Main description:

Partnership working is recognised as the most effective way of improving social care services, and a non-negotiable part of the government's 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 Working will be of interest to students and researchers at all levels and practitioners and managers of front-line services.

Contents:

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