Partnership working on the front-line: A Change Project

Aims of this Change Project

To bring together a group of people who have knowledge and/or experience of managing or working in partnership on the front-line of services to children and young people. We will explore the research and effective practice with a view to developing practical tools and materials as guidance for promoting more effective front-line working in partnership.

Click here to see a 'poster' describing the Change Project and how it works

Why front-line partnership working?

This Change Project has developed out of interest expressed within the research in practice network for support with developing front-line partnership working. The context for the thinking behind the need for this project is the national agenda expressed within Every Child Matters: Change for Children, and the accompanying recent Children Act (2004) the overall aim of which is

‘...to encourage integrated planning, commissioning and delivery of services as well as improve multi-disciplinary working, remove duplication, increase accountability and improve the co-ordination of individual and joint inspections in local authorities'.

The Act provides a legislative spine for the wider strategy for improving children's lives.

This Change Project is framed around the research in practice peer-reviewed research review Professionalism, Partnership and Joined-up Thinking: A research review of front-line working with children by Nick Frost in which he reviews the literature on this subject and Developing Multiprofessional Teamwork for Integrated Children's Services by Anning A et al. (2006) Open University

The first Change Project group

If you would like to see which agencies and what partnerships were involved in the first Change Project group please click here.

Facilitators

Liz Garret, Head Of Strategy and Development, Department of Children and Families, Wiltshire County Council and

Sal Lodge, Development Officer,research in practice

Nick Frost also advised and contributed to the first group sessions.

If you want further information please contact Sal Lodge sal@rip.org.uk