The Every Professional Matters report warns that the squeeze on publicfinances and move towards integrated services threatens the future ofspecialist disciplines such as educational psychologists and educationwelfare officers.
It found workers are increasingly expected to carry out "hybrid" roles,which water down professional expertise. It also revealed thatspecialist workers are ever more likely to be accountable to managerswith no direct experience of their discipline, meaning managers areunable to offer all appropriate supervision.
John Chowcat, general secretary of the children's services union Aspect,which leads the network, said workers are in favour of integratedservices, but warned that merging roles to save cash would damageindividual professions and children's services as a whole.
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