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Today I am publishing the National Approach to Statutory Advocacy (National Approach) task and finish group legacy document. This outlines the work we have carried out since 2015 to improve advocacy services for some of our more vulnerable children and young people. We are committed to improving access to advocacy services.


This document and details of the core components of the National Approach are available online at: https://gov.wales/task\-finish\-group\-tfg\-national\-approach\-statutory\-advocacy\-children\-and\-young\-people


As part of the National Approach, and the wider offer of advocacy support, we have established an ‘active offer’ of advocacy for children and young people underpinned by statutory guidance and regulations.


This provides a clear entitlement to an offer of advocacy from a statutory Independent Professional Advocate. This entitlement applies when children become looked after or become the subject of child protection enquiries leading to an Initial Child Protection Conference.


The National Approach also ensures a consistent and co\-ordinated approach to advocacy services is available across the six regions in Wales, through a common service specification and a performance reporting template. This provides for uniform and consistent local, regional, and national quantitative and qualitative evidence gathering and reporting.


I have long believed that advocacy is essential to protecting the rights of children and young people and ensuring their views, wishes, and feelings are heard, respected, and taken seriously.


Good advocacy can have a profound effect on the lives of children and young people.


I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the considerable contribution everyone involved in this work has made and will continue to make to the lives of children and young people.







Translation:


 
Heddiw, rwy’n cyhoeddi’r ddogfen etifeddiaeth grŵp gorchwyl a gorffen ar y Dull Gweithredu Cenedlaethol ar gyfer Eiriolaeth Statudol (Dull Cenedlaethol). Mae hon yn amlinellu'r gwaith rydym wedi’i wneud ers 2015 i wella gwasanaethau eiriolaeth i rai o’n plant a phobl ifanc fwyaf agored i niwed. Rydym wedi ymrwymo i wella mynediad at wasanaethau eiriolaeth.


Mae'r ddogfen hon a manylion elfennau craidd y Dull Cenedlaethol i’w cael ar\-lein yn https://llyw.cymru/grwp\-gorchwyl\-gorffen\-ggag\-dull\-cenedlaethol\-o\-eiriolaeth\-statudol\-ar\-gyfer\-plant\-phobl\-ifanc


Fel rhan o'r Dull Cenedlaethol, a'r cynnig ehangach o gymorth eiriolaeth, rydym wedi sefydlu 'cynnig gweithredol' o eiriolaeth i blant a phobl ifanc sy’n seiliedig ar ganllawiau statudol a rheoliadau.


Mae hwn yn rhoi hawl glir i gynnig o eiriolaeth gan Eiriolwr Proffesiynol Annibynnol statudol. Mae'r hawl hon yn berthnasol pan fydd plant yn dechrau derbyn gofal neu'n dod yn destun ymholiadau amddiffyn plant sy'n arwain at Gynhadledd Amddiffyn Plant Gychwynnol.


Mae’r Dull Cenedlaethol hefyd yn sicrhau bod dull cyson a wedi’i gydlynu at wasanaethau eiriolaeth ar gael ar draws y chwe rhanbarth yng Nghymru, drwy fanyleb gwasanaeth cyffredin a thempled adrodd ar berfformiad. Mae hyn yn darparu ar gyfer casglu ac adrodd am dystiolaeth feintiol ac ansoddol yn gyson yn lleol, yn rhanbarthol ac yn genedlaethol.


Rwyf wedi bod o’r farn ers cryn amser bellach fod eiriolaeth yn ffordd hanfodol o ddiogelu hawliau plant a phobl ifanc a sicrhau bod eu barn, eu dymuniadau a'u teimladau yn cael eu clywed, eu parchu a’u cymryd o ddifri.


Gall eiriolaeth dda gael effaith ddirfawr ar fywydau plant a phobl ifanc.


Hoffwn fanteisio ar y cyfle hwn i gydnabod cyfraniad sylweddol pawb sy'n ymwneud â'r gwaith hwn hyd yma, a’r cyfraniad y byddant yn parhau i'w wneud hefyd i fywydau plant a phobl ifanc.