Nursery World - Strategy for all children in need

A strategy that covers all children in need is to be developed in Northern Ireland. The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety said the purpose was 'to provide a coherent approach to the provision of services for children and young people in need' and it would 'build upon existing or forthcoming work and should not be viewed in isolation from the mainstream services available to all children'.

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety said the purpose was 'to provide a coherent approach to the provision of services for children and young people in need' and it would 'build upon existing or forthcoming work and should not be viewed in isolation from the mainstream services available to all children'.

The DHSSPS is consulting until 3 November on the form the strategy should take. It is looking at models in other countries such as the Republic of Ireland's Strategy for Children and the ten regional objectives based on England's Quality Protects initiative. A series of workshops will be held covering family support and early years, children looked after, leaving and after-care services, permanency planning and adoption, disabled children, children and the courts, and child protection.

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