Joint working between child and adolescent mental health services and the department of social services: The Leeds model
| Autor: | Isobel Porter, Dawn Walker, David Lucey, David Cottrell |
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Government
medicine.medical_specialty Referral business.industry Public health 05 social sciences 050301 education Social environment Social Welfare General Medicine Mental health Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Nursing Child protection Multidisciplinary approach Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychiatry business 0503 education 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
| Popis: | Government advice stresses the importance of inter-agency collaboration, particularly with regard to the protection of children. This article describes the development of productive and mutually supportive working relationships between health and social services in Leeds. A monthly, multidisciplinary prioritizing panel reviews all referrals from social services to therapeutic resources. In exchange for a reduction in referrals, through the process of prioritization, there is a much faster response to those referrals accepted. In addition, regular consultation and training is provided by senior health service staff to Social Services staff who are, of necessity, having to manage more cases without referral on. With time, the system has led to improved working relationships between the two organizations, an increase in therapeutic resources, and the development and sharing of good practice in child protection. In Leeds, working together has raised standards in child protection practice. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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