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Adult Safeguarding Observed : How Social Workers Assess and Manage Risk and Uncertainty /

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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Autor principal: Dixon, Jeremy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Policy Press, an imprint of Bristol University Press, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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505 0 |a 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 
505 0 |a 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 
505 0 |a 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 
505 0 |a 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 
505 0 |a 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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