Multi Agency Working Pros And Cons

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RESEARCH SECTION Multi-agency working: what are the perspectives of SENCos and parents regarding its development and implementation? Pearl Barnes that every locality has power to administer pooled budgets and implement a Children’s Trust, in order to integrate and unite services around the needs of the child. Although partnership working is upheld as beneficial for all children, children with special educational needs and/or disabilities have formed the focus of much of the educational inter-agency activity (Wilson & Pirrie, 2000). The aims of co-ordinating services through ‘joint posts’ and ‘joint working practices’ across health and education, and providing a ‘seamless service’ and a ‘one-stop shop’ for all service provision, with more…show more content…
The time taken to travel across a large rural region to lots of small schools was a concern for some. ‘Time, resources and number of people involved. (SENCo 17) ’ ‘Too many things to discuss at one meeting. How can it be co-ordinated? Time and money, where are the professionals going to come from, especially speech therapists?’ (parent 3) ‘Not being able to talk openly, medics and confidentiality and how much we do share information. Communication is also a barrier. (SENCo 3) ’ ‘Confidentiality. I don’t think everything needs to go everywhere. (parent 5) ’ ‘Some parents may not want agencies to talk together. Regarded as big brother if went too far with everyone having access to everything. (parent 4) ’ ‘Cultural boundaries. (SENCo 25) ’ ‘Bureaucracy of it. If not done well it could become too complicated. Sometimes there can be too many meetings and some big meetings can be off-putting. ’ (SENCo 9) ‘It’s always going to be personalities, or departments who don’t gel with a school. (SENCo 18) ’ ‘Professional boundaries and personal egos. Individual professionals who lack communication skills. (parent 2) ’ ‘No disadvantages but can see funding as a barrier. Personality clashes between professionals forced to work together. (parent 9) ’ ‘Professional cultures and boundaries. Some professionals don’t like to be…show more content…
(SENCo 27) ’ ‘Specialist support network would be brilliant. We ask for hands on as it would be great. A really good idea. (SENCo 24) ’ ‘What we really need is a one-stop shop where everybody is there for all these children with needs, with any need. (parent 7) ’ ‘The multi-agency assessment and a one-stop shop for service provision is the ideal. (SENCo 19) ’ ‘A local clinic run by health visitors for children with special needs. I have to travel to [name of town] for everything. Everything is [name of town]-centred. If you’re not from the main town you do feel as though you are on your own a bit. ’ (parent 5) ‘More training earlier. Joint training so we all start at the same level. (SENCo 29) ’ ‘Skills groups for the cascade and joint training for understanding what everybody else is doing. ’ (SENCo
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