Our values & ways of working
We have developed the following mission, vision and values to underpin the improvement work for children and young people in need of our care:
Our Mission
- children in Dorset thrive, are happy and are the very best that they can be.
- we inspire and enable children, young people and their families to find solutions that enable them to develop sustainable, safe and secure relationships with each other and within their community.
- we listen and act so that the voices of children and families is at the heart of everything we do.
- we work together to collaboratively shape, support and develop communities
Our Vision
- shift our efforts to early help
- get it right first time
- work to meet need, rather than manage threshold
- co-produce services with families
Our Values
- collaborative – we want to work with citizens and communities, not do things for or to them
- strength based – we work with people, not problems
- restorative – we want to stop harm and repair relationships
How We Work
- our services will be rooted in place and delivered by multi-professional teams
- our approach to citizens will be strength based and restorative
- we will proactively provide early help, rather than reactively make a late intervention
- we will measure our success on how we have made life better for children and young people
- we will always learn and strive to improve so we can deliver better outcomes for children and young people
- we will be digital by default and deliver services only where we are required by law, and where we can do this more effectively and more efficiently than anyone else