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NEW PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED
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What we think needs to be done |
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All children and young people deserve equal opportunities and educational rights
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Check what measures are currently in place to ensure that all children and young people have equal opportunities and educational rights and make children and young people aware of them.
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School based counselling should be better advertised and more accessible (young people should always have someone you can talk to in confidence).
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Need to promote School Counselling Services better so young people know they have someone to talk to and reduce waiting list.
School based counsellors need to be made available before and after school and also during breaks so that young people can speak to them without missing lessons.
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Children and young people need to know their rights (UNCRC)
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Children’s rights should be compulsory for PSE lessons.
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Links between schools and area Youth Forums need to be improved
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Need better promotion of area youth forums and CYC.
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Youth work should be a service for all young people aged 11-25, what prevents this from happening?
(For example, not every school pupil realizes that there is a youth worker in their school)
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Better promotion of the youth service and services working with young people.
Get rid of the stereotypical element to the youth service, e.g working with bad behaved young people specifically.
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| Provisions and standards of school toilets should be standardised for all schools |
Council to arrange an inspection/review of school toilets and address the issues raised.
School toilets should be accessible at all times and suitable for use.
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| Pupils should be involved in building plans |
Consult with pupils about building plans, set up a focus group. |
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Young people should be encouraged to get into higher education
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Professionals need to inform pupils in schools on what options they have when they leave school.
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| Everyone should be heard and listened to |
All adults working with young people need to promote and practice participation and make sure young people access their rights.
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