Safeguarding adults under the Care Act 2014 : understanding good practice

The making safeguarding personal approach to practice / Jane Lawson, Chair of Bracknell Forest Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board -- Working more reflexively with risk : holding 'signs of safety and wellbeing' in mind / Dr. Tony Stanley, People Directorate -- Participative practice and family group conferencing / Marilyn Taylor and Linda Tapper, Daybreak FGC -- Working towards recovery and resolution, including mediation and restorative justice / John Gunner, Interresolve -- Promoting safeguarding, self-determination, involvement and engagement in adult safeguarding / Trish Hafford-Letchfield and Sarah Carr, Middlesex University -- Assessing and responding to risk / Emily White, Central Bedfordshire Council -- Mental capacity and adult safeguarding / Daniel Baker, Central Bedfordshire Council -- Using the law to support safeguarding interventions / Fiona Bateman, Southampton Safeguarding Adults Board -- Managing difficult encounters with family members / Jill Manthorpe, Stephen Martineau, Martin Stevens and Caroline Norrie, King's College London -- Self Neglect And Hoarding - Michael Preston-Shoot, University Of Bedfordshire, David Orr and Susy Braye, Sussex University -- Domestic abuse and adult safeguarding / Nicki Norman, Women's Aid and Dr Lindsey Pike, Research In Practice for Adults -- Modern slavery and human trafficking / Sean Oliver and Anthony Botting, Croydon Council and Tish Elliott, Plymouth University -- Safeguarding adults at risk of financial scamming, Dr Sally Lee, Dr Lee-Ann Fenge, Professor Keith Brown, Bournemouth University, and Rebecca Johnson -- Conclusion : how to practice safeguarding well / Dr. Adi Cooper OBE.

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.