.... This study explores the practice experiences of an early career adult-focussed statutory social worker in England. Findings This paper has identified some of the impact in which the current social care climate is having on carers at risk of or experiencing abuse and harm. Such impact includes individuals...

... SARs relevant to older adult care homes from 2015 onwards were identified via the Social Care Institute of Excellence SARs library. Using thematic analysis, initial inductive coding was mapped to a health-derived safety framework, the Safety Measurement and Monitoring Framework (SMMF). Findings...

... protection between respecting a service user’s freedom to make choices to enhance their independence while preserving safety for service users and society. This is considered in the context of risk in health and social care and the recent changes in society resulting from COVID-19. Findings Inherent...

... Social care Mental capacity Case management Executive impairment Lack of insight The incidence of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) is a significant concern with 348,453 admissions to hospitals due to ABI with the UK in 2016–2017 (954 admissions daily; Headway, 2018). The most commonly reported...

... evidence to the Assembly’s Health and Social Care Committee. She said that: The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) was an early Act of the National Assembly for Wales (the Assembly) after gaining primary law-making powers under the Government of Wales Act 2006...

... to address whether outcomes could be achieved and what steps need to be taken to make the experience of safeguarding personal. Design/methodology/approach – Three social care teams with a responsibility for following up safeguarding referrals were asked to participate in the work and provide feedback...

...Andrea Giordano; Alison Neville Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to improve the consistency and quality of the response to vulnerable adults who experience abuse and neglect within NHS, independent healthcare and social care settings is noted by practitioners, agencies and patients. Health...

... the authors aimed to examine how safeguarding practice is affected by the roll out of personalisation in adult social care, particularly when the adult at risk has a personal budget or is considering this. Design/methodology/approach – A sample of annual reports from Adult Safeguarding Boards in England...

... This is the only policy review that focuses specifically on financial abuse. The context of social care is also one dominated by a commitment to multi‐agency working. Safeguarding provides a prime example as this web of activity is drawn together under multi‐agency procedures based on “No Secrets” (Department...

.../overview/). It is important to note that there is no similar requirement to report concerns about financial abuse. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Residential aged care Financial abuse Older people Safeguarding Elder care Institutional care Social care Elderly people...

... bodies responsible in adult social care. Raising awareness among professionals and policy makers about the risks that service users themselves fear and experience should demonstrate just how important it is that the people whose risk is under consideration are involved in the process. Originality...

... members/carers; and sometimes service users) for advice about safeguarding and “best interest” decision‐making issues. Cate Searle can be contacted at: cate@ms‐solicitors.co.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Safeguarding Legal Best interest Carers United Kingdom Social care...

... that commissioners can learn from their expertise and knowledge. It is essential that whistleblowing procedures are in place to reassure workers and enable them to confidently raise concerns about quality and safeguarding. The Social Care Institute for Excellence has developed two new products to support...

... be called a foggy borderland where concepts such as “unable to safeguard”, “more vulnerable” and not treating some people “less favourably” may be less clear in practice than on paper. Safeguarding Adult protection Legal Scotland Social work Ethical dilemmas Social care Health services United...

...) inspection process (HM Inspectorate of Education, 2007, 2009). (On 1 April 2011 the work of the SWIA passed to a new body, Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland, as did the child protection role of HMIE). The police in Scotland, too, have also utilised the EFQM model to undertake internal self...

... at: ailsa.e.stewart@strath.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Adult protection Safeguarding Citizenship Vulnerability Abuse United Kingdom Social care A two year prevalence study carried out by Kings College, London and the National Centre for Social Research (O'Keefe et al...

... Safeguarding Evaluation of training Nurses United Kingdom Social care Learning disabilities Legislation Improved effectiveness of training within the NHS area, to benefit adults with learning disabilities, as a result of increased research and evaluation capacity. Knowledge transfer...

... to support and protection and the ways in which some adult support and protection stakeholders seemed to be acting as “bystanders” rather than influencing new systems of self‐directed support. Self‐directed support Adult protection Safeguarding Support Personalization Scotland Social care Social...

... to vulnerable adults. Originality/value Service user involvement in health and social care is now widespread, but there is little knowledge of how to involve the most vulnerable service users who are in need of protection, or how to balance risk and empowerment. This paper addresses the dilemmas facing...

...Jill Manthorpe; Michelle Cornes; Jo Moriarty Purpose Little is known about the implications of employing agency staff on safeguarding or the reasons why employers recruit staff from agencies who specialise in supplying staff to the sector or why social care staff work for such agencies. This paper...