Resilience Approach And Person-Centred Approach

In 2002 the Welsh Assembly Government has based its policy for children and young people on the United Nations Convention on Rights of the Child. Development and delivery of services for children and young people In Wales is undertaken in the context of the seven core aims; have a flying start in life, have a comprehensive range of education, enjoy the best possible health free from abuse and harm, have access to play, are listened to and treated with respect, have a safe home and environment to support emotional and physical well-being and are not disadvantaged by poverty. DECELLS (2010), believes that having a right based policy approach will support all children and young people across wales to achieve health and well-being. An important element in effectively promoting well-being is to promote resilience of all children and young people to enable them to deal with adverse events and difficult circumstances and be able to identify the children that are at a greater risk of developing physiological problems
The resilience approach requires holistic and people-centred approaches to address the diverse factors, both positive and negative, that influence wellbeing. The Understanding Society Survey (2007), found that wellbeing is strongly related to resilience, with many individuals reporting both high wellbeing and high resilience, or, conversely, low wellbeing alongside low resilience. In contrast it is possible for individuals to have low levels of resilience but high levels of well-being and vice versa. For example, a child that has a high standard of educations will therefore high levels of wellbeing but could possibly have low levels of resilience. There is, unsurprisingly, considerable overlap in the variables that contribute to wellbeing and resilience. Resilience is defined as ‘having the ability to bounce back’. It involves being able to thrive against the odds, to cope and recover from trauma (Action for Children,