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| The advantages and disadvantages of different models of organising adult safeguarding | | Author(s) | Caroline Norrie, Martin Stevens, Katherine Graham |
| Journal title | British Journal of Social Work, vol 47, no 4, June 2017 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, June 2017 |
| Pages | pp 1205-1223 |
| Source | http://www.bjsw.oxfordjournals.org |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; At risk ; Protection [vulnerable adults] ; Social work ; Attitude ; Social workers ; Qualitative Studies ; England. |
| Annotation | Professionals express divergent views about whether adults at risk are best served by safeguarding work being incorporated into social workers' casework or being undertaken by specialist workers within local area or centralised teams. This paper draws on findings from the final two phases of a three-phase study which aimed to identify a typology of different models of organising adult safeguarding, and to compare the advantages and disadvantages of these. The authors used mixed-methods to investigate four different models of organising adult safeguarding which they termed: A) Dispersed-Generic, B) Dispersed-Specialist, C) Partly-Centralised-Specialist and D) Fully-Centralised-Specialist. In each model, staff interviews (n = 38), staff survey responses (n = 206), feedback interviews (with care home managers, solicitors and Independent Mental Capacity Advocates) (n = 28), Abuse of Vulnerable Adults (AVA) Returns, Adult Social Care User Survey Returns (ASCS) and service costs were analysed. This paper focuses on qualitative data from staff and feedback interviews and the staff survey. The authors findings focus on safeguarding as a specialism, safeguarding practice (including multi-agency working, prioritisation, tensions, handover, staff confidence and de-skilling) and managing safeguarding. Local authority (LA) participants described and commented on the advantages and disadvantages of their organisational model. Feedback interviews offered different perspectives on safeguarding services and implications of different models. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170922208 A |
| Classmark | QNT: CA3: CA3G: IG: DP: QR: 3DP: 82 |
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