Motive of Partnership Working | Health and Social Care
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Motive of Partnership Working | Health and Social Care
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................2TASK 1............................................................................................................................................21.1 Philosophies of working in partnership in health and social care sector...............................21.2 Partnership relationship within health and social care services.............................................3TASK 2............................................................................................................................................42.1 Models of partnership working across the health and social care sector...............................42.2 Review of current legislation and organizational practices and policies for partnershipworking in health and social care................................................................................................52.3 Differences in working practices and policies that affect collaborative working..................6TASK 3............................................................................................................................................73.1 Possible outcomes of partnership working for users of services, professionals andorganizations................................................................................................................................73.2 Potential barriers to partnership working in health and social care services.........................93.3 Strategies to improve outcomes for partnership working in health and social care services...................................................................................................................................................10CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................111
INTRODUCTIONWorking with many people in partnership is about developing mutual beneficialrelationship between individual partners for long term condition. In health and social care sector,the main motive of partnership working is to improve the quality of services and care experienceof patients in an effective manner (Claire and et.al., 2011). In partnership working, two or moreentities work together for a common objective by equally pooling required resources in business.In this context, required resources are capital, man power and skills (Clarke, 2016). This reportincludes the concept about philosophies of working in partnership and relationships in health andsocial care services. Further, it helps to understand that how to promote positive partnershipworking with users of professionals, services and health care organizations in this sector. Thepresent report also helps to describe the possible outcomes and potential barriers of partnershipworking in this sector. TASK 11.1 Philosophies of working in partnership in health and social care sector Philosophies of working in partnership are related to both beliefs as well as values andthese are associated with collaboration working between health care organizations and agencies.The main motive of working in partnership is to offer support and quality based care services topatients (Cook, 2006). There are few types of philosophies present in health and social caresector that strengthen the partnership worming procedure. Philosophies of working in partnershipare defined below as:Philosophy of independenceThis philosophy refers to the ability to make decisions about the important aspects ofperson's life without control of family members. It is associated with the personal traits likecontrol and ability etc. It describes that individual is not under the power and control of others.According to this, anatomy is given to service user so, they could choose the way and method oftreatment (Cowan, 2009). Philosophy of power sharingThis philosophy defines power sharing as a process of negotiation which aims is toachieve understandings related to ownership, responsibilities and roles. In this health care sector,professionals share few responsibilities with each other to provide effective care services to their2
all patients (Johnson and Souza 2008). For example, patient faces the heart related condition andneurological issues. In this context, cardiology and neurology experts provide treatment to thatpatient. This example defines that two doctors share the treatment responsibility to improve themedical condition of that patient. This is a partnership working between health care specialists. Philosophy of respectThe term respect plays an important role in partnership working. In partnershipagreement, relation among partners requires both respect and mutual understanding with eachother (Jones, 2009). This philosophy defines the way of providing protection to the anatomy ofpatient that is related to the information about care treatments and medical history. Philosophy of empowermentThis philosophy defines that people could increase the control in making decisions aboutdifferent aspects of life and these decisions would give the impact on their life and health. Thisphilosophy plays a vital role in partnership working because through this, open and honestrelationship can be formed between professionals and clients (Stretch, 2012). 1.2 Partnership relationship within health and social care services There are several types of factors present which defines requirement of partnershipworking in sector of health and social care. These factors are increasing number of vulnerablepeople, increased population of ageing people and high level of constraints about fiscal andeconomic. The factors should also be considered which give impact on the health and care sector(Donnison, 2009). These factors are low level health related decisions of caring roles, lowerquality of care services, increment in waiting time of patients and late practices related todiagnosis. For the solution of these problems, UK government is focused on partnership workingas a solution (Martin, 2012). Regarding to these problems, partnership working is essentiallyrequired because with the help of this concept, two or more care givers provide proper treatmentservices to the patients. The main motive of working in partnership is to offer care services to allthe patients on time and in low cost (Stretch, 2012). In organization, for the successfulimplementation of partnership working, few factors should be essentially required such as trust,honesty, open communication and respect. With the presence of cooperative working and opencommunication, partners are able to effectively communicate with each other, share ideas as wellas issues and learn something new from each other. In this context, with the presence of opencommunication, patients like children could easily share their medical problems with3
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