Home Secretary Sajid Javid has launched an eight-week consultation on the new multi-agency public health duty which would be placed on frontline staff including teachers, health workers and social workers.
The approach focuses on spotting warning signs that a young person could be in danger of becoming a victim or offending, such as worrying behaviour at home or school, or presenting at A&E with a suspicious injury.
Similar approaches have been used in Scotland and Wales, according to the Home Office, and are designed to ensure every part of the system works together to make "targeted interventions".
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