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Multi-agency working in services for disabled children: what impact does it have on professionals?
- Authors:
- ABBOTT David, TOWNSLEY Ruth, WATSON Debby
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 13(2), March 2005, pp.155-163.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Whilst agencies in many sectors have been encouraged to work together to better meet the needs of service users, multi-agency working is now a central feature of government policy. In relation to children's services, the National Service Framework, the English green paper, 'Every Child Matters' (DfES, 2003) and the Children Bill (DfES 2004) give a high priority to an integrated approach to service provision. This paper focuses on multi-agency working for disabled children with complex health-care needs, a group of children who, perhaps even more than most, require the many professionals who support them and their families, to work more closely together. Drawing on the findings from a 3-year qualitative research study, this paper examines the impact of working in a multi-agency service on professionals. Interviews with 115 professionals concluded that staff were overwhelmingly positive about working as part of a multi-agency service. They reported improvements to their working lives in areas such as professional development, communication, collaboration with colleagues, and relationships with families with disabled children. However, whilst professionals felt that they were able to offer families a more efficient service, there was concern that the overall impact of multi-agency working on disabled children and their families would be limited.
Policy politics and the silencing of 'voice'
- Author:
- SCOTT-HILL Mairian
- Journal article citation:
- Policy and Politics, 30(3), July 2002, pp.397-409.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
This article argues that socio-political understandings of disability have not impacted on legal discourse, this article asks two questions. The author questions why a substantive solution, framed by rights discourse, to the problems of disabled people 's oppression and how perceptions of struggle, representation and participation in disability politics influence the way in which it engages with matters of policy. The article suggests that both questions ultimately concern discourse in situations where struggle and contest are highlighted. It argues that, in the search for solutions to social oppression, disabled people would gain much from developing a deeper understanding of "relational politics" that moves beyond perceptions of disability as power and dominance.
The voice of the child: a handbook for professionals
- Editors:
- DAVIE Ronald, UPTON Graham, VARMA Ved
- Publisher:
- Falmer
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 184p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Handbook aimed at all professionals working with children. Includes papers on: the law in relation to the wishes and feelings of the child; listening to children in educational contexts; a social work perspective; eliciting children's views - the contribution of psychologists; the voice of the child in mental health practice; learning to listen to children; listening to children with disabilities and special educational needs; listening to and communicating with young children; gender issues; and race and the child's perspective.