
- 320 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
Good Practice with Vulnerable Adults
About this book
Good Practice in Social Work 9
This is a practical and trans-disciplinary guide for professionals working with vulnerable adults, who include the frail elderly, those with mental health problems or physical disabilities, learning disabilities or serious physical illness.
The contributors address key problems and dilemmas in working to protect these groups from abuse, and to support those who have already experienced abuse or neglect. They consider the procedural implications of the latest Department of Health guidance on working with vulnerable adults, and make practical suggestions for working with both victims and abusers.
Highlighting the importance of interagency working, the contributors show how the related fields of child abuse, domestic violence and adult abuse can come together to promote increased understanding and good practice. With its emphasis on effective practice and contributions from social work, general medical practice, criminal justice and adult protection, this collection will be an indispensable resource for students, practitioners, service managers and policy makers in all sectors.
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Table of contents
- Good Practice with Vulnerable Adults
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Comment on No Secrets: Guidance on Developing Multi-Agency Policies and Procedures to Protect Vulnerable Adults from Abuse
- 2 Hard Care: The Role of an Adult Protection Unit and Co-ordinator
- 3 What is Good Interviewing in Adult Abuse Work?: A Police View
- 4 The Role of the General Practitioner
- 5 The Role of the Medical Practitioner: A View from Australia
- 6 The Role of the Registration and Inspection Officer
- 7 ‘Wish We Weren’t Here’: A Conversation between a Registration and Inspection Officer and a Social Worker About Abuse in Res
- 8 Abuse in Earlier Life: Older Women Speak Out
- 9 Domestic Violence – Domestic Terrorism
- 10 Is it a Domestic? Or is it Adult Abuse?
- 11 Neglect: Not Grasping the Nettle and Hiding Behind Choice
- 12 Abuse Issues Relating to People with Mental Health Problems
- 13 Afore Ye Go! – Alcohol and Older People
- 14 The Role of Citizen Advocacy in Adult Abuse Work
- The contributors
- Subject index
- Name index