Wales is reviewing its children's services in the wake of the Government's green paper and is poised to jettison some of the organisational changes that look set to be imposed on England.
The Welsh Assembly has already rejected the idea of children's trusts, which aim to bring together practitioners across education, social care and health.
Now it is saying no to the Department for Education and Skills' highly criticised plans to impose children's directors as part of newly merged education and children's social services departments. The assembly wants arrangements that are less prescriptive and give councils local flexibility.
Jane Hutt, the Welsh minister for health and social services, says local authorities and local health boards will have to identify a lead director and a lead member for children and young people to ensure the issue is given a higher profile.
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