Working Partnerships in Health and Social Care : Assignment

WORKING
IN
PARTNERSHIP

INTRODUCTION
Partnership in health and social care is about working with two or more people or
organization together in order to attain maximum advantage of available resources and convert
them to the benefits and for wellbeing of the society (Hunter and Perkins, 2012). The quality of
the services is depending on the quality of the partnership between the organization. The report is
about the partnership where in first task includes the philosophies of partnership and relationship.
The second task is about the strategies and models of partnership, along with the legislations,
policies and working practices whereas the third task comprises of potential barriers, possible
outcomes of the partnership, etc. in Care Quality Commission (Glasby, 2017).
TASK 1
Covered in PPT
TASK 2
3.3 Devise strategies to improve partnership work in health and social care.
There are so many ways through which negative outcomes can be convert into positive
outcomes through improvement in strategies. When it is about health and social care then it is
the core responsibility of organisation to make sure that not only the patients but also the staff
should be empowered to make the quick decisions if needed in specific situations (Lowes and
Hulatt, 2013). Different issues take place in the health care department can be due to the
territorial factors. It is due to the fact that the different individuals in this sector has their own
beliefs which creates conflicts and they need to be managed accordingly so that smooth working
can be ensured.
Awareness – It should be better if the beneficial if the information is shared between the
parties like local community mental health team and Mental Health Trust. Shared awareness
reflects to the power of knowledge that is shared among others to make them awake about the
issues and information’s (Lymbery, 2010).
Risk management – Risk management system is necessary to implement because there
is might be some possibilities where partnership can face the issues at that time the risk
management system would take place and solve the issues in a strategic manner.
Communication – This is the most appropriate mode of solving the different conflicts as
through this the quality information is shared in time which further assist in maintain the
required level of flow in the business operations.
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