Nursery World - How to work together

As projects like Sure Start and Early Excellence expand, more and more early years practitioners are working together with other professionals like social workers, adult educators and health visitors. Some ideas for developing joined-up working: 1 Working together means sharing ideas and not being afraid to make mistakes. 2 Professionals have to be committed to listening to the views of users - adults and children - and changing how they work in response to feedback.

2 Professionals have to be committed to listening to the views of users - adults and children - and changing how they work in response to feedback.

3 Services will have to be developed to meet users' needs, rather than trying to fit everyone into the traditional types of service on offer.

4 People from different services will have their own needs. Everyone will require the understanding and support of managers, and also have to support other people with different training and experiences.

5 Local needs have to be researched and clarified so that all professionals are clear about the context they are working in.

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