Good Practice in Safeguarding Adults: Working Effectively in Adult Protection (Good Practice in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184310699X ISBN 13: 9781843106999

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Book Description:

A comprehensive overview of the latest policy, guidance, legislation and practice in adult protection

From the Author:

Jacki Pritchard is a qualified social worker registered with the General Social Care Council with extensive experience as a practitioner and manager in both fieldwork and hospital settings. She is currently working as an independent social worker, trainer, consultant and researcher focusing on abuse, risk and violence, and is series editor of the Good Practice in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice series and the Violence and Abuse series, both published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 184310699X
• ISBN 13: 9781843106999
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Pritchard Jacki