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Facilitators and barriers for co-ordinated multi-agency services
1Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, Heslington, York, UK. ps26@york.ac.uk
Child: Care, Health and Development
|November 6, 2004
Summary
Effective multi-agency working in children
Area of Science:
- Child and Family Services Research
- Public Policy and Administration
- Interorganizational Collaboration
Background:
- Improving interagency collaboration is a key policy priority.
- Lack of coordinated multi-agency working in children's services is a documented issue.
- Evidence on facilitators, barriers, and outcomes of coordinated services is crucial for local development.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review existing literature on multi-agency working to inform the Children's National Service Framework.
- To identify facilitators and barriers to effective multi-agency collaboration in children's services.
Main Methods:
- Literature review focused on existing reviews and recent studies.
- Searches concentrated on multi-agency working in children's services.
- Inclusion of studies not covered by prior reviews.
Main Results:
- Limited evidence exists on the effectiveness of multi-agency working models for improving child and family outcomes.
- Key facilitators include clear roles, agreed timetables, multi-agency steering groups, organizational commitment, and robust communication/IT systems.
- Staff training and interprofessional education can mitigate barriers to joint working.
Conclusions:
- Current research offers valuable insights for developing multi-agency services.
- Methodologically sound research is needed to evaluate the outcomes and cost-effectiveness of different multi-agency models for children's services.
- Further research should explore the relationship between identified facilitators and service outcomes.
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