Working in Multi-professional Contexts : A Practical Guide for Professionals in Children's Services / John M. Davis and Mary Smith.

"Making links between different professional roles, policies and practices, this book equips you with the skills, knowledge and understandings that managers, practitioners and students need to work in integrated multiprofessional settings. The book draws on case studies to consider the dilemmas, challenges and complexities common within your workplaces. Each chapter incorporates activities to support professional development. There are six case study chapters that analyze specific examples from inclusive education , integrated family support, integrated children's services (education, health and social services), participatory family center design and professional mentoring." -- Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-191) and index.

Introduction: themes, issues and conclusions -- Multi-professional assessment, planning and delivery -- Participation and Multi-professional Working -- Traditional Structures of Multi-professional Leadership and Management -- Contemporary Approaches to Multi-professional Leadership and Management -- Multi-professional Evaluation -- Multi-professional learning and creativity.