However, we need to ensure that the needs of the most vulnerablechildren in our society continue to be met in the move from a targetedand intervention-based system to a universal one.
At strategic level, children's trusts and local authorities must ensurethat intervention strategies join up and maximise the potential of thenew integrated push. While delivering statutory support services will bea priority, strategy must also reflect the long-term preventativegoal.
Learning from many of the innovative community services that havedeveloped in response to very local or specific needs will be crucial inhow the move from intervention to prevention can be supported.
But building this learning into a strategic model and framework that canbe rolled out and replicated often just doesn't happen. Commissionersand planners need to learn from innovative practice and grasp thedevelopment potential to turn an interesting example into widespreadpractice if a broad-based preventative approach is truly to beachieved.
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