Announcing Championing Children at a 4Children conference, Hughes said:"None of (the Every Child Matters reforms) can happen without goodleadership. Championing Children tries to isolate what is important anddistinctive about managers of multi-agency teams."
The guidance updates draft advice put out by the Department forEducation and Skills in July 2005 and sets out the skills and knowledgethe department says managers of multi-agency children's teams need.
Anne Longfield, chief executive of 4Children, said that the guidancewould help managers, but noted that practitioners want "joined-uptraining and qualifications".
- www.everychildmatters.gov.uk.
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