ASSESSMENT TASK B – ESSAY
Working in Partnership with other Professionals in Health and Social Care Practice
Based on practice knowledge, an essay using a comparative approach to discuss multi-disciplinary / partnership working in at least two different service areas such as:
An Acute Hospital
A Community Team
A Mental Health Service
An Older Person’s Service
A Children’s Service
Etc.
The 2 Service Areas selected should be AGREED with the course coordinator at the beginning of the second term.
The essay will require the student to relate Health and Social Care theory to practice, using their work-based learning/experience and to critically discuss the implications for the delivery of services, of working in partnership with other professionals.
Discussion should cover inter-disciplinary working and multi-agency collaboration, and the context of changing government policy.
Specification:
A 2,000 word essay, covering the following areas:
1. Shows understanding of the concept of multi-disciplinary / partnership work
2. Discusses how “partnership working” amongst professionals takes place in one setting / service area and how it has been shaped by policy etc.
3. Discusses how “partnership working” amongst professionals and others takes place in at least one more setting / service and how it has been shaped by policy etc
4. Uses health and social care theory to compare different models of partnership working
