Partnership Assignment

Please note that this is a REPORT as it is not stated in your website lists.

REPORT TITLE

’Successful partnership working requires resilience’

What to do?

Component – Write a 2500 words report.

Part B Report: You must address the report title given below and write a critical review of it drawing on relevant theory, policy and ethical issues, organisational frameworks and partnership working (2,500 words). You have been asked, as a new member of staff to prepare an advisory report (which must be evidence based) for the director of a newly established independent public service organisation on the title below:

Report Title:

’Successful partnership working requires resilience’

PLEASE SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENT ON GUIDELINES, MARKING CRITERIA, REFERENCES/CITATION LISTS BOTH BOOKS AND ONLINE. PLEASE AND PLEASE USE THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT TO WRITE THE REPORT I.E. ALL HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE AND BIG FONT.

The Title
• The title needs to be analysed – use the exact title given

• There are many ways in which you can to analyse and interpret the title, be clear how you are going to address it – ensure you relate your discussion to policy, theory and practice

Some examples:
– What do we mean by ….?
How do health and social care policies impact on PARTNESHIP WORK?
– If it is not x that brings about Y but..
– Partnership working can never be successful..
– Users and carers’ involvement.…
– Professional values ?

5 Ws & How

• Clarify key terms in your report – what are they?

• Some things are complex-you may need to discuss why rather than oversimplify

• Take a position – make this clear in your Introduction and why this position

• Make sure your structure is precise and clear in the – i.e. select and identify in your introduction the areas to be discussed – i.e. a statement of intention of what will be included in the report.

• Make sure the work will be balanced i.e. health, social care, wellbeing – avoid a narrow focus and so can be consistent in your position

• Your work needs to flow with an introduction that addresses title, e.g. from your position explain x number of key related themes/issues that will be discussed will flow from your introduction to conclusion

The Report
▪ This is a Report not Essay (i.e. analyse topic; investigate the topic, present and analyse evidence, make recommendations based on evidence to advise “director” on ways to enhance PW; use some headings if it helps to structure report)

▪ Report should flow in a logical sequence – introductions sets on how you have approached title, recommendations should be based on evidence discussed in main body of report and conclusion summarises briefly main findings

â–ª Remember the context of the report as set out in the handbook

▪ Illustrate your discussion with reference to your particular field of practice – do not focus only on this area of practice. This enables you for example to consider Partnership Work in more detail in report in ONE area of practice e.g. mental health

▪ You do not have to solve the ‘problem of Partnership Work’ but identify some recommendations to advise the director of new organisation i.e. based on the evidence discussed in this report it is advised that the following issues are addressed

Discussion not description

• Do relate your discussion to both policy and theory – select as appropriate to the position you have taken

• Do refer to service users\’ issues and refer to appropriate texts on this

• Do critique what hinders partnership working

• Do refer to models that enable partnership working

• Do give a few brief but detailed practice examples to illustrate your argument, don’t’ get

Don’t forget

• Structures which enable partnership working

• Understanding partnership working at both strategic and operational levels

• Service users and carers perspectives (and they maybe not be the same)

• Impact of power relations on partnership working

• Legislation and policy context

• Reference to NMC, HCPC and YW codes of practice

• Journal articles

• Theories e.g. inter professional team working, power, leadership

• Illustrate with reference to specific practice context – should not become too descriptive and not become central focus

References

• Accurate presentation of references in the text and references is essential but is just the starting point

• Use references to support your work not the other way around – avoid very broad statements which lack supporting evidence

• Must reference all sources i.e. text, web and journals sources (see Imperial guidance on Weblearn: read it carefully)

• Secondary sources poorly referenced (see Imperial guidance)

• Specific references on the following often omitted: service user panel (only if you were there!)(use the presentation guidance given on Weblearn)

• Accuracy re policies cited – understand the time line

• Avoid plagiarism!!!!
 
Presentation
 Do give the title!

 Do use headings but do not use unnecessary headings or present a poor layout e.g. must have 1 inch (2.54cm) margins, size font in range of 11-14, line and half spacing, spaces between paragraphs

 Do not quote the title of policy documents or website addresses in the text of your report: use Harvard method of author and year e.g. (DH, 2010)

 Do label your reflection Part A and report Part B and put word count on the front page

 Do give page numbers

 Do not use the term \’the author\’ use e.g. ‘it is argued… or ‘it is asserted here…’ and so on

 Don’t over use bullet points

 Do avoid grammatical errors – revise your use of tenses, plurals, capitals, punctuation

 All abbreviations must be given in full for the first time of use

 Do proof reading and spell check!! If in doubt read it aloud to yourself. Do not proof read on the screen

 Keep to word limit

 Do edit carefully

 References – in text and references list – check and double check and then check again!

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Partnership is a form of business organization in which at least two people share the profits and losses of a business. Partnership resilience is the virtue that empowers partners to move through hardship and turn out to be better. Nobody escapes agony, dread and enduring. Resilient partners understand that from torment can come insight, from dread can come mettle, from anguish can come strength – in the event that they have the resilience. Building resilience mitigates chance, upgrade recuperation abilities, and guarantee continuity of basic functions and services. The NHS represents a common view of the NHS’ state management, and reflects agreement between patient groups, doctors, local societies, and forefront NHS leaders. It gives out a visualization of an improved NHS, what should be done to get there, and what is required of all stakeholders. The aim of this report is to analyze…