Children's workforce area teams
Area teams were created across the borough in September 2008 to
meet the unique combination of needs of each child and family. Each
team brings together practitioners from a number of agencies
(council, health service, police private and voluntary, statutory)
who work with the same children and families to provide a more
flexible and personalised service.
Area teams are not teams as we would normally know them and are
not line managed by one service or manager. Individuals will
continue to be part of their ‘specialist’ team consisting of people
with similar roles and responsibilities. Therefore, area team
members may not be based in one location but will work with a
geographical area within the Rochdale borough.
Rochdale has five area teams:
- Heywood
- Middleton
- Pennines
- Rochdale North
- Rochdale South
Attributes of area teams
By utilising skills, establishing relationships and networking
of local resources Area Teams will ensure the best services for
families, children and young people within the Rochdale
Borough.
Team members may not know each other, or have worked together as
a team. However, meeting informally to share professional
development needs and coming together for training will enable a
better understanding of different roles. Each area team will also
have a ‘co-ordinator’ to liaise between agencies and facilitate
engagement within teams.
Local area team membership
For details of practitioners who work with children and young
people in your area you can download copies of the directories
below. They contain names and contact details of members
within each of the area teams and are updated every two
months.
Heywood Area Team
- November 2008 (983kb pdf file)
Middleton Area
Team - November 2008 (955kb pdf file)
Pennines Area
Team - November 2008 (964kb pdf file)
Rochdale
North Area Team - November 2008 (957kb pdf file)
Rochdale
South Area Team - November 2008 (1mb pdf file)