多机构协作有许多好处。然而，“关于综合工作成果的积极证据似乎有限，目前的大部分工作侧重于综合工作的过程以及专业人员对此类服务影响的看法”。一个积极的方面是，它“通过一系列随时可用且易于获得的联合服务建议和支持，为儿童和年轻人带来更好的结果”。在观察机构在安置环境中的合作时，很明显，机构之间存在良好的合作关系，这一点在健康访客和当地儿童中心之间表现得尤为明显，这是加强合作的一部分。此外，还引入了SureStart中心，通过在同一中心提供许多专业人员来加强多机构工作，因此所有家庭都可以使用。各机构协同工作的另一个积极结果是提高了成本效率，当所有服务协同工作时，它们必须使用更少的单独资源。多机构工作的另一个积极结果是，当服务部门一起工作时，他们共享信息，因此这会减轻家庭的压力，但也有助于机构不重叠，如Fitzgerald所述过去，儿童服务的主要部分——教育、卫生和社会服务——在不同的既定服务中单独发展。这一单独的发展最终导致了儿童服务的分散模式，在提供服务方面存在差距和重叠，工作人员因不同的专业文化、不同的任务和目标以及最终对儿童和儿童的不同看法而分裂。因此，当各机构合作取得巨大成功时，无论是对儿童还是家庭来说，都是如此，然而，不同机构合作也存在许多障碍。
Although there is much legislation, policies and documents on how to have successful collaborative agencies working together, there are also many barriers that can occur when these different agencies come together. One of many problems which has been highlighted in case reviews of working together is lack of communication and information sharing between agencies and professionals. Gasper (2010; 126) describes what can happen if agencies fail to communicate effectively; ‘More than one tragedy has been shown to be the direct result of failures of professionals to communicate and to take responsibility for seeing through concerns raised by one or more person or agency’. As this has been the main issue in the Laming reports, the government produced an ‘Information sharing Index’ or ‘Contact point’ to help overcome this barrier for professionals. ‘The purpose of contact point is for professionals involved with a child and family to be aware of other agencies and professionals who are also working with them.’ Buldock (2009; 88) When in the placement setting the HV (see appendix) was in contact with many other agencies, about particular children and families. Even though contact point was only just being set up in the setting, through using contact point the HV is able to establish if the child has a CAF, agencies involved with the families, and contact details of the agencies this makes the process of information sharing much more simple and accessible to practitioners. This is aimed at aiding rapid and effective inter-professional co-operation and ensuring better information sharing than previously’. Buldock (2009; 88)
尽管有很多关于如何让成功的合作机构协同工作的立法、政策和文件，但当这些不同的机构联合起来时，也会出现许多障碍。在合作案例审查中强调的许多问题之一是机构和专业人员之间缺乏沟通和信息共享。描述了如果机构未能有效沟通会发生什么已经证明，不止一个悲剧是专业人员未能沟通和承担责任，无法看穿一个或多个人或机构提出的担忧的直接结果。由于这是拉明报告中的主要问题，政府制定了“信息共享指数”或“联系点”，以帮助专业人士克服这一障碍联络点的目的是让与儿童和家庭相关的专业人员了解与他们合作的其他机构和专业人员在安置环境中，HV与许多其他机构联系，涉及特定的儿童和家庭。尽管接触点只是在设置中设置的，但通过使用接触点，HV能够确定儿童是否有CAF、与家庭相关的机构以及机构的联系方式，这使得信息共享过程更加简单，从业者也更容易获得。这旨在帮助快速有效的专业间合作，确保比以前更好的信息共享。
Another barrier in the challenges of multi-agency working is funding, ‘concerns in relation to sustainability, for example conflicts over funding within and between agencies; a general lack of funding for multi-agency training and development work and to cover accommodation and on-costs for services delivery’. Cheminais (2009; 27) Sloper (2004; 578) discusses how funding can be a barrier to collaboration between agencies, through having different and short-term budgets. ‘Financial uncertainties, short term funding and lack of joint and equitable budget between partners are barriers, it is often suggested that coordinated working will produce cost savings by cutting down duplication of assessment and provision and providing a more appropriate and timely service to meet needs’. ‘Many studies stress that time is the essence in setting up projects and developing relationships and it is difficult to maximize collaborative advantage when funding is short term’. Gannon-Leary (2006; 669) However, Hudson (2002) argues that when agencies work together through sharing funding it can help to have a positive effect on collaboration between agencies. ‘Formal sharing of financial resources appears to have a number of benefits, promoting collaboration and cutting down on duplication’ Hudson et al (2002) in Sloper (2004; 578)
多机构工作挑战中的另一个障碍是资金问题，即与可持续性有关的问题，例如机构内部和机构之间的资金冲突；多机构培训和发展工作以及住宿和服务提供费用普遍缺乏资金。Cheminais讨论了资金如何通过不同的短期预算阻碍机构之间的合
