Partnership Working [Paperback]

Partnership working is recognised as the most effective way of improving social care services, and a non-negotiable part of the governments aim is to provide a seamless care service. However, for students undertaking placements or for more experienced professionals moving to a different service area, the question is: what does it mean in practical terms?

This book is both an introduction and an in-depth analysis of partnership working across the public sector in the UK. In a comprehensive discussion of partnership working, Anthony Douglas explores:

• The history of partnership working, its theoretical base and practical applications
• Why partnership working is important
• How professionals are already working together
• How to develop good partnerships and address common difficulties
• How to ensure that partnership working really does result in better practice
• The future of partnership working

The analysis and examples range across the whole of the public sector with a primary focus on social care. Drawing on up-to-date research evidence and using plenty of practical examples and thinking points, Partnership Workingwill be of interest to students and researchers at all levels and practitioners and managers of front-line services.

1. A Rationale for Partnership Working  2. The Changing Context for Partnership Working  3. Who Are the Partners? Part 1: Social Care Partnerships  4. Who Are the Partners? Part 2: Partnerships with other Agencies  5. Building and Supporting A Partnership  6. Partnership Working in Practice  7. Effective Partnership Working  8. The Future of Partnership Working

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