Recent successive policy documents such as A Health Service of all Talents (2000), Shifting the Balance of Power (2002) Liberating the Talents (2002) and recently National Service Frameworks have promoted greater collaboration and teamwork between professionals to promote a better and more flexible integration of services in partnership with the user. As part of the government's agenda for modernisation the role of individuals is central, as evidenced by the creation of consultant practitioners posts, e.g., consultant nurse and consultant therapist. These posts function across professional and organisational boundaries and provide strategic direction to their particular area of expertise.

Equally in social work, interprofessional work at the health and social care interface is gathering momentum evidenced by closer links being forged in terms of policy, practice and organisations. Social workers are currently building and sustaining purposeful relationships with people and organisations in community-based and interprofessional contexts taking lead roles in or contributing to integrated care and partnership working.

Implementing this policy is often fraught with difficulties and Interprofessional working/partnerships require the development of skills and knowledge in order to build capacity for shared understanding and maintaining relationships or focus. Little attention is given to these skills in training or CPD; this module therefore seeks to address some of these most salient issues.

Outline content

• Health & Social Care Legislation, Policies and Protocols
• Theories and Models of Interprofessional working
• Ethics of Leadership
• Leadership theories and approaches
• Evidence Based Practice
• Managing Change
• Organizational culture
• Conflict and Negotiation
• Team working
• User perspectives
• Professionalism

East Road, Cambridge
20 and 27 June 2013
4, 11 and 18 July

Teaching days and times are for guidance only and are subject to change.

Tutor: Hilary Bungay
Email: hilary.bungay@anglia.ac.uk


Contrct Officer: Margaret Parker
Email: margaret.parker@anglia.ac.uk