Youth workers and other practitioners in areas such as health, Connexions and the police will be affected by the plans, which must be in place by 1 April.
The plans are expected to be strategic, overarching documents for all youth services and should promote multi-agency working.
As Felicity Roe, head of strategy and planning at Hampshire County Council, says: "We are on the brink of moving forward into a whole new world. The boundaries between professions will be broken down."
Rapid development
Hampshire, like elsewhere, was forced to develop its plan in double-quick time in the wake of the Children Act 2004, which imposed a duty on local authorities in England to formulate plans. As a council rated "excellent" by the Audit Commission, Hampshire could have opted out. "If we did we wouldn't stay excellent very long," says Roe. "It is clearly a good process to go through."
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