We do not underestimate the challenge that these reforms place on local authorities and their partner agencies, and it is undeniable that the context for these reforms - a further round of local authority funding cuts in 2015/16, and structural reforms to the health and education systems that are still bedding in - is far from ideal.
But these reforms can and should be a key platform for delivering support that places children, young people and families at the centre of decision making, joins up services around the needs of the family not the needs of professionals, and supports young people through a positive journey into adult life.
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