partnership working

[Nanotrout]

hello,
I have 2 questions left on my coursework that is due on Monday and no matter how much googling ect I do I cant seem to find the answers. I'm hoping you lovely lot can help me?

barriers to partnership working
when can partnerships break down with carers/parents

I really appreciate your replies in advance

[Ruthierhyme]

Hi, barriers include different opinions, misunderstanding, poor communication skills.

page 256 and then page 274 looks at times when partnerships with parents and carers can be difficult eg.

• breakdown in communication due to a disagreement with regard to the care of a child such as a lack of boundaries
• home language or culture may make communication difficult to sustain for example where women from a culture does not leave the family home
• child is exposed to inappropriate caring and has to be placed on a child protection or children in need plan
• consent is refused for a child to be assessed through CAF and the adult's opinion is overridden
• the family has a chaotic lifestyle due to drug or other substance abuse
• parents have their own learning needs
• a parent actively avoids contact with professionals perhaps because of a family situation caused by poverty or abuse
• the home situation involves separation, divorce
• parents are vulnerable
• parents lack parenting skills
• working parents do not communicate with the setting

Hope this helps


Best wishes

[Nanotrout]

thank you! you don't know how stressed I have been with these 2 questions.