"In April 2015, the Minister for Social Development established the Modernising Child, Youth and Family Expert Panel to review and develop a plan for the modernisation of Child, Youth and Family (CYF). The Panel’s review focuses on the extent to which CYF’s current operating model improves outcomes for children and young people, and any wider changes required to legislation and services provided by other agencies.
The Panel has completed the first phase of work including: consultation across the wider social sector, review of the current operating model, and engagement with children, young people and front-line workers. We have developed the purpose, principles and objectives for the future care, protection and youth justice system, identified the key shifts required to the future operating model and developed a design process for the next phase of work. The next phase of work will look at the design of the desired future experience for children and young people, and the operating model to deliver this." (from the Executive summary). Read also the Cabinet paper written by Minister for Social Development Anne Tolley. Access the website for more information about the work of the Expert Panel. Record #4814