Explain The Different Models Of Multi-Disciplinary Working

For many years laws have been passed to prevent cruelty to children. During the 20th century, a concept for multi-disciplinary working began the early stages of its development. Multi-disciplinary working is when different organisations work together to achieve specific objectives. It is a concept in which service providers work more closely with service users in order to provide care that is most fitting to their needs. There are about five different models of multi-agency working which are decision-making groups; consultation and training; centre- based delivery; coordinated delivery; and operational team delivery. Agencies come together for different reasons. There are also different levels of engagement with other professionals depending
Sometimes the biggest changes happen after a tragedy has occurred. The first glimpse of multi-disciplinary working can be seen when the Children Act 1948 was established. It set up a children’s committee with a children’s officer in each local authority. It enforced the parliamentary care of children committee established in 1945 as a result of a child named Dennis O'Neill. The young boy died at the hands of his foster parents. The Children Act 1948 introduced the local authorities’ to care for deprived children. It states the childcare services’ duty to work closely with families. The act also encouraged individualisation of needs which is seen greatly in current services of multi-disciplinary working. A lack of coordination in children services was in clear view when the death of Maria Colwell occurred. Strategies put together to improve this included the Children Act 1989 which gave every child the right to protection from abuse and exploitation. To assist in enforcing this, the Working Together Under the Children Act was
It expands and develops on the structure of the children’s act 1989. It has principles that act as guidelines on how children should be looked after. These principles include allowing children to be healthy, to remain safe in their environments, helping children to enjoy life, helping them in their quest to succeed, making a positive contribution to children’s lives and helping children to achieve economic stability for their future. The act underpins that the welfare of the child is paramount and that different organisations should work together to insure it. It also states the concept of parental responsibility which is defined as all the rights, duties powers, responsibilities, and authorities which by law a parent of a child has in relation to the child and his/her property. The children’s Act 2004 reinforces the every child matters policy that was put in to ensure that every child has an opportunity to reach their potential by reducing the levels of things like, educational failure, ill health , substance misuse, teenage pregnancy, abuse, neglect and antisocial behaviour among children and young