John Emmeus Davis & Mary Ellen Smith 
Working in Multi-professional Contexts [EPUB ebook] 
A Practical Guide for Professionals in Children′s Services

Making links between different professional roles, policies and practices, this book equips readers swith the skills, knowledge and understanding that managers, practitioners and students require to work in integrated multiprofessional settings. It draws on case studies to consider the dilemmas, challenges and complexities common within workplaces.

Chapters cover:

– roles, policies and practices in integrated services

– quality assessment in a multiprofessional context

– evaluating and developing children and family services

– participation and engagement in integrated family centres

– contemporary leadership and management in multiprofessional teams

– innovative multiprofessional learning

– creative multiprofessional environments.

Each chapter incorporates activities to support professional development. Six chapters analyse: multi-professional case studies on inclusive education; joint assessment and family support; leadership in integrated children′s services (education, health and social services); participatory one-stop family centre design; and mentoring in the childcare/early years sector.

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Introduction: Themes, Issues and Conclusions

The Book, Its Concept, Why It Is Needed and Who It Is for

The Structure of the Book

Multi-Professional Assessment, Planning and Delivery

Concepts of Assessment

Structures of Assessment

Relationships of Assessment

Conclusion

Recommended Further Reading

Participation and Multi-professional Working

Defining Our Concepts of Participation

Structures of Participation

Participatory Relationships

Conclusion

Recommended Further Reading

Traditional Structures of Multi-Professional Leadership and Management

Concepts of Visionary Leadership and Management

Management, Leadership and Organisational Structures

Relational Multi-Professional Management and Leadership

Conclusion

Recommended Further Reading

Contemporary Approaches to Multi-Professional Leadership and Management

Reflexive Managers, Leaders and Individuals

Systemic Multi-Professional Joint Working

Multi-Professional Systems, Relationships and Change

Conclusion

Recommended Further Reading

Multi-Professional Evaluation

Total Quality Management

Research-Based Evaluation/Development

Relational Approaches to Evaluation

Conclusion

Recommended Further Reading

Multi-Professional Learning and Creativity

Concepts of Multi-Professional Learning, Innovation and Creativity?

Environments for Innovation, Creativity and Change

Conclusion

Recommended Further Reading

Final Conclusions

References

Index