Description
Book SynopsisThis essential practical guide to best practice in adult safeguarding enables students and practitioners to develop the skills, knowledge and ethical awareness to confidently address the challenges of adult safeguarding across a wide-range of practice contexts.
Trade Review"Equips students whose career plans entail professional occupations that deal with safeguarding with necessary legal and practical information." Karen Corteen, Liverpool John Moores University
"Case studies and tools for reflection make this an excellent text to support students applying theoretical and legal knowledge to practice." Peter Simcock, Birmingham City University
“This book is a useful starting point for practitioners and students who are exploring the area of safeguarding in social work, with valuable signposts for all practitioners in terms of the issues which may arise in the field.” The British Journal of Social Work
Table of Contents1. Introduction Part 1: The Context of Adult Safeguarding 2. Human Rights: The Principles that Inform Adult Safeguarding 3. Adult Safeguarding Legislation 4. Mental Capacity and Adult Safeguarding 5. Definitions in Adult Safeguarding Part 2: Good adult safeguarding practice 6. Relationships, Values and Ethics 7. Assessment of Risk 8. Decision Making in Adult Safeguarding 9. Adult Safeguarding Enquiries 10. Recovery and Resolution 11. References 12. Statute, Case Law, Serious Case Reviews and Safeguarding Adults Reviews 13. Index
