Explain Why Partnership Working May Be Difficult In A Multidisciplinary Team

5. Explain why partnership working may be difficult in a multidisciplinary team.
When all specialists and experts work with each other as part of a multidisciplinary team, together they accomplish better outcomes for children. Although at times working with other professionals can prove tricky.
Personalities – Not everyone will get on, personalities may clash for many reasons. It is important to remain professional and treat others with courtesy and respect at all times as you will never get along with everyone you work with. It’s vital to focus on the task at hand and remember that you all have a shared aim which will aid and benefit children’s learning and development. Determining some ground rules and agreeing good practice can help ease
Due to people’s hectic work schedules, working hours or other commitments and responsibilities. It is vital that where possible people try to be flexible. Meetings may have to be held in the evening or you may have to arrange cover for day time meetings to enable professionals to get together. It is important meetings have clear goals and objectives and an organised agenda as some specialists and experts may only be able to attend for a short period of time and it is important they have the opportunity to communicate what they need to prior to them having to leave. All those who attend a meeting need to be accommodating and considerate of timeframes and must stick to the agenda. At times some experts and specialists may go off topic or ramble on about irrelevant issues, staying focused on the aims and objectives will stop this from
• Communicating and sharing their own observations of their child’s learning and development at home, so these can be included in their child’s learning journal.
• Being able to discuss and challenge staff assessments of children’s growth and development.
There are many parental experiences and below shows the parental experiences and the possible impacts these may have on partnership working -
• Becoming a first-time parent – New parents will have no previous experience of parenthood to draw upon and everything will be new to them. It is quite overwhelming and they may feel a little out of their depth and might not comprehend what is expected of them.
• Previous bad experience at another setting – In this case parents may find it hard to build a relationship with staff, they may seem distant and not trust staff.
• Having strong views in regards to parenting or religion that affect their expectations – Parents may expect a setting to operate in a particular way that clashes with a settings policies.
• Negative experiences with education or professionals – A parent may be cautious of staff and may fail to reveal vital information as a result of fear and anxiety of being