Standards for education and training for interagency working in child protection in the UK

Citation

Taylor J & Daniel B (2006) Standards for education and training for interagency working in child protection in the UK. Nurse Education Today, 26 (3), pp. 179-182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2006.01.001

Abstract
First paragraph: The recent discussion by Long et al. (2005) concerning the key issues for the education of nurses, midwives and health visitors with regard to interagency working in child protection is highly welcome. Their paper follows the completion of a Department of Health (DH) funded project (Shardlow et al., 2004) initiated in response to Lord Laming's report on the circumstances leading to the death of Victoria Climbié (Lord Laming, 2003). Since that time of course there have been other serious case reviews in child protection, but a key message from them all concerns issues around interagency working. The DH project was conducted with specific professional and occupational groups: doctors, midwives, nurses, health visitors, police, teachers and social workers. Long et al.'s recent paper reported on the first stage, a mapping of existing material about standards in relation to education and training for interagency working. There is much to commend in Long et al.'s discussion, but we suggest four issues that require further discussion: - The assumptions about interagency working. - The interface with the Common Core of Skills and Knowledge for the Children's Workforce (DfES, 2004). - Generalisability across the UK. - The complexity of the task.

Journal
Nurse Education Today: Volume 26, Issue 3