Theme : professionalism
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The Talking Cure
Wednesday morning was the launch of The Talking Cure. Faizal and I wrote the pamphlet to try to capture the changing conversations taking place between professionals and patients around health. The discussion at the launch was fascinating and impassioned. Howard Stoate gave us his perspective at the only practising GP in the House of Commons. Richard Horton was as thoughtful and fired up as ever.
You can listen to all of the speeches, questions etc. here. from : jackstilgoe 19th May 2008 - You heard it here first A while back I wrote a fairly unformed post about the relationship between professionalism and public service reform, suggesting that reformers should learn to draw on what it means to be a professional in Knowsley or in Essex. Well, after some more research and a case study of some facinating work going on in Bexley, i have an aticle in Society Guardian that develops that idea further. from : duncanoleary 20th September 2006
- Guardian: Tories admit past mistakes over public service workers David Cameron's public service improvement policy group will call for a "new partnership with the professions" which acknowledges that the inspection regimes installed since the 1980s have gone too far. from : duncanoleary 4th September 2006
- DfES Report: mplementation of the Lead Professional Role Finds: - "Fears about upsetting arrangements that people think are currently working well for children, young people and families, especially those with additional and complex needs, including sorting out different thresholds" - the importance for professionals of "Clear perception of the benefits for children, young people and families" from : duncanoleary 14th August 2006
- Demos | Publications | The Leadership Imperative Argues that resistance to change can be a hallmark of professionalism - due to concern over the impact of periods of instability/transition and because of uncertainty around new ways of working. Suggests approaches for leaders trying to bring about change in children's services. from : duncanoleary 14th August 2006
- Who can be a lead professional? - Every Child Matters Good illustration of shift from inputs to outcomes: 'We have therefore defined the role by the functions and skills, rather than by particular professional or practitioner groupings...The person who takes on the role of lead professional will vary according to the specific needs of the child.' from : duncanoleary 7th August 2006
- Child Protection: Messages from research (DoH) ‘Researchers found a clear link between better outcomes for children and greater involvement of parents. Parents were involved in 53% of cases where the outcome was good, 24% in which it was considered poor.’ from : duncanoleary 7th August 2006
- Local professionalism I’ve been doing a bit of reading for a new project that we are starting with the IDeA, looking at how efforts in local authorities to re-orient services around the needs of users are disrupting professional boundaries, roles and status, and am struck by the suggestion that John Craig makes in Production Values that we may be witnessing the birth of local professionalism. from : duncanoleary 2nd August 2006
- Surestart evaluation (pdf) Couple of interesting points: 1. Shared targets not enough for collaboration: 'Agencies are more likely to collaborate with other initiatives if they believe that the efforts of both organisations are contributing towards meeting not only the same targets, but that those targets are seen to be meaningful'. 2. Belief that training is able to bring professionals together: 'Training has the ability to mitigate tensions between professionals from health and social services agencies' from : duncanoleary 25th July 2006
- From strategy to reality In The Leadership Imperative, published by Demos last year, Hannah Lownsbrough and I argued that: "The danger for Every Child Matters…lies not in an outright rejection from the people being asked to deliver it, but in the day-today difficulties of making it work on the ground. Entrenched patterns of professional behaviour lead to scepticism and distrust of the capabilities of professionals from other backgrounds..." from : duncanoleary 25th July 2006
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