By Neil Puffett
Children & Young People Now
10 August 2010

The Department for Education (DfE) has moved to allay fears that a ban on the use of the phrase Every Child Matters in the new government signals a shift in policy for children and young people.
Details of the changes in terminology are revealed in an internal DfE memo, split into two columns for words used before 11 May (when the coalition took office) and those with which they should be replaced.

Key changes to phrases in the children's sector include the replacement of safeguarding with child protection, children's trusts with "local areas, better, fairer, services'" and using the term "help children achieve more" in place of Every Child Matters or the five outcomes.

Read more...

LANGUAGE OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT: SOME OF THE CHANGES AS THEY APPEAR IN THE MEMO

Pre-11 May 2010 England will be the best place in the world for children to grow up
Post-11 May 2010 Make Britain the most family-friendly place in Europe

Pre-11 May 2010 Targeted services
Post-11 May 2010 Fairer services

Pre-11 May 2010 Targets and outcomes
Post-11 May 2010 Results and impact

Pre-11 May 2010 Children's trusts
Post-11 May 2010 Local areas, better, fairer services

Pre-11 May 2010 One children's workforce framework/tool
Post-11 May 2010 Local areas self-assessment tool

Pre-11 May 2010 Five outcomes/ECM
Post-11 May 2010 Help children achieve more

Pre-11 May 2010 Narrow the gap
Post-11 May 2010 Close the gap, vulnerable and disadvantaged

Pre-11 May 2010 Integrated working
Post-11 May 2010 People working better to provide better services

Pre-11 May 2010 Safeguarding
Post-11 May 2010 Child protection

Pre-11 May 2010 FIP
Post-11 May 2010 Key workers providing intensive support to families