ASSIGNMENT
Introduction and background notes (vocational context) As health and social care workers partnership working is an essential component of health and social care practice. People’s needs do not fit neatly within one agency’s responsibility. Partnerships, however, are a potentially powerful way of addressing issues that single agencies cannot resolve by themselves. Those who plan and provide services need to work alongside the people who use them, to put together new and better solutions to difficult problems. Health and social care professionals need to understand the importance of promoting autonomy with individuals and also be aware of their own roles and responsibilities and how they relate to each other’s within the sector.
Task 1: LO1 Understand Partnership philosophies and relationships in health and social care services
(Up to 1000 recommended words)
What you must do Most organisations are now careful about their quality performance. If you were appointed as an internal Quality Assurance Officer for a chain of nursing homes and one has been underperforming, write a report of an expected and ideal situation.
In the report demonstrate your knowledge on the importance of caring for you service users:

1.1 explain the philosophies of working in partnership in health and social care in relation to identifying the failures that occurred in the residential setting
Examples PARTNERSHIP PHILOSOPHIES: EMPOWERMENT; INDEPENDENCE; AUTONOMY; RESPECT; POWER SHARING; MAKING INFORMED CHOICES

1.2 Also, included in your report you must evaluate partnership relationships within health and social care services.
EXAMPLES PARTNERSHIP RELATIONSHIPS: WITH USERS OF SERVICES eg CHILDREN, ELDERLEY, YOUNG PEOPLE IN CARE, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, PATIENTS, WITH PROFESSIONAL GROUPS eg SOCIAL WORKERS, HEALTH WORKERS EDUCATIONALIST, THERAPISTS SUPPORT WORKERS; ORGANISATION eg STATUTORY ,VOLUNTARY,
PLEASE USE SOME OF THE EXAMPLES AND EVALUATE THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AND SAY WHY IT WORKS OR NOT. BACK WITH EVIDENCE
Department of Health and Social Care

Task 2: LO2 Understand how to promote positive partnership working with users of services, professionals and organisations in health and social care services
(Up to 1000 recommended words) What you must do
As the focal point for quality, you then advise all Unit managers adhere to the new expected standards. In doing so, you provide a manual that helps as the baseline document for best practice.
Inside the manual, you must:
2.1 analyse models of partnership working across the health and social care sector.
EXAMPLES POSITIVE PARTNERSHIP WORKING: EMPOWERSHIP; THEORIES OF COLLABORATIVE WORKING;INFORMED DECISION MAKING;INFORMATION SHARING;COFIDENTIALITY; PROFESSIONAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES;MODELS OF WORKING eg unified; coordinated, coalition and hybrid models; management structures; communication methods; current inter- disciplinary and inter- agency working eg multi- Area Agreements(MAA) LOCAL AREA AGREEMENT (LAA) JOINT WORKING AGREEMENT

2.2 You must also review current legislation and organisational practices and policies for partnership working in health and social care.
LEGISLATION AFFECTING PARTNERSHIP WORKING; CURRENT AND RELEVANT LEGISLATION eg RELATING TO HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE, SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, MENTSAL HEALTH, DISABILITY, DATA PROTECTION, DIVERSITY, EGUALITY AND INCLUSION
2.3 Finally in your report you must explain how differences in working practices and policies affect collaborative working.
ORGANISATIONAL PRACTICES AND POLICIES; CURRENT AND RELEVANT PRACTICES; AGREED WAYS OF WORKING; STATUORY, VOLUNTARY, PRIVATE AGENCY PRACTICES; LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL POLICY DOCUMENT PRODUCE BY eg GOVERNMENT ETC

Task 3: LO3 Be able to evaluate the outcomes of partnership working for users of services, professionals and organisations in health and social care services
(Up to 1000 recommended words)
What you must do
Your manual should have a specific column for expectations in working in a multidisciplinary environment. The manual section is to be published as part of the organisational summary.
3.1 In the first section of the summary you must evaluate possible outcomes of partnership working for service users, professionals and organisations
OUTCOMES FOR SERVICE USERS: POSITIVE OUTCOMES eg improved services, empowerment, autonomy, informed decision making, outcome eg neglect, abuse, ham, anger, miscommunication, information overload, confusion, frustration, duplication of service provision, disempowerment
Outcomes for professionals; positive outcomes eg coordinating service provision, professional approach, clear roles and responsibilities, organised communication, avoidance of duplication, preventing mistakes, efficient use of resources; negative outcomes eg professional rivalry, mis communication, time wasting, mismanagement of funding
Outcomes for organisations; positive outcomes eg coherent approach, shared principles etc negative outcome eg communication breakdown, disjointed service provision etc
3.2 In the second section of the summary, you must analyse the potential barriers to partnership working in health and social care services
BARRIERS TO PARTNERSHIP WORKING; LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF ROLES and responsibilities; negative attitudes; lack of communication; not sharing information; different priorities; different attitudes and values

3.3 Finally, in the last section you must devise strategies to improve outcomes for partnership working in health and social care services
STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES; COMMUNICATION, INFORMATION SHARING; CONSULTATION ;NEGOTIATION; MODELS OF EMPOWERMENT;COLLECTIVE MULTIAGENCY WORKING; DEALING WITH CONFLICT; STAKE HOLDERS ANALYSIS

PLEASE AVOID AMERCIAN REFERENCES/SOURCES,
BE UK FOCUS
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