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Book Synopsis Safeguarding Adults in Social Work by : Andy Mantell
Download or read book Safeguarding Adults in Social Work written by Andy Mantell and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2011-06-09 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully-revised Second Edition looks at how practitioners and students can achieve best-practice when working with vulnerable adults. The first part of the book explores the evolution of concepts and policies for safeguarding adults, with particular reference to the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Capacity Act 2005. In the second section the focus shifts to good practice in empowering vulnerable adults. The final section focuses on developing effective professional and inter-professional practice.
Book Synopsis Safeguarding Adults Under the Care Act 2014 by : Adi Cooper
Download or read book Safeguarding Adults Under the Care Act 2014 written by Adi Cooper and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Safeguarding Adults in Nursing Practice by : Ruth Northway
Download or read book Safeguarding Adults in Nursing Practice written by Ruth Northway and published by Learning Matters. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clear and accessible introduction to safeguarding adults in nursing practice with a range of clients and across different settings.
Book Synopsis Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and the Law by : Michael Mandelstam
Download or read book Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and the Law written by Michael Mandelstam and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2008-11-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The protection of vulnerable adults is a fast emerging area of work for local authorities, the NHS and other agencies. Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and the Law, sets this within a comprehensive legal framework. The relevant law and guidance is extensive. It includes Department of Health guidance (No Secrets), human rights, the regulation of health and social care providers, the barring of carers from working with vulnerable adults, care standards tribunal cases, mental capacity, undue influence, assault, battery, wilful neglect, ill treatment, manslaughter, murder, theft, fraud, sexual offences, data protection and the sharing of information. The book focuses on how these areas of law apply to vulnerable adults, and brings together an extensive body of case law to illustrate this. Also covered is how local authorities and the NHS may themselves be implicated in the harm - through abuse, neglect or omission - suffered by vulnerable adults. For example, in terms of the gross lapses in standards of care, infection control, nutrition and basic dignity sometimes to be found in hospitals. All those working in community care, adult social work, health care and housing will find this book invaluable. Local authorities, the NHS, voluntary organisations and students will find this to be essential reading.
Book Synopsis Good Practice in Safeguarding Adults by : Jacki Pritchard
Download or read book Good Practice in Safeguarding Adults written by Jacki Pritchard and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2008-07-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good Practice in Safeguarding Adults provides an up to date and topical overview of developments in policy, guidance, legislation and practice in the area of adult protection. The book aims to broaden thinking about adult abuse, assesses alternative models of practice such as criminal justice and welfare, and covers groups who may be overlooked, such as people with brain injuries, older prisoners and adults within the black and minority ethnic communities. Issues covered include domestic violence and honour-based crime, abuse in institutions, financial abuse, and risk assessment in adult protection. The book is illustrated throughout with case studies, and also gives a voice to the victims of adult abuse who can be forgotten in a working environment that emphasises target performance, indicators, standards, star ratings, paperwork and correct use of terminology. This book will be essential reading for anyone working with vulnerable adults, including social workers, care managers, care workers, health care staff, police, probation officers, staff within the prison system, advocates, volunteers, training officers and students.
Book Synopsis The Adult Safeguarding Practice Handbook by : Spreadbury, Kate
Download or read book The Adult Safeguarding Practice Handbook written by Spreadbury, Kate and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2020-05-20 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an essential, practical guide to best practice in adult safeguarding which supports 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 in the UK. The authors explore the current context of adult safeguarding in the UK, together with the legislation, rights and principles that are the basis of best practice, and with a focus on developments in practice following the implementation of the Care Act (2014). Practitioners are supported to develop their practice by exploring new research and innovative ways of working within the field, while promoting the importance of learning from experience and building resilience in adult safeguarding work. This book includes: • helpful case studies and examples of professional decision making from experienced adult safeguarding practitioners • top tips and models to enable confident application of knowledge to practice • tools for reflection to extend the practitioner’s development
Book Synopsis Safeguarding Adults by : Gillian MacIntyre
Download or read book Safeguarding Adults written by Gillian MacIntyre and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-01-26 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Safeguarding adults is a rapidly evolving area of professional practice and this timely new text book provides an authoritative guide that critically engages with the recent developments and encapsulates some of the emerging approaches to contemporary adult safeguarding practice. Written by a collection of authors with a wealth of academic and practice experience, and with a strong focus on multi-disciplinary working, the text covers key topics such as: - Safeguarding adults who lack capacity, or whose level of capacity is unknown or unclear - Common issues and tensions surrounding the various UK laws and policies that seek to safeguard adults with mental health problems - Safeguarding older adults, with a unique and insightful focus on the perspective of carers -Current limitations in practice, including the blurred nature of the boundaries between informal and legally mandated care, relating to the safeguarding of people with learning disabilities. Illustrated throughout by engaging case studies to help readers apply what they have learnt to everyday practice, this comprehensive guide to safeguarding adults is essential reading for students across a broad range of health and social care disciplines, as well as practitioners looking for an up-to-date source of reference.
Book Synopsis Safeguarding Adults by : Alison Brammer
Download or read book Safeguarding Adults written by Alison Brammer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-04 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working to safeguard adults is a complex area of practice that requires careful balancing of autonomy, protection and risk. In order to make good, lawful judgements about when and how to intervene, practitioners therefore need to have a comprehensive understanding of how the law applies to safeguarding adults. In this text book best-selling author Alison Brammer brings together the many strands of adult safeguarding to provide a succinct guide to the legal framework. Designed to equip practitioners with the relevant knowledge for practice, it lays out the current legislation and guidance and applies it to different areas of adult safeguarding, including defining 'abuse', assessing capacity and dealing with cases of criminal law. The book goes on to analyse key examples of serious case reviews, including the cases of Steve Hoskin and Michael Gilbert. Whether taking a module on Social Work Law or Safeguarding, or a qualified Social Worker, this concise guide to a key aspect of practise is essential reading. How do you apply the principles, structures and processes of the law to everyday practice? Drawing on a wealth of contemporary case examples, this handy pocket book provides a clear text which brings the many complex strands of safeguarding adults together in a succinct and accessible way. - Students taking Social Work qualifying undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. - Qualifies Social Workers fulfilling their learning development requirements. - Undergraduate and postgraduate students of other disciplines looking to understand the influence of law within professional decision-making (e.g. students of Youth Work, Community Work and Health) New to this Edition: - Each chapter is updated and revised to ensure currency - Includes the Care Act 2014 - Contains links/signposts to further learning to help illustrate how law is applied in practice
Book Synopsis Safeguarding Adults by : Lee-Ann Fenge
Download or read book Safeguarding Adults written by Lee-Ann Fenge and published by Learning Matters. This book was released on 2017-05-08 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides busy social work and health care practitioners with an accessible guide to adult safeguarding in the context of mental capacity and financial abuse. Drawing on evidence and contemporary examples from practice this book will help readers understand the new landscape of safeguarding adults since the implementation of the Care Act 2014 and the introduction of Adult Safeguarding Boards. There are chapters on the current political landscape of adult social work, specific issues and contexts that make people vulnerable (social isolation, mental capacity, dementia), and important methods of assessment and intervention. A range of pedagogical features are also used to aid learning and understanding including the use of case studies, reflection points, brief exercises and further reading.
Book Synopsis Safeguarding Adults Together under the Care Act 2014 by : Barbara Starns
Download or read book Safeguarding Adults Together under the Care Act 2014 written by Barbara Starns and published by Critical Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-07 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Care Act 2014 has been criticised for the lack of a clear process for professionals to follow. With its emphasis on the personal individual approach to safeguarding, professionals have sometimes felt unclear as to how they should deliver safeguarding support. Written by a practitioner, with an academic background, Safeguarding Adults Together seeks to provide that vital guidance. Whilst there is an absence of process in the Act, there is still a clear set of safeguarding elements which when put together provide a framework of operation for professionals to become more effective in their safeguarding practice. Professionals tend each to look at a particular aspect of safeguarding, but it is only when the whole framework is demonstrated can practitioners understand how they can best provide good safeguarding support to adults who need their help. This book provides the reader with that knowledge and understanding about how adult safeguarding works by translating the Care Act into practice. This is a follow book to the successful The Social Worker’s Guide to the Care Act 2014 by Pete Feldon ISBN 9781911106685. Safeguarding Adults: provides a unique safeguarding framework approach that explains what adult safeguarding is and how it works. includes memorable illustrations that explain difficult complex elements of safeguarding is packed with practice case studies and examples to support understanding of safeguarding and application of knowledge and skill.
Book Synopsis Safeguarding Adults in Social Work by : Andy Mantell
Download or read book Safeguarding Adults in Social Work written by Andy Mantell and published by Learning Matters. This book was released on 2011-06-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully-revised Second Edition looks at how practitioners and students can achieve best-practice when working with vulnerable adults. The first part of the book explores the evolution of concepts and policies for safeguarding adults, with particular reference to the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Capacity Act 2005. In the second section the focus shifts to good practice in empowering vulnerable adults. The final section focuses on developing effective professional and inter-professional practice.
Book Synopsis Safeguarding Adults Online by : Emma Bond
Download or read book Safeguarding Adults Online written by Emma Bond and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2022-07-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This much-needed volume fills an overlooked gap in adult safeguarding – the digital arena – in providing a comprehensive overview of policy and practice in supporting vulnerable adults online. Providing an essential analysis illustrated by recent court rulings and case studies, the authors advocate for the effective support of adults with learning disabilities and/or mental capacity issues in their digital lives without compromising their privacy and participation rights. The text balances a theoretical exploration of the tensions between participation and protection, legislation, human rights, professional biases and social wrongs. It encourages a critical approach in adopting both a practical and realistic understanding for policy makers, professionals and students in social work, law and adult social care.
Book Synopsis The Straightforward Guide to Safeguarding Adults by : Deborah Barnett
Download or read book The Straightforward Guide to Safeguarding Adults written by Deborah Barnett and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2019-04-18 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new manual provides a clear, comprehensive overview of the responsibilities of professionals in relation to safeguarding adults, and how to implement these principles in frontline practice. The Care Act 2014 sets out a legal framework for how local authorities should protect adults at risk of abuse and neglect. However, the law can be complex and difficult to interpret. This straightforward manual aims to help managers, practitioners and trainers to work through the whole safeguarding process, from the very basics to the complexities of multi-agency collaboration and criminal investigation. It offers a step-by-step guide to safeguarding adults, including case studies to recognise how to put specific safeguarding principles into practice, tools for assessing risk, and tips for implementing person-centred and strength-based practice.
Book Synopsis Safeguarding Adults and the Law, Third Edition by : Michael Mandelstam
Download or read book Safeguarding Adults and the Law, Third Edition written by Michael Mandelstam and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Safeguarding Adults and the Law, now in its third edition, sets this complex area of work within an extensive legal framework and provides many useful pointers for practitioners and students. It is now in an A-Z format, enabling quick reference to a wide range of civil and criminal law, and to legal case law. The book covers safeguarding duties under the Care Act 2014 and in particular the making of enquiries by local authorities, safeguarding adults boards, Department of Health guidance, human rights, regulation of health and social care providers, barring of carers from working with vulnerable adults, criminal records certificates, mental capacity, the High Court's inherent jurisdiction, undue influence, assault, battery, wilful neglect, ill treatment, self-neglect, manslaughter, murder, theft, fraud, sexual offences, modern slavery, domestic violence legislation, data protection and the sharing of information. The book focuses on how these areas of law, each with its own set of rules, apply to the practice of safeguarding adults. It contains numerous legal case summaries to bring the law to life. Fully updated, it reflects significant changes to civil and criminal law over the last five years. A critical introduction analyses serious challenges and issues inherent in the current culture of health and social care, and the implications for adult safeguarding. This book will be an essential resource for all those working in social care, health care and the police, as well as the many other agencies involved in safeguarding.
Book Synopsis Recording Skills in Safeguarding Adults by : Jacki Pritchard
Download or read book Recording Skills in Safeguarding Adults written by Jacki Pritchard and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2011 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recording Skills in Safeguarding Adults is the comprehensive guide to keeping accurate, effective and complete records in safeguarding adults work. It covers crucial skills in recording, including how to write effectively; evidential requirements when writing statements and reports for court, minute-taking and includes examples of good recording.
Book Synopsis Safeguarding Adults and the Law by : Michael Mandelstam
Download or read book Safeguarding Adults and the Law written by Michael Mandelstam and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The protection of vulnerable adults is an increasingly important issue right across health and social care. Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and the Law, now in its second edition, sets this complex area of work within a comprehensive legal framework and provides extensive guidance for practitioners and students. The book covers Department of Health guidelines, human rights, the regulation of health and social care providers, the barring of carers from working with vulnerable adults, care standards tribunal cases, mental capacity, undue influence, assault, battery, willful neglect, ill treatment, manslaughter, murder, theft, fraud, sexual offences, data protection and the sharing of information. It focuses on how these areas of law apply to vulnerable adults, and brings together an extensive body of case law to illustrate this. Also covered is how local authorities and the NHS may themselves be implicated in the harm - through abuse, neglect or omission - suffered by vulnerable adults. This fully-updated second edition comprehensively reflects recent changes to the law, and includes many new case studies. This book will be an invaluable resource for all those working in community care, adult social work, health care and housing. Those working for local authorities, the NHS, voluntary organizations and students will find it to be essential reading.
Book Synopsis Good Practice in the Law and Safeguarding Adults by : Jacki Pritchard
Download or read book Good Practice in the Law and Safeguarding Adults written by Jacki Pritchard and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2008-10-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good Practice in the Law and Safeguarding Adults provides an up-to-date summary of developments in the legislative framework and best practice relevant to the area of adult protection work. It explains legislation that can be used in adult protection work, covering criminal and civil law, and crucial national guidance such as Achieving Best Evidence. Issues covered include confidentiality and information-sharing in adult protection work, capacity issues, police investigations, financial abuse, advocacy, witness support and honour-based violence. The book is illustrated throughout with case studies and good practice points. This book will be essential reading for anyone working with vulnerable adults, including health and social care workers, care managers, support workers, volunteers, advocates, police, probation staff, prison staff, lawyers training officers and students.
