Inter Agency Working: Challenges, Opportunities and Impact on Ahmed and Reshma

Inter Agency Working

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................1
Question 1........................................................................................................................................1
Question2.........................................................................................................................................4
Question 3........................................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Inter agency working means more than single agency collaborating to work together in an
formal and strategic manner rather than simply via informal networking. However later agency
may provide support and assist to develop the former agency. Inter agency can be operational or
strategic level. Inter agency working in system of health care is the procedures of families and
agencies combining together to the aim of interdependent issue solving which concentrates on
enhancing services for families and children. The main aim of inter agency in the health care is
to provide sufferer care that can be delivered in a updated way, but this also gives permission the
multi disciplinary team engaged with the sufferer to make strategy for their future treatment and
care. In this report writing a case study of Bangladeshi named Ahmed and Reshma who
immigrated to the United Kingdom with their children and faces lots of issues, will be going to
discuss.
MAIN BODY
Question 1
Evaluate the complex challenges and opportunities of inter-agency working - with particular
emphasis on the distinct cultural needs Ahmed and Reshma have to cope with in the UK.
In this case study Ahmed and Reshma are Bangladeshi and migrated to the United
kingdom where they face lots of challenges and problems due to the different languages and
cultures. Therefore, to resolve the problem of migrated people in United Kingdom, there is an
inter agency working (Barnes, and et. al., 2019). But there are several complex challenges and
also have some opportunities to inter agency working which specially emphasis on the various
cultural requirements Ahmed and Reshma have to deal successfully in the United kingdom.
Some of the complex challenges of inter agency working which are recognised with multi
agency working evolved hugely as an outcome of the complexities included when the
practitioner involved in the collaborative ventures. The main following issues are displayed in
the recent period into inter agency working in health care centres (Baginsky, and et. al., 2022).
 Funding: It covers in relation to feasibility, for example, conflicts on funding between
and within various agencies; a general less funding to inter agency development and
training work and for covering arrangement and on-costs to service providing. In case of
Reshma and Ahmed, since they are migrant in United kingdom, so in the health care
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sector they have get less advantages which is negligible as compare to the local people
and due to the less funding they prioritise the local people of territory. In the case of
Reshma and Ahmed, they have less facility to pay require amount of health care to get
equal opportunities to take all the needed services in the health care sector. These are the
barriers in Ahmed and Reshma case because, due to the economic to the economic
downturn council has stopped paying for the services. Inter agency collaborate with the
various agency and attempt to provide similar opportunities by providing funding to the
Ahmed and Reshma in the health care services (Blay, 2019).
 Time: Health care worker have a finite amount of time available to provide services or
respond to various different prioritise; like in health care services have waiting list in
which local people have generally get first priority as compare to migrant. Since Reshma
and Ahmed are migrant in the United kingdom so they get less priority over local people.
Inter agency can provide them equal opportunities by providing them proper care services
at appropriate time.
 Communication: It making sure a transparent routes to two way communication between
the health care setting, inter working agencies, practitioner and patients in order to
interchange the proper information and enhancing inter agencies coordinated working. In
case of Ahmed and Reshma, communication is the main and more complex barriers
because of they are belong from the non English language Country. Where they had no
any formal education before coming to the United kingdom, therefore, they can speak
few or no English (Brinck, Friedman, and Sprong, 2021). So they can not convey their
information properly to the health care professionals and the inter agencies working
staffs. Inter agency can provide some language support to the Ahmed and Reshma by
language expert so that they can convey their message to the health care professionals
and get equal opportunities to the treatment services.
 Inter agency faces issues in adapting to working in a different and new context for
example a hospital as opposed to a school and children's centre environment. In case of
Ahmed and Reshma, inter agencies faces lots of issue like they faces some health care
environmental issues which did not favour Ahmed and Reshma and also some
educational environmental issue to the children of Reshma and Ahmed (Chigbu, and et.
al., 2020). Inter agency can provide some of the financial support and some of the
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