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Collaborating across health and social care
— joint funding an adult protection coordinator post in Caerphilly, UK | | Author(s) | Andrea Giordano, Alison Neville |
| Journal title | Journal of Adult Protection, vol 17, no 2, 2015 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2015 |
| Pages | pp 139-147 |
| Source | www.emeraldinsight.com/jap.htm |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Neglect [care] ; Protection [vulnerable adults] ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Coordination ; Wales. |
| Annotation | The purpose of the paper was to improve the consistency and quality of the response to vulnerable adults who experienced abuse and neglect within NHS, independent healthcare and social care settings as noted by practitioners, agencies and patients. Health and social care policy frameworks promote principles of service improvement and consistency, along with a focus on outcomes and resource effectiveness and interagency collaboration. The Protection of Vulnerable Adults (POVA) coordinator role carries the responsibility of coordinating a response to individual referrals of abuse and neglect as described as part of the Designated Lead Manager role in the Wales Interim POVA Policy and Procedures for the POVA from abuse (Wales Adult Protection Coordinators Group, 2013). This paper explores the benefits realised through a registered nurse being seconded from the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board into a newly created joint adult protection Health Coordinator post within the Caerphilly County Borough Council social services department POVA team. This is the first example of such partnership working in adult protection in Wales and has provided a number of benefits in relation to: providing adult protection advice; coordinating the response to referrals of vulnerable adult abuse and neglect within health and social care settings; carrying out or buddying others to complete adult protection investigations; facilitating the two day non-criminal POVA investigation training course and, awareness raising within the local Health Board. The development of a student nurse placement in the social services POVA team cements the multiagency collaborative approach that this development sought to achieve. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150626225 A |
| Classmark | QNT: QNR: CA3G: QK6: QAJ: 9 |
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