This fully-revised Second Edition looks at how practitioners and students can achieve best-practice when working with vulnerable adults.
The first part of the book explores the evolution of concepts and policies for safeguarding adults, with particular reference to the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Capacity Act 2005. In the second section the focus shifts to good practice in empowering vulnerable adults. The final section focuses on developing effective professional and inter-professional practice.
Inhoudsopgave
PART ONE: The Policy Framework
– Policy to Practice
– Human Rights and Wrongs: The Human Rights Act 1998
– Making Choices: The Mental Capacity Act 2005
– Adult Protection: The Scottish Legislative Framework
PART TWO: Empowering Practice
– Learning from Safeguarding Children
– Domestic Violence: Understanding the Connections
– Working with Difference
– Developing User-Focused Communication Skills
PART THREE: Effective Practice
– Organisational Cultures and the Management of Change
– Effective Collaborative Working
– Working with Risk
– Inquiries and Serious Case Reviews: Listening and Learning
Conclusion
Appendix: Subject benchmark for social work
References
Index
Over de auteur
Terry Scragg is an Independent Practice Educator and was formerly Principal Lecturer in Social Work, University of Chichester.
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