Integrated Working
Integrated working is when everyone supporting children and young people work together effectively to put the child and family at the centre, meet their needs and improve their lives.
By combining practitioners' professional expertise, knowledge and skills from across all services working with children and families and involving the child or young person and family throughout their work practitioners can, identify needs earlier and gaps or duplication in provision and then deliver a coordinated package of support that is centred on the child or young person and their families, and help to secure better outcomes for them.
Integrated working is achieved through collaboration and co-ordination at all levels, across all services, in both single and multi-agency settings. It requires clear and ongoing leadership and management. At an operational level, it is facilitated by adopting common service delivery models, tools and processes.
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The
Change for Children team has been nationally recognised for the way it’s improving children’s quality of life. The team, which has worked extremely hard to transform the way Blackpool serves families and children, has won
Integrated Children’s Team of the Year at the Children’s Star Awards in London.
The winners of the Children’s Stars Awards 2009 were announced at a gala event held at Lloyds of London on Thursday 25 June. The ceremony was hosted by TV and Radio Star Neil Fox and attended by a wealth of VIPs and outstanding children’s professionals.
The dynamic Blackpool Change for Children Team picked up the award for Integrated Children’s Team of the Year for developing outstanding integrated services across Blackpool that are making a difference to the lives of hundreds of children and families.
Congratulations to the team and thanks to everyone who is helping to make integrated working a success in Blackpool.