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Collaborative outcomes learning tool (COLT): a multi-agency educational resource to support complex public protection understanding and practice.

Heyman, Inga; Innes, Gavin; Goodhand, Kate

Authors

Inga Heyman

Gavin Innes

Kate Goodhand



Abstract

Multi-agency public protection practice has received significant media and government scrutiny in recent years, in response to failings to protect those most vulnerable people in society. Despite an appreciation by agencies that there are resource and outcome benefits to collaborative practice, how safeguarding public protection policy may be integrated into practice and education is often challenging. Public protection legislation directs core agencies to co-operate and work together with governmental direction setting out key shared safeguarding responsibilities and arrangements for individuals, professional groups and teams. Despite this there still remain difficulties between organisations to understand each other's priorities and responsibilities. This can then transpose to an individual level where entrenched professional divisions can compromise joint working. Many health and social care curricula invest in inter-professional education to encourage exploration of information sharing, reporting and case management. However, when public protection issues are considered, uni-professional and inter-professional education tends to focus on single silos of harm, for example child and adult protection, radicalisation or domestic abuse. This paper discusses the development, application and future possibilities for innovation of a unique educational tool to address this gap in public protection multi-agency education. The tool aims to support understanding of key public protection issues in Scotland by encouraging learners within undergraduate and practice environments to recognise risk, explore overlapping and 'grey areas' of harm and understand partner agency best practice and response whilst encouraging cross-sector working, appreciation and support. Through gaining insight into other agencies safeguarding roles the learner has the opportunity to gain a deeper insight and broader perspective of the complexities of interventions beyond their own discipline whilst recognising opportunities for joint resource management.

Citation

HEYMAN, I., INNES, G. and GOODHAND, K. 2016. Collaborative outcomes learning tool (COLT): a multi-agency educational resource to support complex public protection understanding and practice. Journal of perspectives in applied academic practice [online], 4(3), pages 48-55. Available from: https://doi.org/10.14297/jpaap.v4i3.168

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 6, 2016
Online Publication Date Jun 20, 2016
Publication Date Aug 10, 2016
Deposit Date Aug 22, 2016
Publicly Available Date Aug 22, 2016
Journal Journal of perspectives in applied academic practice
Electronic ISSN 2051-9788
Publisher Edinburgh Napier University
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 4
Issue 3
Pages 48-55
DOI https://doi.org/10.14297/jpaap.v4i3.168
Keywords Public protection; Multiagency; Immersive; Flexible learning; Collaborative
Public URL http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1588

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