Explain and discuss the importance of interdisciplinary teams and the role of a social worker on these teams. Discuss the characteristics of successful teams. Share an example of your own experience in working on a team and what made it successful or not successful.
What will be an ideal response?
Interdisciplinary teams are composed of a group of professionals representing a variety of disciplines, working in organized collaboration to solve a common set of problems. It is important that social workers have a good understanding of other professions and the roles of other members of interdisciplinary teams. In addition, social workers must educate other team members about their own areas of expertise. Learning to work well with team members regardless of differing perspectives and job responsibilities enables social workers to better achieve their desired outcomes. Research on some teams also reports a number of problems or challenges faced by these teams, including difficulty developing shared goals and objectives, conflicting theories and ideologies, turf disputes, power struggles, agency territorialism, confusion about leadership roles, and more time-consuming decision making. Over time, there has been a call for social workers to assume more leadership in interdisciplinary collaboration in several fields, including developmental disabilities, adolescent health services, and legal services.
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