At the moment we are concentrating on bringing together health, education and social care staff in developing joined-up, easily accessible, holistic services for all children in the trust area. Gradually we will extend the pilot to incorporate the 0-19 agenda.
Describe a typical day. I suppose a typical day would be an office-based day. It's really exciting getting groups of people together, all with ideas, suddenly someone will say something, and it's like a light going on in people's heads - that's when you know you've clicked, and that's the start of a new service.
What other agencies, and who else within your organisation, do you work with? Our trust in Stevenage is beginning with schools, so all the disciplines that work in schools, as well as school nurses and social workers. We have negotiated a speech therapy service for our trust schools - so speech therapists also. We are lucky in Hertfordshire, because the local education authority and children's social services are combined into the children, schools and families division.
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