GIRFEC sets out to promote the eight wellbeing indicators (SHANARRI) which describes how a child or young person is doing at a point of time and it proves that health and wellbeing is holistic. Practitioners and organisations should consider each of the eight wellbeing indicators in collaboration, with children, young people and their family.

GIRFEC also supports practitioners so that they will consider ways to improve the wellbeing for a child or young person through the National Practice Model. The National Practice Model sets out a shared framework and approach to identification, assessment and analysis of a child or young person’s wellbeing needs.