HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE DIPLOMA ANSWERS

Answers for Care Certificate, Manager Induction Standards and NVQ Level 2 & 3 in Health & Social Care

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4.1a Identify new networks that might support the service you provide and the business. These could be social or professional. They may be to support staff, the people who access care and support, or to support yourself.

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You could carry out this exercise with your staff, or a group of residents, or relatives group. You
might be surprised at some of the suggestions!

Potential Partner
1. Registered Managers Network6. Care Quality Commission
2. Social Services7. Local Colleges
3. Local Charities8. Local Activity Groups
4. Chamber of Commerce9. Community Nurses
5. Skills for Care10. Pharmacies

Carry out a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis of partnership
working with current partners as well as possible new ones.

StrengthsWeaknessesOpportunitiesThreats
  • Combined knowledge
  • Teamwork
  • Poaching Staff/Clients
  • May be disagreements
  • Can work on future projects together
  • Different agendas could mean being forced into something that is not beneficial to us