The following ideas about LEARNING at work were generated by two teams from Hackney during their team training in response to the exercise Learning about Team Learning - a discussion exercise who generously agreed to share their idea in the core content of the manual.

The team would have: -

Clear structure

• regular meetings
• multi-disciplinary team
• with agreed ways to implement
• team shared understanding of why
• key core values of remit
• shared resources
• good supervision structures

Contained and supported staff

• welcoming and accommodating
• be able to explore uncertainty through discussion
• be able to tolerate differences/ appreciation and respect for different disciplines
• reviewing and reflecting on practice
• able to shift positions and adjust thinking and practice
• creative thinking
• sharing knowledge of own profession through presentations
• nurturing students

Training and working together

• attending training together
• joint working with clients
• internal consultations -its okay!
• team away days to think about training needs