1. Welcome Back O

2. Last Time...

3. Send a Text...
Describe something from the last session that you used in your setting this week.

4. Today
We will be ...

5. Objectives; what we will learn today
Explain why working in partnership with others is important for children and young people, to include importance of partnerships with parents/carers
Outline who relevant partners would be in own work setting.
Summarise the characteristics of effective partnerships and the barriers partnerships might be faced with.
Recommend how partnerships with parents/carers could be maintained in the setting.
Analyse how to overcome barriers of partnership working.

6. Working in Partnership with others
Who do we mean by others?
parents
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carers
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guardians
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professionals
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colleagues
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7. Why should we work in partnership with parents?
Group work
Complete the A3 table.
You will all need to have an input and all take part in the presentation.
20 minutes to prepare- then presentation time

8. Presentation Skills

9. Other Professionals
Who might these professionals be?

10. Pod/Vod cast
Using the Q3 Handy Video Recorded produce a Pod cast or Vod cast on your chosen professional. Once finished these can be uploaded to Moodle

11. Objectives- How are we doing?

12. Why should we work in partnership with professionals?

13. Why should we work in partnership with colleagues?

14. Multi-disciplinary teams
Jay is 5 years old and attends school full time. Jay has a learning support assistant in class. Jay also attends the after school club three days a week, which is held at a local community centre. She has a support worker who helps her there. Jay is also receiving speech and language therapy. She has exercises to do and the therapist visits her at school once a month. As Jay is on the special needs register she is seen by the educational psychologist each year.
Who are all the people involved in supporting Jay and her family?

15. Homework Task... Find out your procedure for working with other professionals. Extension Task- complete a policy summary sheet on this procedure

16. Characteristics of effective partnership working
Working together
Share observations
Plan support together
Implement action plans
Evaluate and feedback
Effective meetings
Clear lines of communication
Confidentiality
Parents to be equal in any decision making
Respect parents views

17. Barriers and difficulties to effective partnership working
How can you overcome the barriers and difficulties to partnership with parents?
(A3 handout)

18. Why is it important to overcome these barriers and difficulties?

19. How can you build and maintain partnerships with parents

20. Summary: Why is it important to work in partnership with others when working with children? Think Consequences!!!

21. To the left to the right!
Tell the person to your left one thing you now know.
Tell the person to your right one thing you can take back to your setting.

22. Build and maintain relationships
On a post it record down one way to build or maintain a relationship.

23. Build and maintain relationships
Pick someone’s post it and add why it is important to build this relationship, include the consequences of not maintaining this relationship

24. Objectives; what we have covered today
Explain why working in partnership with others is important for children and young people, to include importance of partnerships with parents/carers
Outline who relevant partners would be in own work setting.
Summarise the characteristics of effective partnerships and the barriers partnerships might be faced with.
Recommend how partnerships with parents/carers could be maintained in the setting.
Analyse how to overcome barriers of partnership working.

25. Draw a picture

26. Next Time
Understand the importance of effective communication and information sharing in services for children and young people
Home work
Drafts of section 5