Why has the DCSF issued revised guidance on Childrens Trusts?
The DCSF published revised guidance on 18 November 2008 to help Children’s Trusts deliver a step change in improving the outcomes of children and young people. This is a huge job, and it needs an effective Children’s Trust partnership. That’s why the Children’s Plan: Building brighter futures commits the Government to strengthening Children’s Trusts so that they can deliver real, measurable improvements for all children and young people in every local area. All Children’s Trusts are expected to have, by 2010, consistent high quality arrangements to identify all children who need additional help and to intervene early to support them. The revised guidance reflects the experience of developing Children’s Trusts, and the development of new policies and programmes to support the drive for better outcomes. In particular, it stresses the importance of robust and effective partnership arrangements under the section 10 ‘duty to cooperate’ in implementing the vision of the Children’s Plan.
