The organisation's new chief executive Sue Berelowitz told CYP Now: "Iplan to form some strong alliances and have already had discussions withsome directors of children's services about a possible regionalcommissioner."
The office is still formulating the plan and has not yet released anyfurther details about the number of posts that could be created, orwhether these would be full- or part-time.
But Maggie Atkinson, president of the Association of Directors ofChildren's Services, said she would welcome such a move.
"The differences between urban and rural regions are very marked, sohaving regional children's champions would be a welcome development,"she said. "We hope they would be people who have worked in the systempost-Every Child Matters in order to strengthen the work of thechildren's commissioner."
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