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As inter-agency working has grown increasingly important within UK
public services, inter-professional education (IPE) has been
perceived as a solution to a number of the practical difficulties
associated with this way of working. Particularly, IPE is regarded
as crucial within areas such as safe guarding children, community
mental health services, older people's services and services for
disabled children where the quality of care needs to be delivered
by seamless multi-professional teams. Written by leading
specialists in the field, this book provides a thorough
introduction to IPE in health and social care, examining the issues
in detail and providing much needed practical advice. The authors
summarise recent trends in policy, establish what we can learn from
research and practice and provides readers with an essential set of
IPE 'do's and don'ts'. It will be a core text for undergraduate and
post-qualifying interprofessional students on health and social
care courses, as well a students of nursing, social work, social
policy and medicine.
Leadership and management are increasingly considered important
drivers in terms of organisational performance. Yet, despite being
viewed as essential components of partnership working, there is
relatively little thoughtful work analysing the relationship
between the two sets of ideas - posing practical difficulties for
leaders and managers of partnerships who are looking for evidence
or guidance. This book provides a robust guide to the leadership
and management of partnerships. It summarises recent trends in
policy, establishes what we can learn from research and practice
and sets out useful frameworks and approaches to address a range of
problems that partnerships face. It will be an essential aid to
policy makers, managers and practitioners, providing a realistic
account of the main characteristics and expectations of leadership
and management in partnerships.
This book aims to develop four key challenges that remain
unresolved in the boundary-spanning literature, which span from the
conceptual, to the practice, to the translational. In doing so, it
tackles the question of boundary-spanning from four different
angles, providing an in-depth investigation of the current state of
the field in each of these realms, in addition to new directions
for solving the identified challenges. Finally, the book
synthesises the lessons from each of these challenges into a
coherent and integrated final piece of the boundary dilemma. In
doing so, it will provide depth and a clearer agenda for future
research and practice. Crossing Boundaries in Public Policy and
Management digs into the heart of enduring questions and challenges
for cross-boundary working, providing in-depth conceptual
contributions on the fundamental challenges of boundary work. It
displays the latest state of knowledge on the topic and will be of
interest to researchers, academics, practitioners, and students in
the fields of public management, public policy, public
administration, public-private relationships and coordination and
collaboration.
The idea that professionals in health and social care should 'learn
together to work together' in 'interprofessional education' (IPE)
is not new. Nevertheless, interest in this concept has grown
dramatically. By learning together, professions will better
understand each other and value what others bring to the practice
of collaboration. Through working together more effectively, the
quality of care and outcomes for users will be improved, but what
is the evidence to support this? How can effective and sustainable
IPE programmes be designed and run? What theoretical perspectives
are useful? How can programmes be evaluated? This essential guide
provides a thorough introduction to IPE in health and social care.
It examines the research on IPE in detail, providing much-needed
practical advice. This second edition includes updates to research
and policy internationally, examples of successful programmes and
methods of evaluation, and provides readers with an essential set
of IPE 'do's and don'ts'.
UK health and social care are increasingly being asked to work
together across traditional agency boundaries. Although this sounds
easy in theory, doing it in practice is complicated and difficult.
In many cases, moreover, current training programmes, research and
textbooks are even more divided than front-line services, and
practitioners and managers are often being given the task of making
partnerships work without the necessary support. Against this
background, the second edition of this bestselling book provides a
concise 'warts and all' introduction to partnership and
integration, summarising updated references to current policy and
research, setting out useful frameworks and approaches, and helping
policy makers and practitioners to work more effectively together,
with greater emphasis on 'integrated care'. Written by the leading
authors in the field and fully updated since the Health and Social
Care Act 2012, the book is also fully evidence- and research-based,
while still being accessible and applicable to everyday practice.
Aimed at students, practitioners, managers and policy makers in
health and social care, and including new reflective exercises and
boxed examples, this is still the one book that everyone in the
field should read.
Working in teams sounds simple but the reality is often more
difficult within complex health and social care systems. This
revised edition of this essential book brings together cutting-edge
thinking about teamworking, and considers how this can be turned
into practice within the context of interagency settings. It
introduces a range of theories, models and research to demonstrate
the benefits - and pitfalls - inherent in teamworking in
collaborative settings. This is a practical and accessible guide
focused on how inter-agency teams may be made to function more
effectively, illustrated through real-life examples. Its
no-nonsense approach will appeal to students, practitioners, team
leaders, managers and policy-makers across the health and social
care system.
A robust guide to the leadership and management of inter-agency
collaborative endeavours. It summarises recent trends in policy,
establishes what we can learn from research and practice, and uses
international evidence to set out useful frameworks and approaches
to address a range of problems that collaborations face.
This revised edition of this bestselling textbook includes the
latest research findings and contains more tools, frameworks and
international examples of best practice to aid practitioners to
more effectively evaluate partnerships. Up-to-date research
evidence is presented in a practical and helpful way making this an
essential resource for students.
The challenges faced by those rationing scarce health care
resources have intensified following the economic downturn. This
book tackles this challenge by exploring the latest thinking and
practice on priority setting methods. In an accessible style the
book brings together theories, practice and evidence from a wide
range of disciplines and provides practical, evidence-based
prescriptions for decision makers. It will be of interest to all
health care managers and students of health care policy and
management.
The challenges faced by those rationing scarce health care
resources have intensified following the economic downturn. This
book tackles this challenge by exploring the latest thinking and
practice on priority setting methods. In an accessible style the
book brings together theories, practice and evidence from a wide
range of disciplines and provides practical, evidence-based
prescriptions for decision makers. It will be of interest to all
health care managers and students of health care policy and
management.
This book aims to develop four key challenges that remain
unresolved in the boundary-spanning literature, which span from the
conceptual, to the practice, to the translational. In doing so, it
tackles the question of boundary-spanning from four different
angles, providing an in-depth investigation of the current state of
the field in each of these realms, in addition to new directions
for solving the identified challenges. Finally, the book
synthesises the lessons from each of these challenges into a
coherent and integrated final piece of the boundary dilemma. In
doing so, it will provide depth and a clearer agenda for future
research and practice. Crossing Boundaries in Public Policy and
Management digs into the heart of enduring questions and challenges
for cross-boundary working, providing in-depth conceptual
contributions on the fundamental challenges of boundary work. It
displays the latest state of knowledge on the topic and will be of
interest to researchers, academics, practitioners, and students in
the fields of public management, public policy, public
administration, public-private relationships and coordination and
collaboration.
Beavers are widely recognised as a keystone species which play a
pivotal role in riparian ecology. Their tree felling and dam
building behaviours coupled with a suite of other activities create
a wealth of living opportunities that are exploited by a range of
other species. Numerous scientific studies demonstrate that
beaver-generated living environments that are much richer in terms
of both biodiversity and biomass than wetland environments from
which they are absent. Emerging contemporary studies indicate
clearly that the landscapes they create can afford sustainable,
cost-effective remedies for water retention, flood alleviation,
silt and chemical capture. Beaver activities, especially in highly
modified environments, may be challenging to certain land use
activities and landowners. Many trialled and tested methods to
mitigate against these impacts, including a wide range of
non-lethal management techniques, are regularly implemented across
Europe and North America. Many of these techniques will be new to
people, especially in areas where beavers are newly
re-establishing. This handbook serves to discuss both the benefits
and challenges in living with this species, and collates the wide
range of techniques that can be implemented to mitigate any
negative impacts. The authors of this handbook are all beaver
experts and together they have a broad range of scientific
knowledge and practical experience regarding the ecology, captive
husbandry, veterinary science, pathology, reintroduction and
management of beavers in both continental Europe and Britain.
Beavers are widely recognised as a keystone species which play a
pivotal role in riparian ecology. Their tree felling and dam
building behaviours coupled with a suite of other activities create
a wealth of living opportunities that are exploited by a range of
other species. Numerous scientific studies demonstrate that
beaver-generated living environments that are much richer in terms
of both biodiversity and biomass than wetland environments from
which they are absent. Emerging contemporary studies indicate
clearly that the landscapes they create can afford sustainable,
cost-effective remedies for water retention, flood alleviation,
silt and chemical capture. Beaver activities, especially in highly
modified environments, may be challenging to certain land use
activities and landowners. Many trialled and tested methods to
mitigate against these impacts, including a wide range of
non-lethal management techniques, are regularly implemented across
Europe and North America. Many of these techniques will be new to
people, especially in areas where beavers are newly
re-establishing. This handbook serves to discuss both the benefits
and challenges in living with this species, and collates the wide
range of techniques that can be implemented to mitigate any
negative impacts. The authors of this handbook are all beaver
experts and together they have a broad range of scientific
knowledge and practical experience regarding the ecology, captive
husbandry, veterinary science, pathology, reintroduction and
management of beavers in both continental Europe and Britain.
This book investigates the professional needs and training
requirements of an ever-changing public service workforce in
Australia and the United Kingdom. It explores the nature of future
roles, the types of skills and competencies that will be required
and how organisations might recruit, train and develop public
servants for these roles. Leading international research -
practitioners make recommendations for how local organisations can
equip future public servants with the skills and professional
capacities for these shifting professional demands, and the
skillsets they will require. Drawing on ideas that have been
developed in the Australian and UK context, the book delves into
the major themes involved in re-imagining the public service
workforce and the various forms of capacities and capabilities that
this entails. It then explores delivery of this future vision, and
its implications in terms of development, recruitment and strategy.
"Le Divorce" meets "The Elegance of the Hedgehog" in this
hilariously entertaining mega-bestseller from France
When her chronically unemployed husband runs off to start a
crocodile farm in Kenya with his mistress, Josephine Cortes is left
in an unhappy state of affairs. The mother of two--confident,
beautiful teenage Hortense and shy, babyish Zoe--is forced to
maintain a stable family life while making ends meet on her meager
salary as a medieval history scholar. Meanwhile, Josephine's
charismatic sister Iris seems to have it all--a wealthy husband,
gorgeous looks, and a tres chic Paris address--but she dreams of
bringing meaning back into her life. When Iris charms a famous
publisher into offering her a lucrative deal for a twelfth-century
romance, she offers her sister a deal of her own: Josephine will
write the novel and pocket all the proceeds, but the book will be
published under Iris's name. All is well--that is, until the book
becomes the literary sensation of the season.
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