Working in Partnership in Health and Social

Working in Partnership in Health and Social

Assignment front sheet

Qualification

Unit number and Title

HNC/HND Health and Social care

HNHS 105 Working in Partnership in Health and Social

Care

Student Name

Assessor

Internal Verifier

B Ocello / A Alam

F Khan

Date issued

Formative Submission

Final Submission

1/2/2016

18/03/2016

15/05/2016

Assignment title

Learning

Assessment Criteria

In this assignment you will

Use of own

Evidence

Outcome

have the opportunity to

research and

(Page

present evidence that

case study /

no)

shows you are able to:

scenario

LO1 Understand

1.1 explain the

Explain on partnership

partnership

philosophy of working in

philosophies covering

Scenario

philosophies and

partnership in health

empowerment;

+

relationships in

independence; autonomy;

Own research

and social care

health and social

respect; power sharing;

care services

making informed choices.

1.2 evaluate partnership

Explore around partnership

relationships within

relationships with users of

Scenario

health and social care

services eg children, elderly,

+

young people in care, people

Own research

services

with disabilities, people with

learning difficulties, people

with mental health issues,

patients, refugees, asylum

seekers; with professional

groups eg social workers,

health workers,

educationalists, therapists,

support workers; with

organisations eg statutory,

voluntary, private,

independent, charitable,

community forums.

And provide advantages

along with it.

LO2 Understand

2.1 analyse models of

how to promote

partnership working

During your research,

positive partnership

across the health and

provide models of working eg

working with users

social care sector

unified, coordinated,

of services,

coalition and hybrid

professionals and

models; management

organisations in

structures; communication

Scenario

health and social

methods; current inter-

+

care services

disciplinary and inter-agency

Own research

working eg Multi-Area

Agreements (MAA).

Also explain on

collaborative working; and

how informed

Decision making &

information sharing takes

place in the HSC sector.

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	2.2 review current				Explore about various
	legislation and				legislation affecting
	organisational practices				partnership working such as
	and policies for				current and relevant
	partnership working in				legislation eg relating to
	health and social care				health, social care,
					safeguarding children and
					young people, mental health,
					disability, data
					protection, diversity, equality
					and inclusion
	2.3	explain		how
	differences		in	working	Research on organisational
	practices		and	policies	practices and policies:	Choose any
					current and relevant	public or private
	affect		collaborative
					practices; agreed ways of	Health care
	working
					working; statutory, voluntary	sector and carry
					and private agency practices;	out your own
					local, regional and national	research.
					policy documents produced
					by eg government
					departments, specialists
					units, voluntary agencies;
					risk assessment procedures;
					employment practices;
					service planning procedures.
LO3 Be able to	3.1 evaluate possible				Outcomes for users of
evaluate the	outcomes of partnership				services:
outcomes of	working for users of				positive outcomes eg
partnership working					improved services,
	services, professionals
for users of					empowerment, informed
	and organisations
services,					decision making;
professionals and
organisations in					Negative outcomes eg
health and social					neglect, abuse, harm, anger,
care services.					miscommunication,	Own research
.					information overload,	+ use of the
					confusion, frustration.	given Scenario
					Outcomes for
.					professionals: positive
					outcomes eg coordinated	Use of classroom
					service provision,	debates /
					professional	discussions
					approach, clear roles and
					responsibilities, organised
					communication, avoidance of
					duplication, preventing
					mistakes, efficient use of
					resources;
					Negative outcomes eg.
					professional rivalry,
					miscommunication, time
					wasting, mismanagement of
					funding.
					Outcomes for
					organisations: positive
					outcomes eg coherent
					approach, shared principles,

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		comprehensive service
		provision, common working
		practices, integrated
		services;
		negative outcomes eg
		communication breakdown,
		disjointed service provision,
		increased costs, loss of
		shared purpose
	3.2 analyse the potential	Explore barriers in
	barriers to partnership	partnership working such as
	working in health and	lack of understanding of roles
		and responsibilities; negative
	social care services
		attitudes; lack of
		communication, not sharing
		information; different
		priorities; different attitudes
		and values.
	3.3 devise strategies to
	improve outcomes for	Explore strategies to improve
	partnership working in	outcomes: communication,
	health and social care	information sharing;
	services	consultation; negotiation;
		models of empowerment;
		collective multi-agency
		working; dealing with conflict;
		stakeholder analysis;
		training,  meeting and inter
		organisation working
		relationship.
Learner declaration

I certify that the work submitted for this assignment is my own and research sources are fully acknowledged.

Student signature:                                                                                       Date:

In addition to the above Pass Criteria, this assignment gives you opportunity to submit evidence in order to achieve the following MERIT and DISTINCTION grades

		Grade Descriptor		Indicative characteristic/s		Contextualisation
		M1 Identify and apply strategies to	–	Students provided evidence of research from		You need to produce a academic research work on the philosophy
		find appropriate solutions:		various sources (the internet and books) for		of partnership and evaluating the effectiveness of partnership
				the written report in a well-organised and		working in the HSC setting.
				neatly presented Appendix
			–   Students correctly referenced and
				acknowledged sources used in the report
		M2 Select/design and apply	–   Students explained how the
				techniques/strategies in the role plays		You need to choose any organisation related with health care
						services and analyse models of partnership working across the
		appropriate methods/techniques:		facilitated communication in different
						that sector.
				contexts
			–   Students supported the report with a range			Use classroom interaction for your examples.
				of relevant examples from the context of
				health and social care
		M3 Present and communicate	–   Students used the language at the correct
				level; technical language was used		Learner explained clearly on how differences in working practices
		appropriate findings:		accurately, spelling and grammar checked		and policies affect collaborative working and
				used.		If the learner provided strategies to improve outcomes for
			–	Students presented the report which reads
						partnership working in their chosen health and social care
				fluently and has correctly structured and
						organisation.
				professionally presented.
			–   Students provided a bibliography of sources
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		used in Harvard referencing format	The Bibliography need to be in Harvard style, please check for any
			grammatical mistakes
D1 Use critical reflection to evaluate	–   Students have provided conclusions derived
		directly from research findings and analysis	Appropriate models selected and discussed.(Important to achieve
own work and justify valid conclusions		of the scenario
			D1)
	–	Students justified conclusions reached
	–   Students evaluated and justified how the		Produce a Self-evaluation at the end of your work.
		techniques/strategies used in the role plays
		facilitated communication in different	You need to structure your work and end with a good analytical
		contexts	conclusion.
D2 Take responsibility for managing	–   Students submitted the assignment on time
	–	Students regularly attended class sessions	Current legislation and organisational practices and policies for
and organising activities		and	partnership working need to be reviewed in health and social care
	–   And demonstrated good knowledge on LO
		2.2
D3 Demonstrate	–   Students presented a self-evaluation which
		demonstrates self-criticism of approach	Learner	need  to	evaluate	possible  outcomes  of	partnership
			working	covering	all  3	areas  such  as  users	of  services,
convergent/lateral/creative thinking	–	Students work contains/proposes original
			professionals and organisations.
		ideas and approaches.
			Try to make comparison and evaluate your findings.

5Assignment Brief

Guidelines for assignment submission

• Assignment has 3 Tasks

• The Task 1 will cover LO1 of the module.

• The Final submission will cover Task 1,2 and 3 (Learning outcomes LO 1-3) of the

• The attendance percentage and participation in class tutorials will contribute towards the achievement of MERIT grade.

• Both the interim and final assignments must be submitted on time to be considered for a Distinction grade.

• PLAGIARISM is considered a serious offence and will automatically lead to a FAIL grade. In the event of similar/identical submissions, please note that both students will automatically fail the module

• When IPADS/TABLETS/MACS are used please make sure documents are saved as .doc. Otherwise submission will not be valid and considered as a non-submission.

Purpose of the assignment is to enable you to develop an understanding of the importance of working positively in partnership with others in health and social care.

Background to the report on ‘Improving Working in Partnership across the Health and Social Care Sector.’

Partnership working is all about developing inclusive, mutually beneficial relationships between individuals with long term conditions, their careers and service providers with an aim in improving the quality and experience of care. It also involves in planning and delivering health and social care in the community, voluntary, statutory and independent sectors. Good quality care and support for people with long term conditions and their carers is general resulted with effective partnership working as this identify the respective roles and responsibilities of all parties that need to be conducted.

Partnership working mainly aim and is central to the person with the long term condition and should possess knowledge on how their condition affects them physically, emotionally and socially and how to plan on delivery care to meet their needs to the highest points.

Good partnership working also encourages compliance with care and treatment as well as in promoting a positive outlook on a service between individuals and health and social care providers.

Building strong, effective relationships within and across organisations is important and critical in Good partnership working and hence it need a joined-up approach in designing and delivering integrated services for the benefit of service users. Multi-disciplinary team working and effective & excellent communication is also needed in making a successful partnership working within an organisation. However every individuals got their own roles and responsibilities to perform in the development of high quality, co-ordinated services across different care settings and sectors. In this collaboration, many barriers do arises such as lack of understanding in roles, lack of communication, negative attitudes, not sharing information, different priorities, etc which need to overcome as a whole team. These barriers has created many problems including death. (Refer new However appropriate strategies like communication, information sharing; consultation; negotiation; collective multi-agency working; dealing with conflict; stakeholder analysis; training, meeting and inter organisation working relationship can help to overcome the

barriers.Please use the above ‘scenario’ to write your assignment (covering all the learning out comes and specially LO1, LO2 & LO3)

Give as many examples of various cases and condition as possible to demonstrate your understanding of working in partnership.

Task 1 – Due Week 15

Use the scenario and your own explanation to cover LO1

Explain the philosophy of working in partnership (covering LO1.1, M1) and evaluate the effectiveness of partnership relationships within Health and Social care (covering LO1.2, M1)

The answers should include:

• Partnership philosophies covering empowerment; independence; autonomy; respect; power sharing; making informed choices.

• Partnership relationships with users of services eg children, elderly, people with disabilities, learning difficulties, mental health issues, health workers, with organisations eg statutory, voluntary, private, independent, charitable, community forums.The focus must be upon the service users.

Task 2 – Due Week 15

Use the scenario and your own explanation to cover LO2)

Choose any private or public Health sector and carry out findings in relation to following points;

Analyse models of partnership working across the health and social care sector (covering LO 2.1, M2, D1).

Review current legislation and organisational practices and policies for partnership working in health and social care (covering LO 2.2, D2).

Finally, explain how differences in working practices and policies affect collaborative working (Covering LO 2.3, M3)

Task 3 Due Week 15

From the above given scenario, answer the following questions;

Evaluate possible outcomes of partnership working for users of services, professionals and organisations (Covers LO 3.1, D3) and then

Analyse the potential barriers to partnership working in your chosen organisation dealing with health and social care services (covering LO 3.2, M3).

Finally, devise strategies to improve outcomes for partnership working in your chosen health and

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social care organisation (Your answer need to be related with LO 3.2) (covering LO 3.3)

Evidence checklist		Summary of evidence required by student	Evidence
			presented
Stage	1	To explore and research around the topic Partnership in HSC,
		taking into consideration the needs of individuals in the HSC
		sectors/settings
Stage	2	How would you consider the issues around health and well
		being and the law (Legislation) in regards to partnership in
		HSC
Stage	3	Demonstrate your roles, accountability and responsibility in
		regards to health and safety of others
		An analytical view of partnership in the HSC sectors

Sources of information

Work placement and use any previous visits to any of your local HSC sectors Textbooks Library

Writing Guidelines

• Your evidence forassessment must be handed in with a signed learner declaration.

• You must hand in group work for assessment for all tasks.
• Throughout the assignment you should underpin your responses with appropriate theories.

• Ensure that all required Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria are covered in the assignment.

• Ensure to provide citations, referencing and bibliography under Harvard Referencing System for your submissionand it must fully acknowledge sources such as books and journals, websites etc.

• Including quotations, but exclusive of the reference list, bibliography and appendices, the assignment might be written in 3000-3500 words in length.

• Submit a word-processed report and use Times New Roman/Arial font and font size 12. Use 1.5 or 2.0 line spacing.

• All assignments will be subject to Plagiarism Ensure your assignment does not contain the Collusion and Plagiarism of any type, which is illegal and attract disciplinary action against the learner.

• Ensure to follow the Standard Report Format for report preparation:

(This an indicative structure)

• Introduction

• Contents page (with a detailed numbering system)

• Tasks (use headings, sub-headings)

• Findings/Discussion8

• Recommendations

• Conclusion/Summary (summarizing the whole scenario justifying methods used)

• References

• Bibliography

Glossary

Analyse: Break an issue into its constituent parts. Look in depth at each part using supporting arguments and evidence for and against as well as how these interrelate to one another.

Assess: Estimate the value or validity of certain facts, statements, proposals, courses of action, etc. Compare: State the similarities and differences between two or more objects, situations, courses of action, etc.

Contrast: State the differences between two or more objects, situations, courses of action, etc

Critically evaluate/analyse: Give your verdict as to what extent a statement or findings within a piece of research are true, or to what extent you agree with them. Provide evidence taken from a wide range of sources which both agree with and contradict an argument. Come to a final conclusion, basing your decision on what you judge to be the most important factors and justify how you have made your choice.

Discuss: Examine a topic by means of comment or argument, especially with a view to exploring solutions

Explain/describe: Clarify a topic by giving a detailed account as to how and why it occurs, or what is meant by the use of this term in a particular context. Your writing should have clarity so that complex procedures or sequences of events can be understood, defining key terms where appropriate, and be substantiated with relevant research.

Identify: State the name of the organisation(s) or provide details of the circumstances, etc. which resemble the type(s) specified in the task set

Illustrate: A similar instruction to ‘explain’ whereby you are asked to show the workings of something, making use of definite examples and statistics if appropriate to add weight to your explanation.

etcState the name of the organisation(s) or provide details of the circumstances