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Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Foundations of Partnership Working

HSC501 · Working in Partnership in Health and Social Care — Week 1 of 16

CourseHSC501
Week1 of 16
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This week’s topics

Foundations of Partnership Working

  1. Multi-agency collaboration
  2. Practitioner and colleague engagement
  3. Individual and family involvement
  4. Inter-agency stakeholder mapping
  5. NHS and local government partnership working
  6. PFCC toolkit: what is Patient and Family-Centred Care and why is it needed?
  7. What happens when health and social care don't join up? Betty and Bert's story

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Describe key elements of partnership working with: ● external organisations ● other practitioners ● colleagues ● the individual ● families
  • 1.2 Evaluate the importance of partnership working with: ● external organisations ● other practitioners ● colleagues ● the individual ● families

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: describe key elements of partnership working with: ● external organisations ● other practitioners ● colleagues ● the individual ● families

Study materials

Videos

  • NHS and local government partnership working · YouTube · NHS England · 61 min · for registered students
  • PFCC toolkit: what is Patient and Family-Centred Care and why is it needed? · YouTube · The King's Fund · 5 min · for registered students
  • What happens when health and social care don't join up? Betty and Bert's story · YouTube · The King's Fund · 3 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
  • People's experience in adult social care services (NICE guideline NG86, 2018) · 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: Foundations of Partnership Working
  • Week 2: Evaluating Partnership Value in Care Delivery
  • Week 3: Overcoming Barriers and Conflict Resolution
  • Week 4: Governance and Procedures for Collaborative Practice
  • Week 5: Aligning Strategic Objectives and Defining Professional Bou…
  • Week 6: Personal Leadership and Reflective Practice in Partnerships
  • Week 7: Reviewing and Evaluating Partnership Outcomes
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Auditing Current Service Provision
  • Week 10: Co-production and Cultivating an Innovation Culture
  • Week 11: Entrepreneurial Strategy and Future Market Sustainability
  • Week 12: Applying Working in Partnership in Health and Social Care i…
  • 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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