Cate Newnes-Smith

Systems stewardship in practice: What it is and how to get started - Collaborate Are you trying to collaborate across organisational boundaries but getting stuck due to entrenched behaviours, structures and ways of working? The emerging practice of systems...

The good news is that these things can be done through local initiatives and can have a quick impact on the effectiveness of services. However they require multiagency collaboration, which is not easy to do, there needs to be a focus on nurturing a healthy ‘system’ collaboratecic.com/insights-and...

Their responses usually include better relationships with and understanding of other services locally, increased knowledge on specific topics and experts to turn to on specific subjects eg mental health, domestic abuse.

I completely agree. To the point where when people say we need more data, my heart sinks. A much better approach is to ask front line practitioners (youth workers, community workers, social workers, etc) what they need to help them serve people better.