Developing Multiprofessional Teamwork for Integrated Children's Services: Research, Policy and Practice

2. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-335-23811-8
Verlag: OPEN UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 256 g

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. The first book to combine theoretical perspectives, research evidence from the 'real world' of children's services, and reflections on policy and practice in inter-agency services in England, this fully updated new edition retains its popular approach, while reflecting the numerous changes to policy, practice, and research. The book: - Exemplifies what multi-professional work looks like in practice - Examines real dilemmas faced by professionals trying to make it work, and shows how these dilemmas can be resolved - Considers lessons to be learnt, implications for practice and recommendations for making multi-professional practice effectiveFeaturing useful guidance, theoretical frameworks and evidence-based insights into practice, this book is a key resource for students on courses studying early childhood and families, as well as social workers, teachers, support workers in children's centres, family support workers, health workers, and managers of a range of children and youth services.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anning, Angela

Cottrell, David M

Frost, Nick

Green, Josephine

Robinson, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Familie, Kinder, Jugendliche

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part one: Researching and understanding multi-professional teams working with childrenWorking in a multi-professional world

Researching multi-professional teams
Organizing and managing multi-professional teams Part two: Working and learning in a multi-professional teamMulti-professional perspectives on childhood

Changing roles and responsibilities in multi-professional teams

Sharing knowledge in the multi-professional workplace Part three: Planning, implementing and supporting multi-professional teams working with childrenMaking it work 1 - addressing key dilemmas

Making it work 2 - strategies for decision-making and service delivery

Taking multi-professional practice forward

Appendix: Multi-agency team checklist

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Frost, Nick
Nick Frost is Professor of Social Work (Children, childhood and families) at the Faculty of Health, Leeds Metropolitan University. He has published widely in the fields of child welfare and professional learning. Nick worked in local authority social work for 15 years before commencing his academic career.

Cottrell, David M
Professor Cottrell joined the faculty at Brigham Young University in 1991. He currently serves as the Associate Director of the School of Accountancy. Prior to coming to BYU he spent five years at The Ohio State University, where he earned his PhD. Before pursuing a career in academics he worked as an auditor and consultant for the firm of Ernst & Young in its San Francisco office. At BYU, Professor Cottrell has developed and taught courses in the School of Accountancy, the MBA program, and the Finance program. He has won numerous awards from the alumni and faculty for his teaching and curriculum development. He has received the Outstanding Professor Award in the college of business as selected by the students in the Finance Society; he has received the Outstanding Teaching Award as selected by the Marriott School of Management; and he is a four-time winner of the collegewide Teaching Excellence Award for Management Skills, which is selected by the Alumni Board of the Marriott School of Management at BYU. Professor Cottrell also has authored many articles about accounting and auditing issues. His articles have been published in Issues in Accounting Education, Journal of Accounting Case Research, Quarterly Review of Distance Education, Journal of Accountancy, The CPA Journal, Internal Auditor, The Tax Executive, and Journal of International Taxation, among others.

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. Jo 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.