Adult safeguarding observed : how social workers assess and manage risk and uncertainty /

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Applying sociological and ethnographic research to adult safeguarding for the first time, this book considers how frontline practice is developing, exploring safeguarding adults assessments and multi-agency work. The book is essential reading for those wishing to understand risk management and how c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dixon, Jeremy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Policy Press, an imprint of Bristol University Press, 2023.
Temas:
People with disabilities > Abuse of > Great Britain > Prevention.
Older people > Abuse of > Great Britain > Prevention.
Social workers.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work
Older people > Abuse of > Prevention.
People with disabilities > Abuse of > Prevention.
Great Britain.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Adult Safeguarding Observed: How Social Workers Assess and Manage Risk and Uncertainty
  • Copyright information
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Why focus on adult safeguarding?
  • What this book is about
  • Thinking about risk
  • Adult safeguarding duties under the Care Act 2014
  • Relevance of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
  • My approach to the research
  • The structure of the book
  • 1 The problem of adult safeguarding
  • Introduction
  • The 1960s: Barbara Robb's campaign
  • The 1970s: early concerns about 'granny battering'
  • The 1980s: concerns about old-age abuse and the abuse of people with learning disabilities
  • The 1990s: early guidance and the Law Commission reviews
  • The 2000s: publication of No Secrets and debates on the future of safeguarding
  • 2010 and beyond: high-profile scandals, the Care Act 2014 and after
  • Conclusion
  • 2 Risk and social work
  • Introduction
  • Key risk theories
  • Risk society
  • Governmentality
  • Cultural theory of risk
  • Risk work
  • Social work and risk
  • Adult social work and risk work
  • Conclusion
  • 3 Referrals and assessments
  • Introduction
  • The legal status of the Care Act 2014 and the significance of new categories of abuse and neglect
  • "We have got 80, 82 cases on the screening list": interventions to manage assessments
  • "The computer system's appalling": social workers' views on using computer systems to document referrals
  • Building a picture: assessing safeguarding risks
  • Professional judgement and team cultures
  • Inappropriate referrals
  • Discouraging or encouraging referrals?
  • Conclusion
  • 4 Personalised safeguarding: policy, principles and practice realities
  • Introduction
  • Historically speaking: Social workers' perceptions of law and policy changes
  • Austerity and resources
  • "The last stop": safeguarding as a service of last resort
  • Blockages in the system: the effects of reduced resources on safeguarding interventions
  • "I don't even pick up the phone to [care] homes anymore": the effects of austerity measures on social relations
  • Translating the safeguarding adults principles
  • Wellbeing
  • Proportionality
  • Partnership and prevention
  • Protection
  • Empowerment
  • Accountability
  • Conclusion
  • 5 Doing adult safeguarding with service users and carers
  • Introduction
  • Recording risks and negotiating responsibility: the use of risk assessment tools
  • Person-led safeguarding: practical issues and problems
  • Are they safe now? Establishing the person's immediate safety
  • "It wasn't very practical to speak to him on the phone": the need for face-to-face assessments
  • "I wouldn't know her if she walked past me in the street": working with resistance
  • Difficulties of engaging with service users within the time available
  • Working with service users during safeguarding enquiries

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