Joining up working

Citation

McCartney E (2006) Joining up working. In: Forbes J (ed.) The Research and Policy Discourses of Service Integration, Interprofessional and Interagency Working: EESRC Seminar 1 Proceedings. Research Paper, 14. Glasgow: University of Aberdeen, School of Education, pp. 33-51. https://abdn.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/the-research-and-policy-discourses-of-service-integration-interpr

Abstract
Terms for models of co-professional working are at times used interchangeably in policy documents, but definitions for ?named types? do exist. A classification framework is outlined, and discussed. The models that may be used are influenced by the structures within which staff work and the ease with which co-professional contact can be made. Integrated services will require to make decisions about the models they intend to foster, but resource limits will play a part. Options are discussed with reference to speech and language therapists and teachers working together, which provides a long-established and well-researched example, and the practical need for 'good enough' models of co-working is stressed.

Keywords
therapy framework; foster care; Education (General)

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Professor Elspeth McCartney

Honorary Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences