Naomi Eisenstadt, director of the government's Social Exclusion Task Force, told Children & Young People Now that plans due out this autumn aim to ensure adult services start thinking about families as a whole instead of focusing on parents.
"We've done a huge amount through Every Child Matters, but there has not been enough done on adult services, such as mental health or drugs. We need adult services to start thinking about what their work means for children and families as a whole," she said.
The task force's next report will reflect this need, Eisenstadt confirmed. But, she added, the new focus would not lead to further restructuring of services at a local level: "We don't want more restructuring - local government is doing very well as it is - we are looking at cultural rather than structural change."
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