Standards for education and training for interagency working in child protection in the UK : implications for nurses, midwives and health visitors

Long, T; Davis, C; Johnson, M; Murphy, M; Race, D; Shardlow, S

Abstract

This article presents a discussion of key issues for the education of
nurses, midwives and health visitors following the completion of a Department of
Health funded project, managed by the General Social Care Council and conducted
jointly by two research centres; Salford Centre for Social Work Research and Salford
Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and Collaborative Research. The work was initiated in
response to Lord Laming’s report on the circumstances leading to the death of Victoria Climbie´. The project was conducted in relation to specified professions and
occupational groups: doctors; health visitors; midwives; nurses; police; teachers,
and social workers. It was undertaken in two stages. The first stage mapped existing
material about standards in relation to education and training for interagency working. The second stage engaged in an extensive consultation exercise through which a
model and a set of proposed standards for interagency education and training for
interagency work were developed. The former is detailed fully in this report, while
nine examples of standards are presented. The project final report was presented
seven months after commencement.

Citation

Long, T., Davis, C., Johnson, M., Murphy, M., Race, D., & Shardlow, S. (2006). Standards for education and training for interagency working in child protection in the UK : implications for nurses, midwives and health visitors. Nurse Education Today, 26(1), 11-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2005.05.011

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 28, 2005
• Online Publication Date: Aug 15, 2005
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2006
• Deposit Date: May 15, 2012
• Journal: Nurse Education Today
• Print ISSN: 0260-6917
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 11-22
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2005.05.011
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2005.05.011
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