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

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.

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria:

• Understand the features of partnership working:
  • Describe key elements of partnership working with:
    • External organisations
    • Other practitioners
    • Colleagues
    • The individual
    • Families
  • Evaluate the importance of partnership working with:
    • External organisations
    • Other practitioners
    • Colleagues
    • The individual
    • Families
  • Explain how to overcome barriers to partnership working.
  • Explain how to deal with conflict that may occur in partnership working.

Task 1 of 3

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

Assignment Brief and Guidance:

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:

1. A mind map of the partnerships involved in service delivery for a selected health/social care provider.
2. A description of key elements of partnership working with:
   • External organisations
   • Other practitioners
   • Colleagues
   • The individual
   • Families
3. An evaluation of the importance of partnership working with:
   • External organisations
   • Other practitioners
   • Colleagues
   • The individual
   • Families
4. An explanation of how to overcome barriers to partnership working.
5. An explanation of how to deal with conflict that may occur in partnership working.

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.

Task Assessment Criteria to be covered: 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4

Assignment Brief and Guidance:

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.

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.