Main description:

"Well written and with an accessible and engaging style, practice-based issues are skilfully interwoven throughout each chapter of the book. The editors are well established and respected within their fields of applied health/community research and substance misuse/community justice. A wide range of statutory and voluntary sector contributions from a varied spectrum of academics, practitioners and service users is likely to ensure that it appeals to a broad audience, including students, front-line practitioners and managers."
Matt Fowler, Co-ordination & Development Officer, Safer Middlesbrough Partnership, UK (Journal of Interprofessional Care)"There is a growing body of literature surrounding the incorporation and complexity of partnership working within service delivery and whilst this edited book adds to that knowledge, it places a specific focus on highlighting examples of best practice within the field of health,social care and criminal justice..... In short, anyone working within the range of areas addressed here is likely to find something of value and, therefore, the book fits with the editors' suggested audience of practitioners, students and managers who increasingly have to work in a joined-up way as part of mainstream business."
Michelle Jolley, PhD Student, School of Law, University of Plymouth, UK in The Howard Journal May 2010"It would be a rare practitioner or manager whose daily round does not include some partnership activity. Yet, glitzy conferences notwithstanding, how often is its practice, let alone its theory properly examined and its value evaluated within those partnership agencies? This is the second edition of a book which aims to do this ... It is worth obtaining this book for Chapter 16 alone. Entitled 'On the receiving end: Reflections from a service user', it should be compulsory reading for every practitioner, manager and politician for its matter-of-fact yet piercing account of being a service user."
Journal of Health and Social Care in the Community Volume 18 Issue 1, Published Online: 15 Dec 2009"The second edition ... offers the reader a range of chapters that consider some of the key areas of social and health care where partnership working can be effective ... The central theme of partnership working is an important one at a time when it has yet again been painful to see how departments, organisations and agencies have failed the vulnerable in preventing some horrendous criminal acts ... this book is a welcome addition to the increasing number of texts that are now addressing working across departmental and organisational boundaries."
British Journal of Social Work"Contemporary health and social care requires practitioners to develop effective partnerships with patients and clients and with the wider service workforce. This text is designed to promote the development of such partnerships and demonstrates the ways in which partnership can work effectively in practice... This text is clearly written with all the health and social care professions in mind and will prove to be an invaluable resource for students and trained staff alike."
Margaret Chambers, Lecturer in Children's Nursing, University of Plymouth, UKComprehensive yet concise, this text addresses many of the main social and health issues facing society today, and incorporates a practical focus to demonstrate partnership working. The new edition of this popular book has been updated to include new chapters on the partnership approach in criminal justice and provides a practical and theoretical insight into some of the issues when working in collaborative partnership with other agencies. The text examines the partnership approach to delivering services in relation to:
Child protection Mental health Gypsy travellers Domestic violence Drug misuse Homelessness Old and young people HIV and AIDS
The first section of the book examines the nature of partnership in relation to concepts, politics, diversity, ethics and information technology. The second edition incorporates knowledge from a range of carefully selected contributors, using their expertise with particular user groups to illustrate where collaboration is crucial for effective practice. The final section reflects upon what has been learnt about partnership work and includes reflections from a service user and a chapter on evaluation. Effective Practice in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice is an essential text for students, practitioners and managers from a variety of human service agencies, and is a must-read for anyone working in a multi-agency partnership.

Contents:

Notes on the Contributors
Foreword by Walid El Ansari
Preface by the editors

Part One:
The Context of Partnerships

1. The concepts of partnership and collaboration
Ros Carnwell and Alex Carson

2. The impact of the digital age on partnership and collaboration
Ros Carnwell and Julian Buchanan

3. Promoting inclusive partnership working
Joy Merrell

4. Ethical issues of working in partnership
Althea Allison

Part Two:
Partnerships in Practice

5. Interprofessional communication in child protection
Brian Corby with Frances Young and Stella Coleman

6. Working in partnership to support people with mental health difficulties
Adrian Jones

7. Working across the interface of formal and informal care of older people
Pat Chambers and Judith Phillips

8. Understanding and misunderstanding problem drug use: working together
Julian Buchanan

9. Addressing homelessness through effective partnership working
Emma Wincup

10. Problem drug use and safeguarding children: partnership and practice issues
Julian Buchanan with Brian Corby

11. Tackling behavioural problems in the classroom using a student assistance programme
Ros Carnwell, Sally Ann Baker, and Carl Wassell

12. Not behind closed doors: Working in partnership against domestic violence
Liz Blyth and Sobia Shaw

13. Working with Gypsy Travellers: A partnership approach
Angela Roberts

14. Effective partnerships to assist mentally-disordered offenders
Virginia Minogue

15. Partnership approaches to working with people with HIV
Ruth Wilson

Part Three:
Learning from Partnerships

16. On the receiving end: Reflections from a service user
Amir Minhas

17. Evaluating partnerships
Ros Carnwell

18. Learning from partnerships: Themes and issues
Ros Carnwell and Julian Buchanan

19. Developing best practice in partnership
Julian Buchanan and Ros Carnwell