Multi Agency Working Essay

 Multi agency working is a group of professionals working together as a team to provide the best possible services for their service users and to make sure the needs of the service user, parent/carer are met. Multi- agency working also use the holistic approach to make sure that each individual has effective and high standards services which is suitable for everyone. Information is shared within the teams and they all decide what decision is best for that individual. There can be a wide range of teams working together whether it be gp/hospital , nurse/doctor, psychologist/social worker, care home/social worker and many others. They work together to find out what's best for each individual and how it may effect their physical, intellectual,

It has been identified that there have been many improvements and benefits of effective services available for individuals and being able to effectively solve any problems that may arise. To add to this there has been an increased understanding and trust between agencies and professionals. It leads to enhanced and improved outcomes for service users and services are easily accessible and always available. This also helps to strengthen support and promotes mutual encouragement and the exchange of ideas between staff.
 By having multi-agency working teams it means that the services for service users will keep improving and have a positive impact on them as they are getting all the help they need and deserve to make their stay at the care home a better environment. It also allows them to specialise in specific areas of care.
 They are able to have more than one point of view of things for what is more suitable and effective for each individual. They are able to get a better perspective of things from different

 Some service users may not approve of the fact that their information is being shared with many professionals as they prefer to have minimal amount of professionals to be involved in their illness.
 As it is time consuming, the service users may tend to get fed up as the process it taking time, this will have a negative impact on the agencies as the service users will start to make complaints that their needs are not being handled quick enough.
 As there is more than one agency involved in the needs of the service users their information is being passed down to more than one professional, this can lead to information misplaced receiving the wrong care for their needs, also the more agencies involved the more complicated the process gets and it will be harder to organise care suitable for them.
 Time – there is only a little amount of time available to respond to many different priorities, some services may have waiting lists, this will cause the service users to not have enough time with the professionals and may have to wait for their