Comprehensive Report on Partnership Working in Health and Social Care

This report analyzes the concept of partnership working within the health and social care sector, focusing on its benefits for organizations like care homes. It explores different philosophies associated with partnership working, emphasizing the importance of empowerment, respect, and fairness. The report examines various partnership models such as MAA and LAA, and reviews relevant legislation like the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and the Care Act 2014, highlighting their impact on service delivery. It also discusses the influence of work practices and organizational objectives on the effectiveness of partnership working, emphasizing the need for a patient-centered approach. The report stresses the importance of strong relational bonds among stakeholders and the potential barriers to partnership working, concluding with an evaluation of possible outcomes and recommendations for improvement.

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Table of Contents
Working in Partnership..............................................................................................................2
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Task 1.........................................................................................................................................2
1.1 Different philosophies associated with the partnership working.....................................2
1.2 Different partnership relation in the health and social care sector...................................3
Task 2.........................................................................................................................................4
Introduction............................................................................................................................4
Body.......................................................................................................................................4
2.1. Models of partnership.................................................................................................4
2.2. Review of current legislation......................................................................................5
2.3. Work practices and its effect.......................................................................................5
Conclusion..............................................................................................................................6
Task 3.........................................................................................................................................6
3.1 Evaluation of possible outcomes of different partnership working for users of services
in the organization..................................................................................................................6
3.2 Analysis regarding the potential barriers to the respective partnership working in the
health and social care.............................................................................................................8
Conclusion..............................................................................................................................8
References..................................................................................................................................9
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Working in Partnership
Introduction
Partnership working has always been beneficial for an organization. By the help of this
process an organization could be able to increase the brand prospect and working
environment. If people are working in a business environment with making partners; then
they could easily be able to execute any kind of activities in an efficient and effective
manner. The paper is mainly delivering the importance of working as partner in the case of
health and social care services. In this case senior managers of an elder home want to make a
survey over the benefits of working in partnership. For this reason various issues need to be
highlighted and discussed which could make a positive decision over this particular issue.
Different legislative guidelines and other essential philosophies also have been mentioned in
this paper by which overall understanding of the matter could be done very easily. It has
been observed through analysis that lots of problems could be found in the system if
problems would be raised due to the poor partnership between the care workers and staffs.
For this particular reason respective management of the business must have to focus on
essential elements so that they could be able to run all of the issues in a significant manner.
Task 1
1.1 Different philosophies associated with the partnership working
The paper is delivering the concept of working in partnership. After having analysis it could
be said that appropriate ethics and philosophies need to be maintained by the respective
health care organization so that every single activity in health care sector needs to be
maintained. Primary aspect of any mental health organization is to maintain the values of the
business process. Each and every care professionals must have to focus on the moral values
and that could play an effective role in the case of work practice. The paper is mainly trying
to highlight how the senior staffs of the mental health organization must have to promote the
partnership working in the working platform. Through this process senior staffs of the
company could be able to maintain the philosophies in the working arena (White and Harris,
2011).
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At this present moment most of th e health care organizations have been using partnership
working for the betterment of their organization. In this case mental health organization must
have to focus before initiating the partnership working. Some basic philosophical needs must
have to be fulfilled before initiating this type of activity.
 Empowerment: As decision making is the essential element for the business process,
respective senior staffs must have to empower their other staffs so that they could be
able to invent some new ideas and thoughts. By the help of this process, management
could be able to increase the strength of the staffs and employees in the process. Respect: Respect for other people also need to be maintained in the working process.
By showing respect to other people an organization could be able to increase the
potential growth of the process. In this case staffs of respective mental health
organization must have to show respect to other people. Fairness at workplace: Proper behaviour and ethics need to be maintained by each of
the individual present at the workplace. Equilibrium at the working environment must
need so that each staff could be able to deliver their best quality. For this type of
mental health organization respective management needs to show appropriate
behaviour towards the staffs so that a good working environment could be
maintained. Independence: Each and every single member of the organization needs to be
provided an individual right. None of them must not to be bound in any critical
circumstances. Autonomy: A trust factor also should be there in the workplace where every single
employee could be able to run all of the process in a significant manner.
These are the philosophical justifications which must have to be maintained by every single
employee associated with business process.
1.2 Different partnership relation in the health and social care sector
Relationship among all the entities in the mental health care sector must have to follow the
relational bonding among all the stakeholders. A special boding among all the staffs and
employees must have to be needed so that all the working activities could be executed in an
efficient and organized manner (Pollard, 2011). These relational bondings among all the
stakeholders help the management to deliver quality service to the patients. If all the
members associated with the process share any views and ideas then they could easily be able
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to propose a fruitful idea about any matter. MAA (Multi-Area Agreement) that facilitates the
cross boundary partnership and improves the local economic prosperity. Again, Local Area
Agreement (LAA) is actually a 3year agreement that is developed between the central
government and the local area via local strategic partnership. Poor communication and
service can harm the overall process badly. Performance of the organization is highly
depending on the partnership working among the partners or stakeholders. Any kind of
decision needs to be taken with close observation and understanding. By the help of this
process; management of the company could be able to run all the essential activities properly.
The partnership working also allows doing some risk free activities in the organizational
premises. Through this overall partnership work sometime enhances the financial condition
of the respective business process. At this present moment respective senior management of
mental health care home needs to focus on building partnership. This partnership must have
to be showcased in the activities of the organization. On the other hand for securing process
and improving it; management needs to focus on partnership building with outsider
stakeholder.
Task 2: partnership in health and social care report
Introduction
The working in partnership in health and social care is concept that is created to better serve
the needs of the service users and ensure their wellbeing from all perspectives. The
partnership working is based on teams that are able to care for the more than one need of the
service user at the same time and the coordination between different aspects of the needs of
the service users is addressed in this pattern. Therefore the partnership working not only
expedites the service provided in different unrelated needs but also ensure better efficiency in
care.
Body
2.1. Models of partnership
The care home wants to promote partnership working in a health and social care practice.
Different ways are there by which partnership working could be promoted in a healthcare
context.
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MAA: MAA stands for multi area agreement, by the virtue of this principle partnership
working could be done beyond the region and boundary. Through this partnership working a
common health issue could be solved.
LAA: This is the law of UK government to make contract with local authority for 3 years and
in these three years local community will be liable to solve all kinds of issues by notifying
government. Health issues of the care home also could be fulfilled through this policy.
JWA: Joint working agreement applies on community organization and according to this
principle two local authorities can execute any work by collaboration.
Different theoretical models are also there which could be applied in an organization like care
home.
 Unified: Unified partnership norm states the associated disputes in the partnership
working.
 Co-ordination theory: When two entities are working in a group then appropriate co-
ordination and bonding would be needed for delivering services.
 Coalition: Coalition theory highly focuses on the step by step approach to improve the
condition of service.
 Hybrid: This model or theory is mainly applied to develop future proposition for the
partnership working.
The above mentioned theories are highly applicable on the health care context, but after
having the overall details it could be said for this case study hybrid and coalition theories
would be highly applicable as these need continuous improvement.
2.2. Review of current legislation
Health and Social Care Act 2012 is one of the most relevant legislation focusing on the
structure of the NHS that is present n the application of the structure of the health care
services of the UK. This act points out the multi speciality groups as an essential model of
serving the various health and social care needs of the people in need of care and thus
promote and support the concept of partnership working. The change in the NHS constitution
is one of the most significant steps in promoting the approval for the partnership working and
the advantages of the group level coordination is emphasised in the legislation (Munn-
Giddings, & Winter, 2013). In Addition to the clinical commissioning groups the advantage
of the monitoring and care boards are supported in their work of improving the experience of
the people using health care. The health care process is increased in efficiency by this change
and the support for innovation of the NHS in this legislation is supportive of the NHS reform
and white paper published with the same objective of the increasing the use of partnership in
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improving quality and patient experiences in the health care organizations(Snape et al.,
2014).
The care act 2014 is similar to the 2012 act and although it does not specifically focus on any
organization like NHS in the 2012 act, it integrates the health and social care in the sense of
being able to serve all care needs of the service users. Therefore, the act is a broadening of
the partnership working into the social care scene as well and the care of the patients with
multiple need including health issues will be better treated with more specific knowledge and
arrange for a better patient experience in the case specific where the needs of the patients are
diverse. Among the entire health care act; two acts would be highly applicable in this
particular case study. As the care home is dealing in mental care service, mental capacity act
would be applicable. According to this act, care organizations must have to step forward by
measuring their strength and abilities. Care homes need to check the strength to providing
service to the mental people. On the other hand in general context health and safety act also
needs to be focused for safeguarding people in the care homes.
2.3. Work practices and its effect
The work practices and different objectives of the different organizations are based on the
specific speciality of the organization and the skills of the workers. However, working in
partnership combines the efforts of organizations with different working policies and
practices. Therefore, a goal-orientated approach is to be taken in every case to ensure the
achievement of the objectives of the organization (Glasby & Dickinson, 2014). Therefore, the
use of the resources and skills of the different organizations and their workers needs to be
patient cantered to have any hope of combining their specialities for betterment of the care
system. Therefore, the working practices and the differences are based on the policies off the
organizations but the use of a common goal and objective as a common ground is requires
integrating the services offers to any degree. The working practices and the differences can
be mitigates with goal orientated view otherwise it may hamper the operations. After having
analysis it has been found that lots of health care policies have been adopted by UK
government to deliver service to the service users. One of the important policies is to keep the
information of the user so that further procedures will be made smoothly. Lots of barriers are
there to safeguard people; all those barriers have been advised to remove.
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Conclusion
It is evident from the report that the overall scope of the organizations working in partnership
need top be monitored for any conflict of interest and procedures. Therefore the working in
partnership for the specific needs to be addressed by the management by constant observation
of the proceedings.
Task 3
3.1 Evaluation of possible outcomes of different partnership working for users of
services in the organization
Working in partnership can be regarded as one of the most beneficial aspects inculcating the
delivery of the respective treatments to the ailing patients in the health and social care unit.
The care professionals are highly efficient in ensuring possible treatments to the ailing
patients through intense care and support. Thus for cumulating the partnership works, the
health and social care unit are required to entail different effective opportunities as well as
strategies by engaging all the staffs into due diligence. Proper assessment of the health and
social care requirements have been pertained in order to understand the significance of what
kind of treatment has to be given to the respective patients. In order to justify the assessments
collaboration among the staffs are necessary so as to provide best treatments to the ailing
individuals. By maintaining these feasibilities, accurate provisions regarding the care and
treatment can be sustained among the staffs through determining the improvement of the
health of the ailing patients. Eventually, the environment for partnership working can easily
be formed through the interventions of combined technologies, effective usage of different
equipment needed in medical purpose and different professionals who generally supports
with health care from different heath and social care organizations as well as agencies.
Enclosure concerning the diversified culture among the professionals by having different
perception of working culture as well as working patterns with different ideologies
propounding upon expertise skills has always assisted the health and social care organization
for delivering the ailing patients with appropriate facilities of treatment and support regarding
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care that have been needed by the ailing patients (Glasby & Dickinson, 2014). The intention
for ensuring the welfare activities regarding the patients have always encouraged the aspects
of working in partnership so as to attain much more skilled treatments for effective
cooperation. This has been justified with the help of different health care equipments with
prior considerations regarding the latest technologies as well as sufficient funds needed to
cumulate efficient outcomes for the respective entity. Nevertheless, some of the aspects
regarding the purpose of professionals that possess different backgrounds have entailed
severe difficulties in executing the operations effectively. Thus it can be judged that
collaboration in the workforce among all the staffs in the health and the social care
organization will surely fetch gratifying outcomes. In the mean time, there are some of the
instances of having lack of different adjustments as well as cooperation among all the health
care officials. This has paved the way for the officials that are generally belonging to the
different skills as well as culture and also complexities which through a disagreeing
circumstances. This has inevitably weakened the accountabilities as well as proficiency of the
respective heath and social care organization. Moreover, working in partnership increase
togetherness as well as expansion on different knowledge and also understanding the aspects
of care officials which will results to a better execution of the respective operations. In
addition, the partnership working has also increased the base of the patient and thus it can be
easily increased the operations through utilizing all the resources properly in order to pertain
the well being activities of the patient. It is quite evident that the partnership working has
always pertained effective as well as beneficial outcomes so as to assists accurate care among
the ailing patients for ensuring better health conditions. Proper negotiation among the health
care officials is considered to be one of the most important rules for ensuring the aspects of
partnership working. Thus proper negotiation is highly necessary in leading the formation of
smooth liaison among the professional within the organization supporting health and social
care. Some of the strategies that have to be intervened in order to secure effective heath care
services has revealed that involvement of knowledge as well as expertise regarding the duties
is necessary. Fulfilments of the responsibilities as per the roles have to be considered so as to
ensure better health care performance. Better networking potentials have to be identified so as
to cumulate effective observation in the long run (Pollard, 2011).
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3.2 Analysis regarding the potential barriers to the respective partnership working in
the health and social care
It can be easily engulfed that the aspects of partnership working has leaded some of the
negative outcomes in the respective health and social care. Thus a mere analysis has been
revealed in order to determine the potential barriers among the aspects of working in
partnership. It can be said that all the health care professional has showcased their respective
diligence irrespective of their working patterns that symbolizes different aspects of
knowledge, skills, perception, approaches, attitudes, religion, culture and also designation.
Thus the collaboration among the different personnel in the social care unit has aroused
conflict regarding the organizational structures with different legislation as well as policies.
Therefore, difference in providing quality treatment to the ailing patients has been observed
as initiation of mutual conflicts as well as contradictory opinions in between the staffs took
place. In some respective cases, it has been encapsulated that a severe problem has been
aroused where the employees of the health and social care unit are not adept enough and do
not possess any king of health and social care knowledge. In this case, a huge gap concerning
the communication among the employees take place and it is considered to be a prime
drawback for working in partnership and also practice. Thus, proper trust as well as
understanding among the working partners is highly required with ample amount of
collaboration so as to lead as well as harm all the factors that are hindering all the health and
social care operations (Donnelly, 2014).
Conclusion
Thus conclusively, it can be said that working in partnership is quite important in the health
and social care organization in order to achieve successful treatment and operations to the
ailing patients. It is quite necessary for the organization to meet all the necessary goals as
they are regarded as the life saving institution for human being in United Kingdom.
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