Making Safeguarding Personal and Social Work Practice with Older Adults: Findings from Local-Authority Survey Data in England

Cooper, Adi; Cocker, Christine; Briggs, Mike

doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcy044

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“…Nonetheless, this study’s findings point to potentially important themes that organisations and professionals need to consider as well as avenues for further research. In particular, as noted, the findings may be helpful in relation to current refinements of personalised approaches within safeguarding (Cooper et al , 2015, 2018) and the emphasis on promoting well-being in social care as set out clearly in the Care Act 2014.…”

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confidence: 88%

Safeguarding and personal budgets: the experiences of adults at risk

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Stevens

Manthorpe

et al. 2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present findings from one element of a study exploring the relationship between personalisation, in the form of personal budgets (PBs) for publicly funded social care and safeguarding. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 people receiving PBs who had recently been the focus of a safeguarding investigation. Participants were recruited from two English local authority areas and data were subject to thematic analysis. Findings The analysis identified three main themes: levels of information and awareness; safeguarding concerns and processes; and choice and control. Many of the participants in this small study described having experienced multiple forms of abuse or neglect concurrently or repeatedly over time. Research limitations/implications This was a small scale, qualitative study, taking place in two local authorities. The small number of participants may have had strong opinions which may or may not have been typical. However, the study provides some rich data on people’s experiences. Practical implications The findings suggest that adults receiving PBs may need information on an ongoing and repeated basis together with advice on how to identify and address poor quality care that they are arranging for themselves. Practitioners need to be aware of the influence of the level of information received and the interaction of organisational or legal requirements when responding to safeguarding concerns when care being supplied tries to reflect the benefits of choice and control. Originality/value This paper reports original research asking adults with care and support needs about the interaction between two key policies of safeguarding and personalisation.

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Section: Limitations Of the Studymentioning

confidence: 88%

Safeguarding and personal budgets: the experiences of adults at risk

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Stevens

Manthorpe

et al. 2019

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“…MSP is underpinned by a Human Rights perspective (Human Rights Act 1988; Equality Act 2010), a collaborative and flexible approach to risk assessment, enabling risk taking as well as responding to and managing risks (White, 2017). It supports resolution of the safeguarding issues and recovery from any trauma experienced by the person (Cooper et al, 2018). Essentially it promotes an approach where safeguarding is done 'with' and not 'to' people in order to achieve meaningful improvement in their lives , and utilises the skills of practitioners, rather than safeguarding being about putting people through a process (Cooper and White, 2017).…”

Section: Making Safeguarding Personalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transitional Safeguarding: presenting the case for developing Making Safeguarding Personal for young people in England

Cocker¹,

Cooper

Holmes³

et al. 2021

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to set out the similarities and differences between the legal frameworks for safeguarding children and adults. It presents the case for developing a Transitional Safeguarding approach to create an integrated paradigm for safeguarding young people that better meets their developmental needs and better reflects the nature of harms young people face. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws on the key principles of the Children Act 1989 and the Care Act 2014 and discusses their similarities and differences. It then introduces two approaches to safeguarding: Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP); and transitional safeguarding; that can inform safeguarding work with young people. Other legal frameworks that influence safeguarding practices, such as the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Human Rights Act 1998, are also discussed. Findings Safeguarding practice still operates within a child/adult binary; neither safeguarding system adequately meets the needs of young people. Transitional Safeguarding advocates an approach to working with young people that is relational, developmental and contextual. MSP focuses on the wishes of the person at risk from abuse or neglect and their desired outcomes. This is also central to a Transitional Safeguarding approach, which is participative, evidence informed and promotes equalities, diversity and inclusion. Practical implications Building a case for developing MSP for young people means that local partnerships could create the type of service that best meets local needs, whilst ensuring their services are participative and responsive to the specific safeguarding needs of individual young people. Originality/value This paper promotes applying the principles of MSP to safeguarding practice with young people. It argues that the differences between the children and adult legislative frameworks are not so great that they would inhibit this approach to safeguarding young people.

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“…Lawson et al , 2014; Pike and Walsh, 2015). Various methods have been used to capture what has enabled the development of MSP approaches and what barriers have been encountered, including temperature checks, local authority returns, case file audits, interviews and feedback from service users and practitioners (Cooper et al , 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Again, although not explicitly using Carpenter’s (2005) levels of impact, it is possible to discern changing practitioner and partner reactions in enthusiasm for the approach, and changes in practice and organisational systems, such as recording, policy development and use of supervision and complex case procedures. There is also evidence of positive benefits for service users from their involvement in adult safeguarding assessments, in their experience of enquiry and in the achievement of the outcomes they had been seeking (Lawson et al , 2014; Cooper et al , 2018). One can see in the evaluation elements of instrumental and conceptual impact, capacity building and attitudinal and cultural change (Reed, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Reflecting the cautionary tales noted earlier, impact has been negatively affected by financial austerity and also by service capacity, the level of practitioners’ knowledge and skills, the variable support of managers and partners, and local authority systems and structures (Cooper et al , 2018). What the frameworks that are highlighted herein offer is greater clarity to the types of outcomes achieved.…”

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Making any difference? Conceptualising the impact of safeguarding adults boards

Preston‐Shoot

2019

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Purpose Criticisms of the effectiveness of Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) led to legislative reform in the shape of the Children and Social Work Act 2017. Given parallels between the mandates for LSCBs and Safeguarding Adults Boards (SABs), the onus is on SABs to demonstrate their effectiveness. The purpose of this paper is to explore how SABs might more effectively demonstrate their impact across the range of their mandated responsibilities. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws on definitions of impact from social work education, healthcare and from university research, exploring their relevance for capturing different types of data regarding the outcomes and impact of SAB activity. The paper also draws on frameworks for the process of capturing data and for implementing strategies designed to change practice and develop adult safeguarding services. Findings The paper argues that SABs have struggled to identify their impact and need to consider what types of impact they are seeking to demonstrate before choosing methods of seeking to capture that information. The paper also argues that SABs may have given insufficient thought to the process of change management, to the components needed to ensure that desired outcomes are embedded in procedural and practice change. Research limitations/implications This paper explores the challenges for SABs of identifying their impact and offers some theoretical frameworks that have defined different types of impact. The paper also draws on frameworks that identify the different components that are necessary for achieving change. This paper offers a contribution to theory building and is a response to the challenge of demonstrating the value that SABs add to adult safeguarding policy and practice. Practical implications A case study reviews the findings of the longitudinal service development and practice change initiative to embed making safeguarding personal in adult safeguarding. The findings of that initiative are mapped against the frameworks for identifying impact. Experience of implementing the initiative is mapped against the frameworks for effective implementation of change. Originality/value The paper presents frameworks for identifying the different types of outcomes and impact that SABs may achieve through their strategic business plans and for ensuring that the different components are present for the successful implementation and maintenance of change. The paper argues that the legal, policy and financial context within which SABs are located presents challenges as well as opportunities with respect to achieving and demonstrating impactful change. However, it also suggests that a more informed understanding of different types of impact may generate different approaches to data collection in order to capture what has been achieved.

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Making Safeguarding Personal and Social Work Practice with Older Adults: Findings from Local-Authority Survey Data in England

Cited by 15 publications

References 23 publications

Safeguarding and personal budgets: the experiences of adults at risk

Safeguarding and personal budgets: the experiences of adults at risk

Transitional Safeguarding: presenting the case for developing Making Safeguarding Personal for young people in England

Making any difference? Conceptualising the impact of safeguarding adults boards

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