... if they were they saying that decisions were made where they just weren’t included or something else? Culture change Social work Making safeguarding personal Care Act 2014 Health and social care Adult safeguarding Dr Adi Cooper OBE has made a significant contribution to social work and the field...

... and mental health law. Social work Adult safeguarding Human rights Mental capacity Autonomy and protection Law and policy Tim: It is interesting Maria isn’t it? In our final report, we drew a clear line between new powers to make inquiries, which were already part of the legal framework...

... said that [the term] was disparaging. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Older people Social work History Safeguarding Elder abuse Dr Mervyn Eastman is a member and co-founder of the Later Life Audio and Radio Co...

... of working with a single family, this paper goes on to explore the extent to which carers at risk of harm are recognised and supported by social work and allied professionals. Design/methodology/approach The approach to this paper is a reflective analysis, using the Gibbs’ (1988) reflective cycle...

.... and Hewison , A. (2021), “ This is still all about love’: practitioners’ perspectives of working with family carers affected by the harmful behaviour of the older person for whom they care ”, The British Journal of Social Work , Vol. 51 No. 8 , pp. 3190 - 3208 , doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcaa129...

... and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Filial coercive control Older adults Safeguarding Social work Psychological elder abuse Elder mistreatment In the absence of an established definition, the term filial coercive...

... abuse Adult mistreatment Semi-structured interviews Vignettes Evidence informed practice Qualitative research Social work Referrals to adult safeguarding were often the result of practitioners from a range of professional disciplines being anxious to be seen to act (Department of Health...

... and emergent literature in this area, the project consisted of a survey of frontline practitioners working in adult safeguarding and in-depth semi-structured interviews with both frontline and non-frontline professionals across a range of sectors (such as social work, health and the private or not-for-profit...

... to social work practice within the UK. Design/methodology/approach The literature review reported and discussed findings across reviews and then used a thematic analysis to synthesise the findings and recommendations from the SARs reviews. Findings This paper identified four main themes: a lack...

...Jaime Lindsey; Mary O’Reardon Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consider the role of social work professional evidence in mental capacity law, specifically Court of Protection proceedings. The authors analyse how social workers perform as evidence givers in this domain and how social work...

... and social care online. This represents a limitation in reading the research in terms of its comparative value. Ireland Legislation Elder abuse Social work Adult safeguarding Adult protection Mandatory reporting This rapid realist review was commissioned by the Irish Government in 2017...

... Mediation Focus groups Social work Elder abuse Adult safeguarding Adult protection Family care conference Family group conference The complex structure of families requires flexible, empowering, person-centred approaches in order to safeguard older people most effectively. Punishing offenders...

... of the mainstream of local authorities’ systems and culture. The personalisation movement has shown how it can make a far bigger impact on people’s lives by moving away from a prescriptive to a partnership approach, which, in turn, has led to a re-evaluation of the role of social work and how it is delivered; see...

... point a scoping review of the literature undertaken as part of a study exploring social work responses to situations where they are prevented from speaking to an adult at risk by a third party. Findings A power of entry might be one solution to situations where social workers are prevented from...

... organisations, have been noted. Originality/value This paper provides an accessible overview of adult safeguarding in NI, which to date has been lacking from the literature. Northern Ireland Adult safeguarding Policy implications Adult abuse Models Social work Over the last 20 years...

... Older people Safeguarding Social work The Care Act (2014) also makes specific reference to advocacy support, presenting independent advocacy as a statutory requirement “for the purpose of facilitating involvement in the enquiry or review” (Section 68). Advocacy provision under the Care Act...

... Norman can be contacted at: alyson.norman@plymouth.ac.uk 12 08 2016 21 10 2016 21 10 2016 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Mental health Mental capacity Social work Safeguarding Advocacy Brain...

... supplemented by further definitions, or guidance, about what constitutes harm, as outlined below. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Adult at risk Northern Ireland Legislation Elder abuse Adult protection Social work International awareness of the human rights of older people...

...Professor Michael Preston-Shoot and Dr Adi Cooper Editor: Bridget Penhale; Lyn Romeo Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to comment on social work and safeguarding adults, current challenges and expectations. In particular, as the Chief Social Worker for Adults, to acknowledge the positive...

... intended for all staff involved in safeguarding activity to further explore the models of practice, but equally stress levels and confidence and training for safeguarding practice. Phase 3: in-depth exploration of the understanding, nature and distribution of practice in social work and social care...