Working in Partnership in Health and Social Care

Working in
Partnership

Executive summary
The present report consists of the philosophy of working in the partnership within health and
social care. There is explanation of partnership with health and social care services evaluated.
There are different models of partnership across the social and health care sector. There is
legislation and organizational practices explained in this report. There are various things for
which there is explanation of policies and practices. There are various outcomes of partnership
working for the professionals, users and organizations. It is case of Mr Ian for explaining the
effectiveness of partnership working for analyzing the physical as well as psychological abuse
which led to his death. This case study was used for explanation of various strategies used for
managing workplace partnership.

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
SECTION A.....................................................................................................................................4
Philosophies and concepts of working in partnership in health and social care..........................4
Partnership relationships within health and social care...............................................................4
SECTION B.....................................................................................................................................4
Models of partnership working across the health and social care sector.....................................4
Legislation and organisational practices and policies for partnership in health and social care. 5
Differences in working practices across the health and social care sector..................................6
SECTION C.....................................................................................................................................6
Outcomes of partnership working for users of services, professional and organisations............6
Barriers to partnership working in health and social care...........................................................7
Strategies to improve outcomes for partnership working in health and social care services......8
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
The working of partnership is known as the evaluation of people’s behaviour while working
together professionally. It is used for attaining the organisational goals and targets by working
together. The working of partnership is very important for the social and health care sector. It
helps in efficiency and effectiveness of the professionals working on the health area. It is useful
for managing the working of the people who are involved in the health and social care. There is
explanation of philosophy of working in partnership, models of partnership, relationships of
partnership in the health and social care sector. There is also explanation of legislation and
policies of the organisation. There is also explanation of potential barriers for the partnership
working and the strategies for partnership for improving the functioning of an organisation.
These all concepts are explained using Ian’s case study.
SECTION A
Philosophies and concepts of working in partnership in health and social care
The philosophy of working in partnership is defined as the way in which different professionals
come together from different backgrounds in order to achieve similar targets and goals. This
consists of working together with various service users like independence, empowerment, power
sharing and autonomy for meeting the needs and demands of individuals.
Empowerment is defined as the phase power and encouraged when individuals are provided
power and they are encouraged for carrying out a good plan which will help in achieving the
goals effectively. This is a good process to take control over power and claiming the rights of an
individual. If there is no empowerment, then there are individuals who have to rely on carers. In
context of Mr. Ian case study, he was or empowered by the professionals for providing care to
him. There are professionals who were looking for the assessing of risk plan. Mr. Ian was having
problem of alcoholism and he was not able to find a good solution for overcoming this problem.
Respect on the other hand is known as treatment of individuals with politeness and courtesy.
This encourages workers for expressing their ideas and views in proper manner. Mr. Ian was
given respect but not empowered. The professionals are not working as team and they did not
know what are their responsibilities and roles. There was no effective communication and and
monitoring of the care plan.