The Named Persons (Training, Qualifications, Experience and Position) (Scotland) Order 2016
This Order specifies the requirements as to training, qualifications, experience and position that are necessary in order to be identified as the named person for a child or young person for the purposes of Part 4 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (“the Act”). Section 19 of the Act defines “named person service” as the service of making available, in relation to a child or young person, an identified individual who is to exercise certain functions in order to promote, support or safeguard the child or young person’s wellbeing.