They are a vital bridge with children and a catalyst for culturalchange.
To perform these twin functions, lead professionals will have to learnto work across boundaries, while drawing on the ethical commitments toevery child common to all children's service professionals.
Lead professionals will not have all the answers. To draw servicestogether, they will depend on relationships with other staff. However,they'll have to consult other professionals with skill, patience anddiplomacy. Over time, their challenge is to demonstrate the leadprofessionals model is one everyone gains from.
In addition, lead professionals will need a range of other skills. Theywill need to collate and analyse large amounts of information, makeinformed judgments and be able to lead multi-disciplinary teams.
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