Dan

Having good communication skills is essential for improving partnership working. Also, building strong relationships with others and giving accurate and timely information can help to build trust, which is also important to working effectively with partners. Knowing you own strengths and weaknesses as well as those of others and seeking training where needed can also be useful.

Working in partnership with others is essential to provide the best possible care to an individual. Some tasks may require more than one person to execute safely and other tasks may require specialist training, qualifications or experience. Both would be impossible to complete alone. Seeking guidance from colleagues, managers and other professionals can improve the way you work as can speaking to others that know a service user well, such as their friends and family.

I implement agreed ways of working by ensuring that I read and keep up-to-date with all current policies and procedures as well as my client’s care plans and nationwide legislation and codes of practice. As this is a lot to remember, I sometimes have to refer back to the documentation in response to a particular situation. I always work with person-centred values and empower my clients to make their own decisions and live as independently as possible.

Full and up-to-date details of my agreed ways of working can be accessed via my current job description and my employer’s policies, procedures and other documentation. I can also get more detailed information about how to work with a particular individual from their care plan. More generalised information can be found in legislation and codes of best practice. If I am unsure of anything, I can contact my manager for guidance

It is important to adhere to the agreed scope of the job role because it prevents employees from partaking in tasks that may require specialist training or experience to perform properly. This could result in an accident, litigation or monetary damages. By working within the scope of the job role, an employee knows exactly what their responsibilities and accountabilities are.