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Safeguarding Adults Under the Care Act 2014

Safeguarding Adults Under the Care Act 2014

Adi Cooper | Emily White | Lyn Romeo | Jane Lawson | Dr Tony Stanley | Marilyn Taylor | Linda Tapper | John Gunner | Sarah Carr | Trish Hafford-Letchfield | Daniel Baker | Fiona Bateman | Jill Manthorpe | Stephen Martineau | Martin Stevens | Caroline Norrie | Michael Preston-Shoot | David Orr | Suzy Braye | Nicki Norman | Lindsey Pike | Sean Olivier | Tish Elliott | Antony Botting | Sally Lee | Keith Brown | Rebecca Johnson | Lee-Ann Fenge

(2017)

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Abstract

Practice in safeguarding adults is changing, with a shift in approach to ensure it is person-centred and outcome-focused. The Care Act 2014 introduced new safeguarding duties for local authorities, and this book describes what up-to-date practice should look like, and how to provide the best quality care and support for adults who may be at risk of abuse or neglect.

Chapters cover core areas of practice according to Care Act and adult safeguarding principles, identify the fundamental skills and knowledge practitioners working in this area should be able to utilise and introduce the emerging challenging issues in the workplace. As well as being invaluable to practitioners working directly in this field, this is also ideally suited to be a text for any social work course or programme on adult safeguarding practice.


An important contribution to support all practitioners working with people who are experiencing abuse or neglect, or are at risk of these, in their lives.
From the foreword by Lyn Romeo, Chief Social Worker for Adults
This publication brings a valuable new text for social workers and wider professionals working with people and in the arena of Adult safeguarding. A collection that allows for some challenge to thinking and practice reflection is always welcomed especially at a time where social work must embed human rights and civil liberties in all that it does. This book can only aid those discussions and professional development.
Adult PSW Network
Appropriate and timely, this book is an important and useful contribution for all those who are concerned about or who work with adults at risk of harm from abuse and neglect.
Bridget Penhale, Reader in Mental Health of Older People at University of East Anglia, Norwich and Co-editor of Journal of Adult Protection
This book offers a unique blend of case studies from everyday practice to strategic perspectives. A practical aid setting out key social work theories, research and legislative frameworks. This book is a must and should be a key text for anyone working with vulnerable adults.
Justine Collom, Principal Social Worker, London Borough of Sutton and Chair of the London Adult PSW Network

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Safeguarding Adults Under the Care Act 2014: Understanding Good Practice. Edited by Adi Cooper OBE and Emily White 3
Foreword – Lyn Romeo 9
Introduction – Adi Cooper and Emily White 11
Section 1: Making Safeguarding Personal: Approaches to Practice 19
1. The ‘Making Safeguarding Personal’ Approach to Practice – Jane Lawson 20
2. Working More \nReflexively with Risk: Holding ‘Signs of Safety and Wellbeing’ in Mind – Tony Stanley 40
3. Participative Practice and Family Group Conferencing – Marilyn Taylor and Linda Tapper 57
4. Working towards Recovery and Resolution, including Mediation and Restorative Justice – John Gunner 74
5. Promoting Safeguarding: Self-Determination, Involvement and Engagement in Adult Safeguarding – Trish Hafford-Letchfield and Sarah Carr 91
Section 2: Working with Risk and Using the Law 109
6. Assessing and Responding to Risk – Emily White 110
7. Mental Capacity Act and Adult Safeguarding – Dan Baker 128
8. Using the Law to Support Adult Safeguarding Interventions – Fiona Bateman 147
9. Managing Difficult Encounters with Family Members – Jill Manthorpe, Rebecca Johnston, Stephen Martineau, Martin Stevens and Caroline Norrie 163
Section 3 179
Section 3: Current Issues for Practitioners 179
10. Self-Neglect and Hoarding – Suzy Braye, David Orr and Michael Preston-Shoot 180
11. Domestic Abuse and Adult Safeguarding – Lindsey Pike and Nicki Norman 199
12. Palermo to Croydon: Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking - Seeking Best Practice on a New Frontier of Safeguarding - Antony Botting, Tish Elliott and Sean Olivier 220
13. Safeguarding Adults at Risk of Financial Scamming – Sally Lee, Rebecca Johnson, \nLee-Ann Fenge and Keith Brown 240
Conclusion: How to Practise Safeguarding Well – Adi Cooper 256
Appendix 261
Author Biographies 269
Subject Index 278
Author Index 282