Developing Multiprofessional Teamwork for Integrated Children's Services

by Anning, Angela; Cottrell, David; Frost, Nick; Green, Josephine; Robinson, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780335238118
• ISBN10: 0335238114
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-01
• Publisher: Open Univ Pr

Summary

This book is an important practical resource for all professionals engaged with planning, implementing and evaluating multi-professional teamwork and practice in children's services.

Author Biography

Angela Anning is Emeritus Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Leeds and for five years was a principal investigator on the National Evaluation of Sure Start team at Birkbeck College, London, UK. David Cottrell is Foundation Chair in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Dean of Medicine at the University of Leeds, UK. Nick Frost is Professor of Social Work (Children, Childhood and Families) at the Faculty of Health, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. Josephine Green is Professor of Psychosocial Reproductive Health and Deputy Director of the Mother and Infant Research Unit at the University of York, UK. Mark Robinson is a researcher who works at the Centre for Men's Health, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Researching and understanding multi-professional teams: working with children	p. 1
Working in a multi-professional world	p. 3
Researching multi-professional teams	p. 13
Organizing and managing multi-professional teams	p. 27
Working and learning in a multi-professional team	p. 49
Multi-professional perspectives on childhood	p. 51
Changing roles and responsibilities in multi-professional teams	p. 60
Sharing knowledge in the multi-professional workplace	p. 76
Planning, implementing and supporting multi-professional teams working with children	p. 87
Making it work 1 - addressing key dilemmas	p. 89
Making it work 2 - strategies for decision-making and service delivery	p. 102
Taking multi-professional practice forward	p. 111
Appendix: Multi-agency team checklist	p. 132
Bibliography	p. 136
Index	p. 143
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