The safeguarding of vulnerable adults continues to increase in importance. Now in its second edition, this book sets this complex area of work within an extensive legal framework, providing many useful pointers for practitioners and students. It comprehensively reflects recent changes to the law, and includes many new case studies.

The issues relating to safeguarding vulnerable adults continue to increase in importance. Now in its third edition and a new A-Z format, this book sets this complex area of work within an extensive legal framework, providing comprehensive guidance for practitioners and students. It includes all recent changes to the law, and includes related cases.

A complete guide to safeguarding vulnerable adults.

An essential adult safeguarding practice multi-agency framework under the Care Act 2014.

Following the Care Act 2014, this essential guide to adult safeguarding sets out the most current principles behind working in this area, presents core skills and knowledge to support best practice and shows how to overcome areas that present challenges to practitioners.

A practical guide to the full spectrum of safeguarding children work, from prevention to statutory intervention and serious case review.

Ensure your students link theory with practice with this updated version of the authoritative and accessible series from Jennie Lindon

This book explores the role of early years practitioners in relation to child protection and the responsibility of safeguarding.

Safeguarding Children and Schools explains how schools are able to contribute to keeping children safe from harm and promoting their welfare, in line with Government Every Child Matters guidelines. At a time when expectations of the role of schools are evolving, this book provides guidance and support for social care professionals.

Emotional maltreatment is widespread and has a profoundly harmful effect on a child's development. The effects of abuse are often carried into adulthood, and emotionally abused children are more likely to experience a range of problems as adults. This book sets out to identify 'what works' in preventing emotional maltreatment from recurring.

This book provides an overview of the challenges primary health care professionals now face in recognising and responding to concerns about a child's safety from abuse and neglect. It provides practical accounts and perspectives from a range of frontline practitioners, backed up by theoretical insights from leading academics in the field.

The book focuses on how many areas of law apply to vulnerable adults, bringing together an extensive body of case law to illustrate this. Also covered is how local authorities and the NHS may themselves be implicated in the harm suffered. For example, in terms of gross lapses in standards of care and basic dignity sometimes found in hospitals.

An inter-disciplinary and international handbook dealing with one of the central themes of social science, edited by two of the leading academics in race and ethnic studies.

A groundbreaking handbook which evaluates the role of social work research in the context of national and international societies

So when a friendly taxi driver befriended her, Anna welcomed the attention, and agreed to go home with him to meet his family. each one stolen away from Anna at birth. Her salvation arrived thirteen years too late, but despite her shattered mind and body, Anna finally managed to flee.

Essential reading for professionals making judgements under pressure. It demonstrates how self-leadership is not only about surviving but thriving in a continually changing environment and introduces key theories, skills and debates to help professionals deliver high quality professional practice every day.

Written by a collection of experts in the field, this important new text provides a critical and constructive analysis of the ways in which service users and carers engage with health and social care services.

The first textbook to introduce student social workers specifically to the participation and involvement of service users and carers in social work practice.

This book introduces the topic of sexuality and considers its diversity, using different perspectives and exploring the implications for social work assessment and intervention.

Presents an overview of social work. This title contains information for the social work students, the theories, and policy and practice frameworks as well as the issues facing social work. It is suitable for those needing a quick introduction to social work as a discipline.