ABSTRACT
Research has substantially influenced the current policy agenda for interprofessional work in child protection and has driven the need for fundamental changes in practice at individual, organisational and interorganisational level. The intended changes in interagency practice have been promoted through the implementation of two important policy documents; Working Together to Safeguard Children (Department of Health et al 1999) and The Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families (Department of Health et al 2000). Nationally, strategies employed to ensure their implementation have differed from one area to another. Area Child Protection Committees (ACPCs) and interagency child protection training have been only moderately successful in supporting developments given the current interprofessional context.
