Integrated Services

The Change for Children programme requires all agencies working with children and young people to work more closely together in order to improve outcomes.

This section describes some of the new ways of working that are developing to better meet children and young people's needs.

The aim is that there will be:

More integrated, accessible and personalised services built around the needs of children and young people, not around professional or service boundaries.
A shift to prevention and improved safeguarding.
Services co-located in places like children's centres.
Workforce reform to ensure sufficient, suitably trained staff. All staff working with children will have a common core of knowledge and understanding about children's needs.
Development of multi-disciplinary teams and lead professionals.