Unit 5 Working In Partnership In Health And Social Care

1.1

with users of services,

professionals and organisations in health and social care services

2.3

policies affect collaborative working

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Identify and apply strategies to find appropriate solutions

Select/design and apply appropriate methods/techniques

Present and communicate appropriate findings

Use critical reflection to evaluate own work and justify valid conclusions

Take responsibility for managing and organising activities

Demonstrate convergent/lateral/  creative thinking

Effective thinking has taken place in unfamiliar contexts.

Working in partnership is a key element of practice within health and social care. The concepts of power sharing, consultation and joint ways of working are essential for effective service provision. Health and social care professionals need to understand the importance of promoting autonomy with individuals. They also need to be aware of their own roles and responsibilities and how they relate to others within the sector.

Learners will explore the nature of partnership on three levels. First, they will examine partnerships with users of services that empower individuals to make informed decisions and encourage independence. Second they will consider partnerships between different professionals within health and social care and explore inter-agency working. Finally, they will investigate organisational partnerships and examines different ways of joint working at a strategic level.

Learners will study a range of theories and research findings relating to partnership philosophies and joint working practices. Methods of promoting positive partnership working will be analysed along with relevant legislation and organisational policies and procedures. Learners will also examine strategies to improve the outcomes of partnership working for users of services, professionals and organisations.

You should use your own work practice/placement from the Health & Social Care sector to support your answers for ALL tasks (or scenario/ case study).

Case Study

A summary of the serious case review of Adult A who had a moderate learning disability and who died suddenly on 10 March 2010 whilst clearing papers young people had scattered in his garden. His death was found to be from natural causes (the combination of a heart attack and a small cancerous tumour), but the pathologist stated that the stress of the harassment experienced by Adult A and his family during the day and evening of his death could have been exacerbated the medical issues. The family suffered many incidents of harassment since moving to their house in 1971. During the period from January 2007 to March 2010 over 90 recorded incidents of burglary, harassment and general anti-social incidents were recorded by a variety of agencies. Many incidents had been reported to the police. The review concluded that although agencies had taken, there were often delays and action was uncoordinated. A number of recommendations were made, including the need for improved information and sharing between agencies. (original extract)

Please see the full ‘Executive Summary of the Serious Case Review in respect of Adult A’ at:

http://www.tameside.gov.uk/socialcare/adultabuse/seriouscasereview/report.pdf

Please address the following points in a report format 

a)      Explain the partnership philosophy (ies) of working in partnership in health and social care, (such as empowerment, independence etc.)  (1.1).

b)      Evaluate a few partnership relationships within health and social care settings, (such as users of services eg children, elderly, people with disabilities) Consider looking at partnership relationships with professional groups (social workers, health workers, etc.). To do this either reflect on your own professional practice, or you could use the link below (healthtalk), where you could choose one (or more) types of doctor-patient relationships watch a patient video and then evaluate the partnership relationship in the given context. (1.2).

http://www.healthtalk.org/peoples-experiences/improving-health-care/shared-decision-making/different-types-doctor-patient-relationship

Task Guidance: 

• To achieve M1, you must demonstrate an effective approach to your study by submitting your work according to the deadline set
• To achieve M2, you need to use a range of sources of information throughout your work
• To achieve M3, you need to demonstrate a coherent, logical development of your argument when evaluating partnership relationships and suggesting ways to improve relations in a Health & Social Care setting.
• D3 can be achieved by demonstrating that effective and self-reflective thinking has taken place when you have evaluated partnership relationships, evaluated possible outcomes of partnership working and also when you have devised strategies to improve outcomes for partnership working. 

 (Indicative word count -1000- 1500 words)

Submission date:  26.5.2017

You should use your own work practice/placement from the Health & Social Care sector to support your answers for ALL tasks (or scenario/ case study). 

a)      In section 2 of your report, please firstly analyse models of partnership working across the health and social care sector,

b)      You will then carefully review current pieces of legislation and organisational practices and policies for partnership working in health and social care. Finally, you will need to either use your own professional experience or Adult A Serious Case Review (a link to this case is below)

c)      In order to specifically explain how differences in working practices and policies affect collaborative working.

Task Guidance: 

• To achieve M1, you must demonstrate an effective approach to your study by submitting your work according to the deadline set
• To achieve M2, you need to use a range of sources of information throughout your work

Please make clear connections to practice (own experience or scenario/ case study) 

Finally you must provide a 15-minute power-point presentation, referring to your own experience of supporting others and from your experience of working in the health and social care field/or the case study to support your work. In your presentation you must include the following:

• Evaluate possible outcomes of partnership working for users of services professionals and organisations (3.1).
• You will then need to analyse some potential barriers to partnership working in health and social care services (3.2).
• Finally, you must reflect on your knowledge and experience in order to comprehensively devise strategies to improve outcomes for partnership working in health and social care services (3.3.).

You would be expected to use approx. 15 slides in your presentation, i.e.  5 slides per assessment criteria plus a Title slide at the beginning and a References slide at the end. You must also include your slide notes for all slides, when making your presentation.

Task Guidance: 

• To achieve M1, you must demonstrate an effective approach to your study by submitting your work according to the deadline set
• To achieve M2, you need to use a range of sources of information throughout your work
• To achieve D2 you need to successfully demonstrate autonomy and independence when devising strategies to improve outcomes for partnership working in health and social care
• To achieve D1 you need to show conclusions arrived through synthesis of ideas in relation to your evaluation of possible outcomes of partnership working for users of services, professionals and organisations.
• In order to achieve D2 and D3, you will also need to submit either an audio or a video recording of you presenting your slides.

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