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Multidisciplinary Teams

Multidisciplinary Teams. Roles and Responsibilities of health and social care workers Unit 40.

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Multidisciplinary Teams

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  1. Multidisciplinary Teams Roles and Responsibilities of health and social care workers Unit 40

  2. "Multidisciplinary care when professionals from a range of disciplines work together to deliver comprehensive care that addresses as many of the patient's needs as possible. This can be delivered by a range of professionals functioning as a team under one organisational umbrella or by professionals from a range of organisations, including private practice, brought together as a unique team. As a patient's condition changes over time, the composition of the team may change to reflect the changing clinical and psychosocial needs of the patient."

  3. It is becoming increasingly clear that no single professional group can meet patients' needs in complex, fast-paced and demanding environments. Multidisciplinary teamwork is about making the most of different skills to meet people's needs, and creating satisfying and supportive working groups. It is about the details of making community care a reality. Organization ensures that needs are linked to the services and that service providers are laterally linked to each other.

  4. Advantages 1) Saving resources, avoiding duplication of workload Teamwork aims to stimulate group cohesion and cooperation towards professional and service objectives. Multi-professional care uses teamwork to bridge divisions and conflicts between and within professional groups in care services, hence stimulating a more effective and coordinated use of resources. Multidisciplinary approach may provide a more cost-effective solution to service users. 2) Avoiding frustration of elderly and build-up of trustIf different professions approach the service user one by one and ask similar or the same questions during the initial assessment, it would result in making the service user feeling uncomfortable and even frustrated. A multidisciplinary teamwork approach would eliminate unnecessary duplication of workload spent on background assessment and share certain background and key information. If the elderly are more comfortable with the service team, a more trusting relationship could be built.

  5. 3) Centralized expertise and encourage coordinationMultidisciplinary teamwork can ensure a centralization of expertise and allow better communication and coordination between different professions. This approach enhances the professional skills and knowledge of individual team members by providing a forum for learning about the strategies, resources, and approaches used by various disciplines. It encourages them to provide the best combination of services with excellent quality. 4) Bridging the gapSuch teamwork approach provides a ‘check and balance' mechanism to ensure that the interest and rights of all concerned professions are addressed to. Moreover, it allows the identification of service gaps or breakdowns in coordination between agencies or individuals. 5) Effective time managementFrom the perspective of service users and from the perspective of service providers multidisciplinary teamwork can avoid the duplication of workload and allow more a effective use of time. 6) Workers can become specialists in an area – care workers therefore experience care from a more experienced and specialised member of staff.

  6. Issues • Patients may ‘slip through the net’. • Information may not be shared. • Lack of funding. • Lack of continuity. • Some social workers have expressed concern that their professional identity could suffer in multidisciplinary teams as other professions may tend to take the lead, notably medical professionals.

  7. Examples of Teams • CMHTs: The community mental health team (CMHT) is regarded as the model for all multi-disciplinary teams. Approved social workers and community psychiatric nurses are the mainstay of CMHTs. The Mental Health Act 2007 created the role of approved mental health professionals and approved clinicians to take over the role of approved social worker. • YOTs: The Youth Offending Team. Set up after the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 these consist of social workers, probation officers, housing, employment and educational professionals. • Home Treatment Teams: Operating for adults with mental health problems who can remain at home with support. They can consist of occupational therapists, social workers, community psychiatric nurses, and psychologists. • Children and family teams: Include a variety of professionals. Often broken down into age groups (1-5 etc). Their work can be gauged by looking at job adverts. The Laming report following the death of Victoria Climbie gave fresh impetus to better multidisciplinary working in teams and between agencies. • Therapy teams. • Care of the elderly - adult protective services, the civil and criminal justice systems, health and social services, and mental health. May include domestic violence advocates, substance abuse specialists, clergy, and policy-makers. Financial abuse specialist teams, or FASTs, focus on cases involving exploitation and include representatives from financial institutions.

  8. Individuals who would work with people with dementia? • Support worker/Health care worker • GP • Community Mental health team • GP • Qualified Nurses • Occupational health workers • WHAT OTHER STAFF???

  9. Websites Used • http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/06/23/108595/Multidisciplinary-teams.htm • http://www.warwick.org.hk/articles-08.htm Also worth using… http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/bulletins/children/pg7.html

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