The Children & Young People's Services Awards 2017

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The Children & Young People's Services Awards 2017

By Aberdeen City Council - Building Capacity Team

Date and time

Wed, 27 Sep 2017 18:00 - 21:00 GMT+1

Location

Main Ballroom, Beach Ballroom

Aberdeen AB24 5NR United Kingdom

Description

Award Categories and Judging Criteria

Awards for Establishments and Staff

These Awards are open to all Aberdeen City Council staff and establishments involved in providing services to children and young people. Nominations in these categories can be for individual staff members, groups or teams of staff, whole departments or whole establishments. For nominations of groups which are made up of both staff and young people, then all group members can be included in the nomination.

Award

Description

Criteria

Judges will be looking for:

Raising Achievement Award

In recognition of work done to encourage young people to improve their performance and achieve their potential - academic or otherwise.

* Work done with the specific intention of raising young people's levels of achievement in one or more areas of their lives, and:

* Demonstration of clear and significant improvements in achievement directly resulting from the work or project.

Partnership Working Award

An award for the best example of partnership working, which has led to significant improvements to the quality of life for children and young people.

* A joint project carried out between two or more different teams , services or organisations which has brought about clear and measurable improvements to the quality of any aspect of young people's lives.

Developing The Young Workforce Award

A joint award for a school and a business/organisation that have shown initiative in developing a business partnership to promote employability across learning.

* Work done in partnership between a school and a business or other external organisation, and:

* Clear demonstration of the benefits this has brought about for young people.

* A partnership which shows practical and successful approaches which have supported young people into positive and sustained destinations

Parental Engagement Award

An award that recognises the important role that parents play in education, in educational settings, in their local area and in individual children’s learning.

* Innovative work carried out by an establishment to increase the involvement of parents and carers in its work, and:

* Clear evidence of increased involvement by parents and carers and the benefits this has brought about.

Learning for Sustainability Award

An award for innovative and successful work undertaken by an establishment or member(s) of staff to promote for childrenand young people the principles of learning for sustainability,including education for citizenship, children’s rights, sustainable development education, international education and outdoor learning.

A specific project or approach which has:

  • § been clearly successful in significantly raising awareness and understanding amongst young people of one or more aspects of Learning for Sustainability.and/or:
  • § raised environmental awareness in the school / local community,

Learning Through Technology Award

An award that recognises educational settings who are innovative in their use of technology and maximise the potential of information, communications and other technologies, including Glow, to support effective learning and teaching.

* A successful piece of work or project, of which ICT has been an integral part, and:

* Clear demonstration of the benefits this has brought about for staff and / or young people.

Unsung Hero Award

An award to an individual, team or volunteer who works continuously and tirelessly behind the scenes, goes the extra mile or has made an outstanding contribution.

Please be aware this will go to a public vote.

* Have shown commitment to their role

* Show that they work for the good of others

* working in a manner which is well above and beyond that normally expected of them, and which has directly led to clear improvements to one or more services.

Awards for Children and Young People

These awards are open to all children and young people who benefit from the services provided by Aberdeen City Council. Nominations in these categories can be for individual or groups of young people. For nominations of groups which are made up of both young people and staff members, then all group members can be included in the nomination.

Award

Description

Criteria

Judges will be looking for:

Enterprising Young People Award

An award for a young person or group of young people who have shown initiative, creativity and responsibility through involvement in an enterprise project.

* An innovative and successful project carried out entirely or primarily by young people, which has allowed the young people to demonstrate significant initiative, creativity and responsibility, and:

* Evidence of the benefits the project has brought about.

Physical Achievement Award

An award for an individual young person’s or a team’s outstanding achievement at the highest level in a sport, outdoor pursuit or any other kind of physical activity.

* An individual or team of young people who have achieved at national or international level (or equivalent) in a specific sport or other physical activity, and:

* Supporting information which demonstrates why this particular achievement is truly outstanding.

Creative Learning Award

An award to recognise achievements which promote creativity and culture for pupils and staff.

* An individual or group of young people who have achieved significant success in any field of expressive arts, and:

* Work which has led to a raised awareness of the arts, creativity, culture and heritage amongst young people

Promoting Inclusion Award

An award for an individual or group of children/young people who have demonstrated a commitment to promoting inclusion, addressing inequality and celebrating diversity.

* A sustained activity carried out primarily by children and young people which has supported social inclusion, helped address inequalities or celebrates diversity

* A project or approach which has had a significant and tangible effect on establishing a more positive ethos within the establishment, and:

* Clear demonstration of the benefits this has brought about for staff and / or young people.

Children and Young People’s Champion

An award for a young person or group of young people who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to representing the views and voices of their peers to positively influence change.

* An individual or pupil voice group who have demonstrated significant effort to representing the views of their peers , and:

* Which has led to promoting changes which reflect these.

* A child/ young person who has overcome significant adversity/ barriers of any kind, or:

* A child/ young person who is making a determined effort in the last year to bring about improvements in any area of their life.

* Achieved academically

* Shown they have the skills and qualities to deal with life’s challenges and changes in a positive way

Children’s Rights Champion

An award for a person or group who has demonstrated that they have promoted, protected and fulfilled the rights of children, and has embedded a child’s rights based approach in their practice

* An individual or group who have demonstrated actions that have promoted, protected and fulfilled the rights of the child, and:

* Show clear evidence that a child’s rights based approach is embedded in their practice

Inspirational Leader Award

An award for an individual who has been truly inspirational whether through their leadership or the work they do that has had a major impact in the setting that they are in

* An individual who has been an inspiration to colleagues or children that has led to a major positive impact in the environment they work in

Additional Awards

The Health & Wellbeing Award

Description

This Outstanding Achievement Award is designed to recognise and celebrate exceptional, longer term achievements of individuals or whole establishments in the Health and Care sector. Winners of this award will have demonstrated truly remarkable success over a number of years in bringing about benefits for children and young people. Winners will each receive the relevant trophy to display in their establishment for one year.

Criteria

Judges will be looking for:

* A project or initiative which has clearly enabled young people to adopt healthier lifestyles in any aspect of their lives, or: Significantly improved young people's understanding of and/or attitudes towards leading a more health lifestyle

* Detailed information about work carried out by an individual, group or whole establishment which has been sustained over two or more years, and which has brought about highly significant and measurable improvements to services for young people

* Clear evidence of the ways in which young people have directly benefited from the work of the individual or group nominated


The Community Learning Award

Description

This Outstanding Achievement Awards is designed to recognise and celebrate exceptional, longer term achievements of individuals or whole establishments in the Community Learning sector.. Winners of this award will have demonstrated truly remarkable success over a number of years in bringing about benefits for children and young people. Winners will each receive the relevant trophy to display in their establishment for one year.

Criteria

Judges will be looking for:

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* Outstanding contribution made to the local community by an individual or group of young people e.g through volunteering on community projects or helping to support local charities

* Voluntary work carried out by one or more young people with the primary intention of improving one or more aspects of their local community, and: Clear evidence of the degree to which the project has brought about improvements to the community.

* Detailed information about work carried out by an individual, group or whole establishment which has been sustained over two or more years, and which has brought about highly significant and measurable improvements to services for young people, and:

* Clear evidence of the ways in which young people have directly benefited from the work of the individual or group nominated.

The Schools Award

Description

This Outstanding Achievement Awards is designed to recognise and celebrate exceptional, longer term achievements of individuals or whole establishments inthe Schools sector. Winners of this award will have demonstrated truly remarkable success over a number of years in bringing about benefits for children and young people. Winners will each receive the relevant trophy to display in their establishment for one year.

Criteria

Judges will be looking for:

* Detailed information about work carried out by an individual, group or whole establishment which has been sustained over two or more years, and which has brought about highly significant and measurable improvements to services for young people, and:

* Clear evidence of the ways in which young people have directly benefited from the work of the individual or group nominated.

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