Unit Aims
The aim of this unit is to provide learners with the underpinning skills and knowledge required to develop productive and new partnership working opportunities within their own and other organisations.

Assignment Brief and Guidance
Partnership working in health and social care brings together separate organizations so that they can benefit from pooled expertise, resources and power sharing. The goal of a partnership is to enhance the efficiency and quality of service provision.

For this task, you are required to write an essay about the features of partnership working.

The essay should include:

Part A: A mind map of the partnerships involved in service delivery for a selected health / social care provider. This mind map may take the form of a diagram or written account.

Part B: A description of key elements of partnership working with:
• external organisations
• other practitioners
• colleagues
• the individual
• families

Part C: An evaluation of the importance of partnership working with:
• external organisations
• other practitioners
• colleagues
• the individual
• families

Part D: An explanation of how to overcome barriers to partnership working.

Part E: An explanation of how to deal with conflict that may occur in partnership working.