Listening to all ages
In line with the SSSC Involving People strategy, we are committed to engaging with people of all ages. Thanks to support from our stakeholders and networks, we have a wide range of opportunities to engage with people who have lived experience from all age groups and we were delighted as part of this to be able to hear feedback from school aged children.
Children share their ideas
Indigo Childcare Group’s Early Years Manager, Debby Larkin and Quality Co-Ordinator, Leigh Cavanagh worked with their team in school aged services to get feedback from the children around ’what skills they believe that adults caring for them should have’.
They explored different ways to encourage the children to have their say, including creative activities such as poster making. They also created a job description using the children's own words which will be used to support recruitment. The children said their ideal worker would be:
- patient
- positive
- silly
- fun
- caring
- kind
- nice
- adventurous
- autism friendly
- and someone who listens to them.
Supporting workers to engage
In April 2025 we launched the Codes, Rights and Keeping the Promise learning resource It helps people who work with children and young people talk about their rights and the SSSC Codes of Practice. So far, the resource has had over 2,500 visits.
You can find out more and visit the resource here.
Get involved
If you’d like to find out more or contribute to the SVQ and apprenticeship review you can contact us by email at SVQandapprenticereview@sssc.uk.com