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

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.

• Part 1: Researching and understanding multi-professional teams working with children and young people 1. Working in a multi-professional world 2. Researching multi-professional teams3. Organizing and managing multi-professional teams Part 2: Working and learning in a multi-professional team4. Multi-professional perspectives on childhood 5. Changing roles and responsibilities in multi-professional teams 6. Sharing knowledge in the multi-professional workplacePart 3: Planning, implementing and supporting multi-professional teams working with children7. Making it work 1 – addressing key dilemmas 8. Making it work 2 – strategies for decision-making and service deliveryPart 4: Contemporary challenges in multi-professional work with children and young people9. Safeguarding children: leadership and integrated assessment10. Joining it up: multi-professional information sharing 11. Integrated approaches to Special Educational Needs 12. Multi-agency working to safeguard children from Child Sexual Exploitation 13. Taking multi-professional practice forwardAppendix Multi-agency team checklist Bibliography