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Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Health and Social Care

Best practice in multi-agency collaboration

HSC301 · Responsibilities of a Health and Social Care worker — Week 10 of 16

CourseHSC301
Week10 of 16
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This week’s topics

Best practice in multi-agency collaboration

  1. Joint health and social care assessments
  2. Integrated discharge planning
  3. Multi-agency safeguarding hubs
  4. Case conferences
  5. Transfers of care
  6. Co-ordinated care in the Sandwell Integrated Mental Health and Wellbeing Service

What you will be able to do

  • 3.2 Describe examples of best practice of health and social care services working together.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: describe examples of best practice of health and social care services working together.

Study materials

Videos

  • Transfers of care · YouTube · Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) · 9 min · for registered students
  • Co-ordinated care in the Sandwell Integrated Mental Health and Wellbeing Service · YouTube · The King's Fund · 6 min · for registered students
  • Joined-up care: Sam's story · YouTube · The King's Fund · 4 min · for registered students
  • Social Prescribing in Greater Manchester · YouTube · NHS England · 5 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Health and social care integration: joining up care for people, places and populations (2022) · Reading · GOV.UK, report · for registered students
  • Older people with social care needs and multiple long-term conditions (NICE NG22, 2015) · Reading · Nice, guidance · for registered students
  • Working together to safeguard children 2023 (DfE) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Roles and responsibilities in care
  • Week 2: Working relationships versus personal relationships
  • Week 3: Regulators and advisory bodies
  • Week 4: Agreed ways of working
  • Week 5: Accessing organisational policies and procedures
  • Week 6: Quality assurance processes
  • Week 7: Promoting positive experiences through quality feedback
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Principles and benefits of partnership working
  • Week 10: Best practice in multi-agency collaboration
  • Week 11: Improving partnership working
  • Week 12: Applying Responsibilities of a Health and Social Care worke…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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