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Back to back: a report by the Elderly at Risk Project
- Authors:
- GRIFFIN Sandra, et al
- Publisher:
- Maidstone Health Authority
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 284p.
- Place of publication:
- Maidstone
A report on the effectiveness of adult protection arrangements across Scotland
- Author:
- CARE INSPECTORATE
- Publisher:
- Care Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- Dundee
A review of the strengths and weaknesses of adult protection arrangements in Scotland. The report draws on previous inspections and the recently introduced joint inspections of health and social work services for older people. Work was also carried out across all 32 local authority areas in Scotland with chief officers and adult protection committees to find out more about the effectiveness of the current arrangements for protecting vulnerable adults. The review found signs that chief officers and adult protection committees have a clear focus on the protection of vulnerable adults although there are some concerns that the capacity for improvement is weak in some areas. In those areas showing signs of effective performance, leaders provide strong direction and collective ownership of shared values for delivering the best possible outcomes for adults in need of protection. Where there was a lack of direction and oversight of the work of the adult protection committee by chief officers, this tended to be associated with an absence of robust self-evaluation and an inability to provide evidence of ongoing improvement. A growing number of chief officers’ groups have reviewed and strengthened structures and governance arrangements for public protection to improve the scrutiny and challenge of performance. This has made the connections across relevant areas such as domestic abuse, violence against women and drug and alcohol partnerships more explicit. It is also leading to improved joint working and successful integrated approaches to protect and support vulnerable and at-risk groups. This report identifies barriers to improvement in protecting vulnerable adults. In the main, barriers are tending to be focused around capacity rather than capability. Given the high level of restructure happening to drive efficiencies and integrate services, the report suggests that it is imperative that roles and responsibilities for adult support and protection are not lost and that a framework of continued improvement is identified and reported to the chief officers’ group. Key processes in assessing and responding to risks and needs are identifies as an area for national improvement. (Edited publisher abstract)
Research into practice
- Author:
- FOSKETT Andy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.8.02, 2002, p.49.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at research into the implementation of 'No Secrets', the government guidance on the protection of vulnerable adults.
Integrating social services for vulnerable groups: bridging sectors for better service delivery
- Author:
- ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- Publisher:
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 212
- Place of publication:
- Paris
This book looks at the ways in which governments design and deliver integrated social services to vulnerable groups and the opportunities and challenges this brings. Although the needs of vulnerable families, children and youth with mental health issues, the homeless, and the frail elderly can vary widely, the challenges government face when delivering multiple social supports to these groups are often similar. For each vulnerable group, the book addresses questions like: How are social services being integrated? How are vulnerable groups defined in different countries and how do populations compare? Why integrate service for vulnerable groups? The book highlights pathways towards successful integration practices, and summarises the evidence on good practice and promising common practices from across all of the vulnerable groups. (Edited publisher abstract)
Ethics and the street-level bureaucrat: implementing policy to protect elders from abuse
- Author:
- ASH Angie
- Journal article citation:
- Ethics and Social Welfare, 4(2), July 2010, pp.201-209.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Abingdon
This personal essay describes how the author was an independent researcher, registered social worker and long-term, long-distance carer. The care of older people, and protection of elders from abuse, had been constant professional and personal foci for the author for many years. When commissioned to review a case involving the serious abuse of an elder where official safeguarding procedures had not been used, the author puzzled why this had been managed 'informally' by social services and partner agencies outside of adult safeguarding procedures, with vague unspecified monitoring. The author asks “why was there this apparent gap between policy intention and implementation?” That question led to research on the ethics of care and policy implementation on which this essay is based.
The sustainable development agenda: the role of social services. SDG3 improving health and wellbeing
- Author:
- EUROPEAN SOCIAL NETWORK
- Publisher:
- European Social Network
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 12
- Place of publication:
- Belgium
A policy briefing which explains how social services can play an important role in providing preventative services to ensure good health and wellbeing at the local level. It is based on literature review, collection of practices and the outcomes of discussions at a working group meeting of the Social Services Network. The meeting was attended by representatives of social services from different EU countries, Canada, United States and Norway. Participants discussed strategies promoting the health and wellbeing of the population groups: children in care, older people, homeless people and people with substance misuse and addictions. For each target group, the paper presents key points and identifies challenges and opportunities facing social services in their promotion of wellbeing. The briefing also includes recommendations on successful health and wellbeing promotion for vulnerable populations with an emphasis on the role of social services in implementation. (Edited publisher abstract)
Home truths
- Author:
- BELCHER John
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.5.01, 2001, p.24.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Argues that greater co-operation between social housing providers and health care agencies is vital if valuable preventive services are to survive.
Gentle persuasion
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.10.98, 1998, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A social worker who needs to help an elderly person remain at home, whilst they refuse to have a hoist and other appliances essential to their well-being and that of their carers, talks about her dilemma.
The common enemy
- Authors:
- BROWN Hilary, SANGAR Vinay, SIMPSON Liz, STEIN June
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.5.96, 1996, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Working in conjunction is the only way to ensure protection from various types of abuse for vulnerable adults. Kent and East Sussex social services departments are taking a lead in developing practice to improve recognition of adult abuse and responses to it. Now the two departments are working with a small group of researchers at Kent's Tizard Centre, to establish just how effective the policy has been.