This is an essential, practical guide to best practice in adult safeguarding which supports students and practitioners to develop the skills, knowledge and ethical awareness to confidently address the challenges of adult safeguarding across a wide range of practice contexts in the UK.

The authors explore the current context of adult safeguarding in the UK, together with the legislation, rights and principles that are the basis of best practice, and with a focus on developments in practice following the implementation of the Care Act (2014).

Practitioners are supported to develop their practice by exploring new research and innovative ways of working within the field, while promoting the importance of learning from experience and building resilience in adult safeguarding work. This book includes:

. helpful case studies and examples of professional decision making from experienced adult safeguarding practitioners

. top tips and models to enable confident application of knowledge to practice

. tools for reflection to extend the practitioner's development

1. Introduction

Part 1: The Context of Adult Safeguarding

2. Human Rights: The Principles that Inform Adult Safeguarding

3. Adult Safeguarding Legislation

4. Mental Capacity and Adult Safeguarding

5. Definitions in Adult Safeguarding

Part 2: Good adult safeguarding practice

6. Relationships, Values and Ethics

7. Assessment of Risk

8. Decision Making in Adult Safeguarding

9. Adult Safeguarding Enquiries

10. Recovery and Resolution

11. References

12. Statute, Case Law, Serious Case Reviews and Safeguarding Adults Reviews

13. Index

Kate Spreadbury is an independent social worker specialising in adult safeguarding.

Rachel Hubbard is Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Programme Leader for social work Continuing Professional Development at UWE Bristol. She is an experienced social worker and Best Interests Assessor.