Developing Multiprofessional Teamwork for Integrated Children's Services

• Author(s): Angela Anning,
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Pages: 148
• ISBN_10: 0335219799
  ISBN_13: 9780335219797
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Workplace Culture , Education / General , Education / Schools / Levels / Early Childhood (incl. Preschool & Kindergarten) , Family & Relationships / Babysitting, Day Care & Child Care , Political Science / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare , Social Science / Social Work ,

Description:... Multiprofessional practice in the delivery of services is a central government imperative in the UK and other countries. This book offers a practical resource to professionals charged with conceptualising, planning, implementing and evaluating multiprofessional practice in children's services. The book: exemplifies what multiprofessional work looks like in practice; examines real dilemmas faced by professionals trying to make it work, and shows how these dilemmas can be resolved; and, considers lessons to be learnt, implications for practice and recommendations for making multiprofessional practice effective. Discussion of dilemmas facing multiprofessional teams include organising and managing multi-professional teams, supporting professionals as they learn to adapt to new roles and responsibilities, and learning how to share professional knowledge and expertise.