Active Participation Model

It is essential that you work in partnership with all of the people surrounding the individuals you are supporting in order to ensure the best possible support and care is provided. This will include carers, families, CMHP's and other people who are play an important role in a persons well being. In order to work well in partnership, there has to be good, honest and open communication.

4.2 Describe strategies to improve outcomes for partnership working in health and social care services

1. The Children Act 1989 - 2004 is the most relevant legislation for safeguarding children and young people’s welfare. It was first made to give boundaries and support for local authorities for the welfare of children. The act then also made changes to the law that are regulated for children and their safety if they are in foster homes, adoption agencies, babysitting services and also handling childcare crimes and crimes against children. The children act’s main purpose is to ensure that the UK is a safer for children and young people and improve their wellbeing. It provides support and help to children of all ages, and backgrounds, and if they have a

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Health and social care organisations increasingly need to work together in partnership to get better value from the available resources and improve services and outcomes for service users, by improving quality of support for service users. Good relationships between partners, a common vision and understanding of expected achievements and what outcomes need to be delivered are critical to the success of partnerships. This will enable a more responsive service, which is well co-ordinated approach to the service delivery, and better value for money by ensuring reduced duplication of services.

They define what an organisation or service carries out and how they do so. Clear policies and procedures support effective decision making and allocation because they provide guidelines on what individuals can and cannot do, what decisions they can make and what activities are appropriate. (rcvda, N.D) Charters state what an individual can expect from an organisation such as the Department of Health, they can be used as a benchmark for service users. There are a number of factors relating to how jobs are designed or carried out that may increase the risk of violence or crime occurring within a workplace. As well as ensuring legal rights and responsibilities are met, they motivate and encourage individuals to be more productive. Good working practices can positively impact service users and workers, help build individuals self-esteem and promote individuals rights. (HSE, N.D) Within health and social care settings, there are many different professionals with different skills, expertise and knowledge. A multidisciplinary team is a group of health care workers who are members of different disciplines each providing specific services to the patient. Multidisciplinary teamwork is viewed as one of the key methods, through which care is achieved in the NHS. This is a very important element in the provision of meeting a service user’s needs. (HSE, N.D) Although, health care services and the whole of society have a role and duty to safeguard vulnerable adults, there are a

The main points of legislation that support the safeguarding of children are the Children Act 1989, Children Act 2004 and the Childcare Act 2006. The Children Act in 1989 set out principles to guide the work of local authorities and courts and also defined ‘significant harm’ and a child ‘in need’ of intervention. The Children Act 2004 provides the legal basis for children’s services set out in the Every Child Matters: Change for Children document.

It is important to consult family, friends, carers and parents when planning person centred support. Every day you should work in partnership with those you support, their families, health professionals and your colleagues. You are working with them so that the individual can fulfil their dreams and ambitions, and so that you can assist them with their particular needs. Most family carers have a wealth of knowledge and experience about their family member. They know their likes and dislikes, their personal history and any particular medical needs. They are often more than happy to share what they know with new workers. A major aspect of partnership working is bringing people together in an atmosphere where this is simply the accepted way of

Today’s session was conducted by second year placement social work students and service users. The issue they covered was about the relevance of working in partnership within the social care profession.

In this report I aim going to explain, assess and describe how different professionals from different sectors work together in partnership benefit the individual by catering for an individuals needs such as Mike Henning. Mike is physically disabled, having a prosthetic leg and he also has schizophrenia, so he has various different needs that need to be met by staff in the care home that he is currently living in.

The Children’s Act 2004 – provides the legal basis for how social service and other agencies deal with issues relating to children. It arose from the Green Paper “Every Child Matters” and identifies the following outcomes for all children:

From this, we are able to find out if they are being abused. They wouldn’t hesitate when talking about the abuse. Partnership with service users also means care professionals helping service users to recognise when a relationship is abusive. Care workers can help them to know more about how to protect themselves by knowing their rights and how to complain. Thus, potential abuse can be minimised by working in partnership with service users.

The PLDP is designed for leaders that are within Mississippi Action for Progress that consist of the Human Resource Department, Region 8 supervisor, Yazoo Center Director and Assistant Director. Those group of people decides what is best for employees and who gets hired and terminated. According to Proverbs 12:1 (NIV), “He who loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid” and “For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers” (Proverbs 11:14, NIV). Getting these leaders to use the PLDP to improve valuing their employees and effectively selecting employees can improve the organization but without change failure can occur.

Child protection Australia. 2013. Child Welfare Series no. 58 2012- 2013. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. http://www.aihw.gov.au/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=60129548164

The agency offers a range of service users to a range of people in need of support in Wales. It is non-profitable organisations and works in partnership with people to make positive changes in their life. It delivers services in a number of settings such as floating support, supported accommodations, nursing homes to various clients groups such as families, homeless, young people, people with mental health and people with learning difficulties.