A practical guide for students studying social work, nursing and allied health and social care that focuses on professional curiosity and partnership work in safeguarding adult’s practice.
Professional curiosity is an essential element in practice. However, there is a scarcity of information and guidance materials to support students and practitioners on the topic. This book aims to consider the post-pandemic landscape and the legal policy context of partnership work as it fills the gap and provides a detailed examination of definitions surrounding professional curiosity and what that means to those working with vulnerable adults. The reader is introduced to what professional curiosity and partnership work entail and how they intersect.
The discussions and practice skills required to participate in professional curiosity are provided, drawing examples from
- Serious Case Reviews,
- Safeguarding Adults Reviews,
- Domestic Homicide Reviews and
- extensive research.
There are also numerous opportunities for readers to test their knowledge, reflect and apply their skills with activities and practice quizzes throughout. This will help readers not only test their knowledge and understanding of their reading but also learn the consequences of failing to employ professional curiosity and partnership in safeguarding adults.
Table of Content
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Table of legislation
Table of cases drawn from SCRs, SARs and DHRs
List of abbreviations
Chapter 1 – Introduction – Rationale for the book: What is professional curiosity?
Chapter 2 - Barriers to professional curiosity in safeguarding adults
Chapter 3 – Enablers of professional curiosity practice in safeguarding adults
Chapter 4 – Application of professional curiosity to practice
Chapter 5 – The legal and policy context of partnership work in adult safeguarding practice
Chapter 6 – Putting partnership work into practice.
Chapter 7 – Conclusion
Glossary
Resources (books, websites, associations etc)
About the author
Becky Booth is a Deputy Manager of the Norfolk Safeguarding Adults Board. She remains a registered social worker. Her practice experience includes ten years as a specialist safeguarding adult practitioner, developing and supporting best practice at all levels of adult social care and in the wider safeguarding partnership. In her current role she helps to develop policies, practice guidance, and other material (including maintaining the Board website) tailored to single and multi-agency audiences, most of which include professional curiosity in some form as an integral concept. In her direct support of five local safeguarding partnerships in Norfolk, she has facilitated dedicated sessions discussing professional curiosity, thinking about how different organisations interpret and apply it in practice. She inputs (including design) into a variety of training courses and events with safeguarding content, and does regular presentations to audiences including social care, health and district council staff, voluntary organisations, health and social care students, always encouraging discussion on what might impact professional curiosity in different situations, what enables it and what difference it can make when done well.
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