Safeguarding Adults Under the Care Act 2014

Foreword; Introduction; Section 1 Making safeguarding personal: Approaches to practice; 1. The 'making safeguarding personal' approach to practice - Jane Lawson, Chair of Bracknell Forest Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board; 2. Signs of safety - Dr Tony Stanley, People Directorate; 3. Peer networks, circles of support and family group conferencing - Marilyn Taylor and Linda Tapper, Daybreak FGC; 4. Working towards recovery and resolution - John Gunner, Interresolve; 5. Involvement and engagement - Sarah Carr and Trish Hafford-Letchfield, Middlesex University; Section 2 Working with risk and using the law; 6. Understanding and working with risk - Emily White, Central Bedfordshire Council; 7. Mental capacity and safeguarding - Daniel Baker, Central Bedfordshire Council; 8. Using the law to support safeguarding interventions - Fiona Bateman, Southampton Safeguarding Adults Board; 9. Managing/overcoming difficult encounters - Jill Manthorpe, King's College London; Section 3 Challenges for practitioners; 10. Self neglect and hoarding - Michael Preston-Shoot, University of Bedfordshire and Susy Braye, Sussex University; 11. Domestic abuse and adult safeguarding - Nicki Norman, Women's Aid and Dr Lindsey Pike, Research in Practice for Adults; 12. Modern slavery and human trafficking - Sean Oliver and Anthony Botting, Croydon Council; Conclusion - Dr Adi Cooper OBE

This publication brings a valuable new text for social workers and wider professionals working with people and in the arena of Adult safeguarding. A collection that allows for some challenge to thinking and practice reflection is always welcomed especially at a time where social work must embed human rights and civil liberties in all that it does. This book can only aid those discussions and professional development.