Ministers are impressed with a plan by Salford Council to appoint an officer charged with ensuring children's voices are heard across all services.
Now they are believed to be looking at including a similar scheme in the Children's National Service Framework, due to be published later in the year.
Councils already have to name an old people's champion under a previous national service framework.
Andrew Cozens, president of the Association of Directors of Social Services, said: "Old people's champions look at council policies that affect old people.
"It came out of the national service framework for old people so it's quite possible the Government will do something similar for children when it brings out the framework for them.
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