Chapter 5: Interprofessional working with children and young people
1. What are the key principles of interprofessional working?
- Continuity, choice, communication, comprehensiveness, co-ordination
- Communication, co-ordination, clarity, comprehensiveness
- Choice, comprehensiveness, communication
- Comprehensiveness, co-ordination, clarity, communication, choice
2. Which of the following answers best describes the main ambition for integrating health and social care?
- To take account of the particular needs of different recipients
- To be proactive and anticipate needs
- To be planned and locally led to encourage engagement with the local community and professionals
- To work more collaboratively by sharing and pooling resources across statutory and third sector services
3. Identify one key principle of effective transition:
- All plans and assessments should be made in a person-centred way
- Services should be planned effectively
- Young people, parents and carers should get the information they need
- Budgets should be agreed before the planning process starts
4. Which of the following is NOT an outcome of ineffective interprofessional working?
- Duplication of care
- Provision of shared funding and resources
- Failure to provide care
- Clinical risk
5. Choose one statement from the following list which best describes the benefits of interprofessional working:
- Effective organisation, joint investment and integration
- Involvement of service users in planning and delivery of services
- Clear communication and information sharing
- Ability to meet organisational targets