The Story of Different Minds  ·  The Children and Families Act 2014

Person Centred Planning

Why planning should begin with the child, not the form.

The form is not the child.

Simple version

Person centred planning should focus on the child or young person, their strengths, needs, aspirations and support.

Why it matters

In practice, processes can become paperwork led and adversarial.

Awareverse lens

Awareverse brings the human back to the centre of the form.

Question to ask

When looking at person centred planning, ask: who had power, who was being labelled, and what would have changed if the human being had been seen first?

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