The study, which was Government-funded, says frontline staff are anxiousabout multi-disciplinary working and that training is "urgently needed".It also reveals a lack of progress on information sharing and localsafeguarding children boards. And it says more needs to be done toinvolve children and families in the new arrangements.
Realising Children's Trust Arrangements is part of an ongoing three-yearstudy being conducted by the University of East Anglia and the NationalChildren's Bureau. The report, published last week, builds on interimfindings unveiled earlier this year (Children Now, 2-8 March).
It says that professionals in all sectors are enthusiastic about thevision for integrated children's services set out in the Every ChildMatters white paper. It also highlights positive developments inservices for children that emphasise "children's needs, earlyintervention and multi-agency working" but warns that there are a numberof obstacles that professionals must overcome.
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