200 likes | 311 Views
Partnership Working in the Western Isles Ag Obair Comhla airson nan Eilean. Christine Lapsley SALT Manager NHS Sue MacDonald LS Manager CNES. Partnership. An arrangement between two or more groups, individuals or agencies to work together to achieve common aims
E N D
Partnership Working in the Western IslesAg Obair Comhla airson nan Eilean Christine Lapsley SALT Manager NHS Sue MacDonald LS Manager CNES
Partnership • An arrangement between two or more groups, individuals or agencies to work together to achieve common aims • Usually more successful than individual efforts as have greater range of ideas, knowledge, skills, resources
Key Principles • Trust • Open & honest • Shared goals/values • Communicate • Coordinate/planning • Cooperate • Collaborative advantage
Who are the Partners? • Pupils • Parents • Schools • Allied Health Professionals • Children & Families Team • Health Visitors/Public Health Nurses • CAMHS • Voluntary Sector • Advocacy
Building an Effective Partnership • Clear understanding of roles & responsibilities • Communication • Trust • Joint planning • Accountability • Mutually supportive • Critical Friend
Barriers to an Effective Partnership • No clear boundaries • Reluctance to share information/data • Time to commit • Misconceptions/previous experience • Different philosophies • Training • Personalities
Quote • Coming together is a beginning; • Keeping together is progress; • Working together is success Henry Ford
Western Isles Context • Geography • Population decline • Rationalisation/new schools • Learning Communities/Health Areas • ASL Act
Purpose • Improved outcomes for children & young people • Joint Assessment • Joint Planning • Joint Training • Coordination of support through education & therapeutic interventions
Collaboration • Strategic level/Agency level • School level • Individual child level
Communication Meetings • AHPs Heads of Service • Operational management • Resources • Transparency • Planning • Future developments
HELS • Health/Learning Support & others • Local group supporting implementation of Guidance on Partnership Working • Consider policies, guidelines & procedures • Consider impact on other agencies
Training • Deliver joint training • INSET • Share training opportunities
Meetings • HT meetings • LS meetings • Transition meetings • Meeting Learning Needs Questionnaire
Pre-ScAT • Partnership to support 0-5 with ASN • Multi-agency • Child’s Meeting • Well-being Indicators • Positive evaluations • Development of relationships
Early Years Collaborative • Framework for Partnership • Baseline Assessment • Motor programme for 3-5s • Fine motor programme • Attachment • Communication
Why it works • Shared vision • Maximise resources • Professional respect • Reflective partners • Critical Friends • Supportive • Aiming for the best
To think about……. Alone we can do so little Together we can do so much Helen Keller