Most children's services professionals agree the Every Child Matters reforms have brought big improvements in services. But five years on, specialised disciplines within the sector still feel marginalised by the steady march towards joint working.
Earlier this year, a report by the Children's Services Professional Network warned the squeeze on public finances and move to integrated services threatens the future of specialists such as educational psychologists and education welfare officers.
It found workers are increasingly expected to carry out "hybrid" roles that water down professional expertise, and that specialists are ever more likely to be accountable to managers who have no direct experience of their discipline and are thus unable to offer appropriate supervision.
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