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| The development and piloting of the Self-evaluation of Adult Support and Protection Activity in Scotland: resource handbook | | Author(s) | James Hogg, David May |
| Journal title | Journal of Adult Protection, vol 14, no 4, 2012 |
| Pages | pp 176-187 |
| Source | www.emeraldinsight.com |
| Keywords | At risk ; Elder abuse ; Services ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Coordination ; Evaluation ; Scotland. |
| Annotation | In October 2008, Scotland enacted legislation aimed at formalising adult protection procedures, the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007. Central to the provisions of the Act are duties placed on statutory agencies to co-operate in cases of allegations of harm or self-harm to vulnerable adults. This paper describes the development and evaluation of a resource for use by practitioners to self-evaluate their policy and practice in relation to this legislation. The self-evaluation resource presents key quality indicators relevant to stakeholders, the community, practitioners and their agencies. The quality indicators were selectively piloted by 15 of the 28 multi-agency partners in Scotland. Detailed questionnaires were completed for 49 cases. The findings cover: quality indicator or evaluation area employed in the self-evaluation; participating agencies in self-evaluation; characteristics of individuals at risk, alleged perpetrators and nature of harm; and ease or difficulty in the use of the resource. The findings demonstrate the utility of the resource. In some cases, the outcomes led to changes in policy and practice. The effect of resource restrictions was reported to have a bearing on the utility of the resource in some partnerships. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-121026023 A |
| Classmark | CA3: QNT: I: QK6: QAJ: 4C: 9A |
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