MULTI-AGENCY WORKING
Prevailing social, political and economic policy is encouraging the delivery of public services to be ‘joined-up’ and to consider the experience of the user in an end-to-end way.
This means that agencies must be able to work together effectively and efficiently. This poses challenges as most agencies have different cultures, systems, beliefs and key performance indicators. Results of poor multi agency working can be devastating for the end-user.
So do you work in a multi-agency environment where you:
• Seem to compete rather than collaborate?
• Feel constantly frustrated with other partners?
• See service users sometimes fall between the gaps
• Are staggered by the amount of time and effort it takes to work together?
If so, you may want to read the case studies below and see how other organisations have overcome these problems.


