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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827010403321

Autore

Gosling Julie <1950->

Titolo

Making partnerships with service users and advocacy groups work : how to grow genuine and respectful relationships in health and social care / / Julie Gosling and Jackie Martin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2012

ISBN

0-85700-608-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MartinJackie <1959->

Disciplina

361.941068

362

371.337

Soggetti

Health planning - Great Britain - Citizen participation

Public-private sector cooperation - Great Britain

Social advocacy - Great Britain

Social service - Great Britain - Planning - Citizen participation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Making Partnerships with Service Users and Advocacy Groups Work; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Partnerships and growing spaces; The partnerships; Chapter 1 Preparing the Ground; Motivation; All welcome in this partnership!; A space to be ourselves; Getting things agreed at the start; Shared values; Power; Support within partnerships; Trust; Challenging each other in a partnership; Chapter 2 Sowing the Seeds; Learning from each other; Learning from working together; What helps and what hinders partnership working?; Who makes the decisions?; How do partnerships agree on their vision?

How are different perspectives valued?How is different experience valued in partnerships?; Power differences; How is potential recognised and developed in partnerships?; Chapter 3 Green Shoots; How is trust gained in a partnership?; Building on trust towards confidence; New knowledge from within partnerships; When people feel vulnerable in a partnership; How do partnerships ensure that everyone is heard?; As partnerships become established, what helps and what hinders?; Signs of sickness and health; Feeling valued, listened to and involved; Who



owns the partnership?; Who takes the credit?

Whose working styles?Can difficulties be learned from, or do they stagnate and cause blight?; Are people free to learn together?; Chapter 4 Blossoming and Proliferation; How do partnerships measure their own success?; How have people been able to reflect together about what they have learned?; Propagation and dispersal; Being creative; Good models of practice in partnership working; Learning about yourself in partnership working; Learning from and about others; Chapter 5 Perennial Pests and Growing Tips!; Perennial pests; Julie's growing tips; Jackie's growing tips; The partners' growing tips

Concluding Thoughts: Space to Grow FurtherMaking our own growing space; Growing spaces for all?; Over to you; Index; Blank Page

Sommario/riassunto

Written collaboratively with service users, this book examines how to make service user participation in health and social care work. With contributions from service users from a variety of projects and backgrounds, it demonstrates how to make partnerships successful, from the first green shoots to the blossoms of positive outcomes.