The Every Child Matters policy aims to prevent youth neglect, tackle homelessness, and achieve five outcomes including reducing education failure and ensuring every child can reach their potential. It links to youth work by providing early intervention, targeted support, and improved information sharing between organizations through multidisciplinary teams. The policy makes provisions available to youth work including children's services, mental health services, accommodations, and a young people's workforce unit with £200 million in funding.

1. EVERY CHILD MATTERS

2. THE PURPOSE
• THE PURPOSE OF The Every Child Matters policy is to
prevent young people from neglect
• Tackle homelessness
• Aims to achieve five outcomes
• Reduce levels of education failure
• To ensure that every child has the chance to fulfil their
potential

3. LINKS TO YOUTH WORK
Every Child Matters links to Youth Work by:
• It aims to provide early intervention
• It has targeted support to those who require additional
support
• It improves information sharing between organisations
through the use of multi-disciplinary teams
• Developed Common Assessment Framework (CAF)

4. AVAILABILITY TO YOUTH WORK
• Children’s Workforce
• CAMHS
• B & B Accommodation for homeless universal services
• Wider range of placements provided
• Young peoples workforce unit providing £200 million
• Wider range of placement opportunities

5. RECOMMENDED PROVISIONS
• Young people’s fund of £200 million
• Mental health services for therapy
• Work with young people who need early help
• Local safeguarding boards
• Full serviced schools

6. POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES
• - it could have been broken down more
• + it aims to let young people reach out
• + it extends service in schools
• + it aims to tackles homelessness in families with
children
• + it improves information sharing
• Does not state specifically what provisions could be
used for the young people.