Any practitioner who begins work in the difficult and unique professional arena of public protection feels that they are entering a different world, made up of its own unique processes and guidelines and which, on many occasions, appears to have a language all of its own. This book for the first time gives practitioners of whatever profession an overview of the major and very different areas of public protection practice. It aims to translate the processes, guidelines and language to enable them to have a workable understanding of the varied areas of practice that may impact their own working lives. As well as exploring the law and guidance for each, this book identifies some key learning points and case studies to assist practitioners to better understand the world of public protection in all its guises. This book contains a foreword by Lord Laming, who chaired the public enquiry into Victoria Climbie's death and conducted a progress report of the project of children in England after the death of Baby P. All author royalties from the sales of this book will go to charity.Russell Wate has chosen to donate his royalties to Embrace Child Victims of Crime and Nigel Boulton will donate his royalties to The Victoria Climbie Foundation.
Russell Wate QPM is a retired police officer who for the last six years of his service was the Detective Chief Superintendent for the Cambridgeshire Constabulary. He has a strong operational and strategic understanding of public protection having worked in the field for over 20 years; the first five of these were working jointly in operational settings with social care and other partners. In the 2008 Birthday Honours, Russell was awarded the Queen's Police Medal for his work nationally both as a detective and in safeguarding. Nigel Boulton served as a police officer for 31 years with Devon and Cornwall Police. He now runs a consulting company and associates network providing expertise regarding the design and delivery of true Multi Agency Safeguarding Hubs (MASHs), their connection to early intervention and safeguarding practice as well as the early identification of risk to vulnerable people through analysis. He also runs an associated company providing specialist safeguarding training for health professionals and bespoke courses in connection with information sharing and intelligence led safeguarding.
Foreword by Lord Lamming Introduction Chapter 1: Safeguarding children Chapter 2: Complex child safeguarding Chapter 3: Domestic violence and abuse Chapter 4: Safeguarding vulnerable adults Chapter 5: Sexual violence Chapter 6: Internet safeguarding Chapter 7: Multi-agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) Chapter 8: Safeguarding risk assessments Chapter 9: Information sharing, intelligence-led safeguarding and MASH Chapter 10: Channel: Safeguarding individuals vulnerable to radicalisation.
