You are tasked with reviewing the current market in relation to extending organisational service provision. You are required to prepare a summary mana
Unit Aims
The aim of this unit is to provide learners with the underpinning skills and knowledge required to develop productive and new partnership working opportunities within their own and other organisations.
Assignment Brief and Guidance
Unit Title: Working in Partnership in Health and Social Care
Unit Learning Outcomes
LO 1 Understand the features of partnership working.
Task Assessment Criteria to be covered 1.1; 1.2; 1.3; 1.4
Partnership working in health and social care brings together separate organisations so that they can benefit from pooled expertise, resources, and power sharing. The goal of a partnership is to enhance the efficiency and quality of service provision.
For this task, you are required to write an essay about the features of partnership working. The essay should include:
Part A: A mind map of the partnerships involved in service delivery for a selected health/social care provider. This mind map may take the form of a diagram or written account.
Part B: A description of key elements of partnership working with:
- External organisations
- Other practitioners
- Colleagues
- The individual
- Families
Part C: An evaluation of the importance of partnership working with:
- External organisations
- Other practitioners
- Colleagues
- The individual
- Families
Part D: An explanation of how to overcome barriers to partnership working.
Part E: An explanation of how to deal with conflict that may occur in partnership working.
Assignment Brief and Guidance
Unit Title: Working in Partnership in Health and Social Care
Task 2 of 3
Unit Learning Outcomes
LO 2 Understand how to establish and maintain working relationships with others.
LO 3 Understand how to evaluate partnership working.
It is essential that you work in partnership with other professionals, volunteers, and carers in order to provide the best possible care. This includes paid and unpaid workers as well as friends and family. Each person in the partnership has a role to play.
For this task, you are required to write an essay about working relationships in health and social care. The essay should:
- Evaluate procedures for effective working relationships with others.
- Analyse common objectives used when working with others within the boundaries of own role and responsibilities.
- Explain the contribution learners can make to enhance partnership working.
- Evaluate own strengths and weaknesses in relation to partnership working.
- Describe ways to improve own practice in relation to partnership working.
- Explain how to review the effectiveness of partnership working in achieving the agreed outcomes of working together.
Unit Title: Working in Partnership in Health and Social Care
Task 3 of 3
Unit Learning Outcome
LO 4 Know how to work with others to support organisational innovation and growth
Task Assessment Criteria to be covered : 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5
Assignment Brief and Guidance
You are tasked with reviewing the current market in relation to extending organisational service provision. You are required to prepare a summary management report.
Your report should:
- Describe aspects of an organisation that are no longer effective in providing a person-centred service.
- Explain how to work with others to identify opportunities for growth and development, or redesign, as a service and a business.
- Describe how to maintain a culture that supports innovation, change and growth in relation to the service provided.
- Describe how to maintain a culture that recognises the resources available in the expertise of those using or working in the service.
- Explain the importance of entrepreneurial skills in ensuring that the market is able to meet future demand for adult care services
