Group of professionals holding hands representing partnership working

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.

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Dan

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 Network	6. Care Quality Commission
2. Social Services	7. Local Colleges
3. Local Charities	8. Local Activity Groups
4. Chamber of Commerce	9. Community Nurses
5. Skills for Care	10. Pharmacies

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

Strengths	Weaknesses	Opportunities	Threats
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