Co-production is an approach whereby professionals, children and young people and their families work together as equal partners to plan their care, ensuring that they are key decision makers in this process. Together they can create a meaningful support package that will be beneficial for the individual to make changes in their lives.
Co-production is value-driven and based on the principle that those who use a service are best placed to help design the service.
Dull gweithredu yw lle y bydd gweithwyr proffesiynol, plant a phobl ifanc yn cydweithio fel partneriaid cyfartal i gynllunio eu gofal gan sicrhau eu bod yn wneuthurwyr penderfyniadau allweddol yn y broses, a chydnabod bod gan y naill a'r llall gyfraniadau hollbwysig i'w gwneud er mwyn gwella ansawdd bywyd yr unigolyn yw cyd-gynhyrchu.
Ysgogir cyd-gynhyrchu gan werthoedd ac mae'n seiliedig ar yr egwyddor mai'r rhai sy'n defnyddio gwasanaeth sydd yn y sefyllfa orau i helpu i'w gynllunio.
Giving children or young people a voice which enables them to make choices and decisions that are meaningful to them is extremely important. If children and young people are actively listened to, this will establish a positive interpersonal relationship whereby professionals and the individual can plan, implement and evaluate the choices that individual has made.
Children and young people need to have their views and experiences taken into account on an ongoing basis to have ‘choice’ and ‘control’ in decisions that affect them; they need to be seen as individuals and be given a ‘voice’ to express who they are and what they want.
To enable children and young people to have voice, choice and control, interpersonal relationships need to be good between individuals, their parents and carers and health and social care staff, and between the setting and wider health and social care system.
Mae rhoi llais i blant neu bobl ifanc sy'n eu galluogi i wneud dewisiadau a phenderfyniadau sy'n golygu rhywbeth iddynt yn hynod o bwysig. Os gwrandewir ar blant a phobl ifanc, bydd hyn yn sefydlu perthynas ryngbersonol gadarnhaol lle gall gweithwyr proffesiynol a'r unigolyn gynllunio, gweithredu yw a gwerthuso'r dewisiadau y mae'r unigolyn wedi'u gwneud.
Mae angen i farn a phrofiadau plant a phobl ifanc gael eu hystyried yn barhaus er mwyn iddynt gael ‘dewis’ a ‘rheolaeth’ mewn penderfyniadau sy'n effeithio arnynt. Mae angen iddynt gael eu gweld fel unigolion a chael ‘llais’ i fynegi pwy ydyn nhw a beth maen nhw am ei gael.
Er mwyn galluogi plant a phobl ifanc i gael llais, dewis a rheolaeth, mae angen cydberthnasau rhyngbersonol da rhwng unigolion, eu rhieni a gofalwyr a staff iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol, a rhwng y lleoliad a'r system iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol ehangach.