Introduction to Children and Young People's Services

Children and Young People's Services: a vision to encourage and enable all children and young people in Suffolk to aspire to and achieve their potential.

The Children and Young People's Service Office brings together Suffolk County Council's eduaction, youth and health services and services for vulnerable children.


Our aims and responsibilities

We are changing the way we deliver services for children, young people, parents and carers in Suffolk, ensuring that they are involved in the design and development of services as much as possible. Our vision is to encourage and enable all children and young people in Suffolk to aspire to and achieve their potential. Through radical change and improvements in the way that children’s services are planned and delivered we will:

  • aim for every child and young person in Suffolk to achieve their aspirations, to be healthy and safe, to contribute successfully to their community and have a successful transition to adulthood, by ensuring high quality services which meet local and national objectives;
  • give extra attention and support to those children and young people with additional needs, and will support and involve parents and carers in the design and delivery of services;
  • strive to achieve ever-higher standards and improved outcomes for all children and young people in Suffolk within the available resource, by improving performance and efficiency; and
  • work across all agencies to develop shared values and culture, to ensure that children and young people, their parents and carers, get a joined up service.

How we will do this: the Suffolk Children’s Trust Partnership

Along with local management through the Service Office and our 18 Community Clusters, the Suffolk Children’s Trust Partnership brings together all the organisations that deliver services for children and young people in the county. 

Background to the Children and Young People's Service Office