Working as an individual KeyWorker, or as a whole AMBIT team, requires a very clear set of Rituals and Disciplines that collectively define the Team's CULTURE. These are ways of talking about problems, and behaving in certain circumstances that the team collectively "signs up to".

Why?

There are three main reasons for this:

1. Shared culture = less misunderstanding

Having shared understandings of what certain phrases mean to each other (a Cultural Context) minimises the likelihood of misunderstandings. In managing high risk young people, this is the most obvious benefit.

2. Marking and mentalizing

Second, Rituals have much in common with the concept of Marking that is how mentalizing starts (or may be re-started.)

3. Well-connected

Third, sharing certain practices and phrases offers some reassurance to individual team members that this could be a "well connected team" (see the Core Features of AMBIT, which include Keyworker well-connected to wider team.)

See the Show references and info panel for sub-topics that list the various key Rituals and Disciplines that work towards this goal.