The youth work field may still be pondering the implications of Youth Matters, but for Andrew Cozens, strategic adviser for children, adults and health services at the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA), it is an earlier green paper that will define much of his work in 2006.
Every Child Matters, and the subsequent Children Act 2004, set out a programme of reform that Cozens says is "almost a once-in-a-generation opportunity to actually rethink support for families and young people".
Many of the key planks of these reforms are due to be completed in the next few months, notably the second round of local area agreements, and children and young people's plans, and it falls to Cozens to help authorities make the changes work.
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