Effective Practice in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice - A Partnership Approach - Paperback - 2008

Well written and with an accessible and engaging style, practicebased 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, frontline practitioners and managers.Matt Fowler, Coordination Development Officer, Safer Middlesbrough Partnership, UK Journal of Interprofessional CareThere 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 joinedup way as part of mainstream business.Michelle Jolley, PhD Student, School of Law, University of Plymouth, UK in The Howard Journal May 2010It 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 matteroffact 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 2009The 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 WorkContemporary 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 Childrens 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 th...

Year of publication: 2008
Pagination: 312 pages
Format: Paperback