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A model for multi-disciplinary collaboration in child protection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Lynne McPherson,
Noel Macnamara and
Craig Hemsworth
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Abstract

Working from a background in child protective intervention and staff training and development, the authors sought to address two commonly reported deficits in child protection – the lack of a risk management framework and failures in interagency collaboration. This paper reports their approach to locating a risk and safety factor matrix and their evaluation of its use in a series of interagency workshops designed to improve collaboration.

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Children Australia , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , 1997, pp. 21 - 28
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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