A conceptual review of interprofessional expertise in child safeguarding

Abstract

It is increasingly accepted that practitioners across a range of professional fields must work together in order to promote children's welfare and protect them from harm. However, it has also become apparent that interprofessional working is a challenging area of practice that cannot simply be prescribed through protocols and procedures, nor acquired as a set of technical competences. This paper develops the concept of interprofessional expertise in order to explain how practitioners become more proficient at working with others to manage complex child welfare issues. Key principles are outlined with reference to relevant theoretical frameworks, including models of skill acquisition. The paper concludes by discussing some potential implications for future research and contemporary developments in child safeguarding practice.

Implementing interprofessional learning curriculum: how problems might also be answers

“…Whereas competencies measure performance of a task, curriculum that develops capability may be conceived as extending learning to build individuals’ ability to adapt and generate new ideas to improve performance [ 22 ]. It has been suggested that ‘interprofessionality’ itself may be a core capability linking IPL and subsequent interprofessional collaborative practice [ 23 – 25 ].…”

Iskolai Szociális Munka Magyarországon És Nagy-Britanniában

“…Nagy Britanniában a kétezres évek elején a gyermekvédelmi törvényben történt változások okán az új törvényi iránymutatások megkövetelik a szakemberektől, hogy alkossanak egy csapatot a gyermekek körül a gyermekvédelmi tervek végrehajtása és a legkiszolgáltatottabb gyermekek szükségleteinek kielégítése érdekében. (Hood, Gillespie, Davies, 2016) A közösségi tevékenységek közül az Egyesült Királyságban dolgozó szakemberek válaszaiból kitűnik az interprofesszionális team-ben való működés gyakorisága is az oktatási intézményben. Mindenki egyetértett abban, hogy ez egy nagyon fontos része az iskolai szociális munkás feladatkörének.…”

Safeguarding communications between multiagency professionals when working with children and young people: A qualitative study

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