This article presents how action plans are used as active boundary objects in the meeting between the client, the social worker, and the interprofessional partners within the four core social service areas in Denmark: children and families, handicap, adults at risk, and employment. Empirically, the article is based upon the analysis of 16 action plans and 21 interviews. The theory of boundary objects is applied to illustrate and explore how action plans can create integration across different social and professional domains, or worlds. The degree of integration is illustrated through the theory of interprofessional collaboration, which forms the basis of four ideal types of action plans as boundary objects: the joint plan, the professional one, the administrative one, and the symbolic plan. We find that action plans have a large but often unexploited potential as an active and effective boundary object and only a few functions as joint plans. In order to be an active boundary object, both user and interprofessional involvement are required in making the plans. This requires a highly structured and preferably systematic involvement in face-to-face dialogue meetings led by the social worker as well as frequent follow-up at a distance.

本文介绍了行动计划如何在客户，社会工作者和丹麦四个核心社会服务领域内的专业间合作伙伴之间的会议中用作活动的边界对象：儿童和家庭，残障，处于危险中的成年人以及就业。根据经验，本文基于对16项行动计划和21项访谈的分析。边界对象理论用于说明和探索行动计划如何在不同的社会和专业领域或世界之间建立整合。通过专业间协作的理论来说明整合的程度，这种理论构成了四种理想的行动计划类型的基础，这些行动计划是边界计划：联合计划，专业计划，行政计划和象征性计划。我们发现，行动计划作为积极有效的边界对象具有巨大的潜力，但往往未被开发，而只有很少的功能可以作为联合计划。为了成为活跃的边界对象，在制定计划时既需要用户参与，也需要专业人士参与。这要求高度结构化，最好是系统地参与由社工主持的面对面对话会议，并经常进行远距离跟进。