1.1 Explain The Features Of Partnership Working In Health And Social Care

Unit 5

1.1

The features of partnership working means working alongside others to achieve a mutual aim. I work in partnership with colleagues, clients and others to enable the best care for the individual. The National Service Framework For Older People 2001 outlined multi agency working between health and social care agencies. This was to promote the best care for individual clients. We also work within the Codes Of Practice For Social Care Workers 2002 which states that staff should respect the roles and expertise of workers from other agencies and the need to work in partnership with them. I also work in partnership with the local authority and CQC to ensure the standards of the service are good and meet their requirements. We work in a person centred way and each client has an individual support plan which details the care they want, their preferences and beliefs and any special requirements they need. It also states their own objectives and

This means that our clients can access specialist services; obtain aids and adaptations without having to repeat information over and over again. Partnership working will enable roles and responsibilities to be defined with other professionals knowing their roles. This means that we can access the correct people for the client at the correct time. It means we know who does what, how to contact hem or refer to them and gives us a wealth of knowledge we can access as and when required. Partnership working helps ensure the safety of the clients and ensures that confidential information can be shared to other professionals if relevant. It helps us to carry out our roles knowing that we have the support of other professionals if we need it to support the clients. Working in partnership also ensures that the clients have a wider range of experts, helps to promote their needs and activities and enables