Developing a positive working culture for supporting disabled children and young people with severe complex needs

A quick guide for social workers and social care practitioners

Published June 2022

Disabled children and young people need social care, education and health practitioners to work together to ensure their views, life goals, ambitions and preferences are at the centre of planning and decision-making. A positive workplace culture makes this more likely.

This quick guide, aimed at social workers and social care practitioners, highlights the contribution that interagency teams, relationship building, key worker support and opportunities to learn together, can make to developing a positive culture.