The taskforce’s Vision and Priorities paper identifies priority areas for action, which build on the Scottish Government’s Early Years framework, and sets out practical steps to implement change.
Established in 2011, the Early Years Taskforce brings together key influencers and champions of the early years in Scotland, including national and local government, the health sector, social work and early learning.
One of the priority areas identified is the need to deliver prevention and early intervention to tackle problems early on, which it says can be done by existing early years services.
The paper outlines ways in which the Scottish Government will support settings to implement the changes in what it is calling ‘The Early Years Change Programme’, including the creation of a Practice Development Team that settings can draw expertise from.
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