Multidisciplinary groups

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Multidisciplinary groups(MDGs) is made up of professionals from different expertise that offer help to clients who have need for help from more than type of professional. An example of MDG is the community mental health team (CMHT) which is considered as the model for multi-disciplinary working. Multidisciplinary groups (MDGs) are essential mechanism progressively used by probation departments to confirm that youth with multifaceted needs obtain community cross-agency and services and that supports their effective rehabilitation and return to the community. MDGs support teamwork between the agencies and identifies service break downs and gaps between agencies or individuals in coordination. In addition, they improve individual team member’s professional knowledge and skills by providing an opportunity for learning more on resources, strategies and approaches that are used by various disciplines (Wix & Humphreys, 2005). The team members should undergo different training on cultural and working ways so as to get change reorganization and restructuring. This changing roles normally affect how the team works together and may cause confusion, therefore clarification on roles and boundaries is crucial… Declaring ones professional identity over other colleagues may be excluding and threatening. Therefore, this needs to be addressed to prevent power dynamics. Generally health, Social work and education have their own jargon, which may be separating. When discussing, Team members should learn how to value one another’s contributions, see how the group communicates and be cautious on how you hold prejudice and make judgments. Any action taken is to be a shared vision owned by all team members. In a multi-professional team Social workers can have different priorities and loyalties to colleagues and changing views on proper care. Service users can influence professionals making them to play off one against the other. Demanding service users may interpretation flaws in the way professionals work together.

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Wix, S., & Humphreys, M. S. (2005). Multidisciplinary working in forensic mental health care. Edinburgh: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone.