Lead Article: Kaleidoscope – Lewisham Centre for Children and Young People
Tony O'Sullivan
...In 1999 Lewisham agencies decided on an exciting venture with the idea that if the majority of key agencies and their service teams were located in the same centre, better joint working would be sure to follow – wouldn't it? Kaleidoscope is the culmination of that vision and it opened for business in November 2006. Prior to the completion of the new build, and in the last three years since we opened, we have been planning and trying to implement some brave new moves towards integrated working...in order to deliver better quality services to our children and families. Some gains were instantaneous from the day we opened. Other slower transformations have been achieved over the last three years...
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