family. This will look at what extra support you may need and who is best to help you. If you want a TAC you can ask anyone working with you or your family. This could be a youth worker, someone in school or a health professional.

How a TAC works

The worker will talk to you and your family. You will have a say about who will support you and where you would like to meet.

The TAC assessment form will then need to be filled out. This means you will only need to tell your story once.  The Lead Professional will then arrange a meeting. This will be to agree a plan of support. The lead professional will talk to you about who you would like at the meeting. It would be great if you could attend the meeting but don’t worry if you don’t want to. You can still have your say and your lead professional will share this at the meeting.

Who will see my information

As a rule information will not be shared with anyone unless you agree. There may be times where people who work with you do need to talk to other people. This is only:

• if people think that someone is at risk of harm
• to stop a serious crime

Getting it right for every child – Information Sharing Charter – Children and Young People – 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)