According to the Government, teachers, doctors, social workers and many others must work together more closely to avoid vulnerable children falling between the gaps that divide each profession. This is easier said than done and it will take a lot more than management restructuring and the establishment of children's trusts to make it happen.
The real difficulty with joint working is not that people who work with children don't work in the same building, or even that they don't talk to each other enough. The problem is a clash of cultures - professions do not understand each other and, in some cases, do not even like each other. Years of ignorance and mistrust must be overcome before newly integrated children's services can really make their mark.
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