According to Cheminais (2009. P.4)
‘Multi-agency partnership working is where practitioners from more than one agency work together jointly, sharing aims, information, tasks and responsibilities in order to intervene early to prevent problems arising which may impact on children’s learning and achievement. …show more content…
The Every Child Matters(ECM) (DfES, 2003) and the Children Act 2004 emphasised the need for agencies to work closely together as part as a multidisciplinary team in order to promote and build upon the five Every Child Matters outcomes for children and young people. Cheminais stated that ‘this important piece of legislation responded to the Lord Laming inquiry into the tragic death of Victoria Climbie, which was the result of poor co-ordination and the failure of inter-agency communication in sharing information across