Developing Multiprofessional Teamwork for Integrated Children's Services - Hardcover

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

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0335219799 ISBN 13: 9780335219797

Publisher: Open University Press, 2006

Synopsis

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
• 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.

Featuring 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.

About this title

About the Authors

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.


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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335219799
• ISBN 13: 9780335219797
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 156