The children’s commissioner for England needs to show children and young people that he can make a difference quickly, delegates were told today, writes Amy Taylor from Leeds.
Speaking at the Confederation of Education and Children’s Services Managers summer conference in Leeds, Christine Davies, director of children’s services at Telford and Wrekin Council, said that Al Aynsley-Green would need some “quick wins”.
Davies went on to urge the commissioner to use existing networks to get in contact with children and young people rather than creating new ones.
She concluded that while involving and consulting young people
was good, a commissioner needed to go further and get them to shape
services.
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