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Book Synopsis"Well written and with an accessible and engaging style, practice-based issues are skilfully interwoven throughout each chapter of the book."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."
Michelle Jolley, PhD Student, School of Law, University of Plymouth, UK in The Howard Journal May 2010
"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 m
Table of 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
