Keeping The Promise to all our children, young people, adults and families

Putting you at the heart

How the Scottish Government will Keep The Promise

We will Keep The Promise by 2030. It will take this amount of time because it's important we get the changes that are needed right. So how will we do it? The Scottish Government can't make all the changes on our own. We will work together with councils, health boards and all the organisations that are involved in your life. Most importantly, we want to work with you to get this right for you and all the children and young people with care experience in Scotland.

• We know that our care system must fit the needs of every child. We will continue to recognise this when we build services to make sure they work for everyone
• Keeping The Promise will be at the heart of everything we do. We will place love, care and nurture at the centre of the changes we make
• We will work as quickly as we can and we will not be afraid to try new ways of doing things
• We will do more to hear the voices of our children, young people, adults and families with care experience making sure what we hear is at the heart of and guides what we do
• We will work together with eveone we need to in order to improve the lives of people with care experience

It is not always possible for families to stay together and sometimes children have to 'go into care'.

'Going into care' could mean something different for different people. Some children may be looked after at home. Some children may be looked after by another family member such as by a grandparent, aunt or uncle.

Some children may be looked after by a foster carer, which is another family who look after a child. Some children may live in a children's home and some children may live in secure care.

We will:

• Support our children, young people, adults and families who are care experienced, recognising that experience of care can have an effect on people throughout their lives
• Support all our children, young people, adults and families, recognising that if we get the services that everyone uses right then people won't need the care system as much
• Support our children, young people, adults and families who we know are at risk of being taken into care, recognising that the right support at the right times will help keep families together and avoid the need for care