Tameside has appointed a Children’s Independent Advocate, through a recruitment process involving children and young people, to ensure issues identified by children are included in discussions at the executive level.
Its Youth Council devised a Voice of the Child Strategy and are delivering training as part of the partnership’s multiagency programme. It is also developing a Youth Challenge Panel as part of their scrutiny arrangements. The Integrated Neighbourhood Model has been created to support best practice in the way practitioners work together around families, and includes a Team Around the School model.