Main description:

Considering safeguarding across the life span and placing it within a multiagency context, this book gives students a grounding to the key issues in safeguarding today, highlighting the key skills and knowledge necessary for effective practice along the way. It includes reference to the latest legislation, skills for practice, a breadth of contexts and service-user groups, drawing on a range of case studies, activities, reflective questions and recommending reading from across health and social care. Locating age specific concerns in context and divided into sections which cover every stage of life, it addresses questions of culture, gender and problems frequently encountered in practice and what these mean for safeguarding and law.

Contents:

About the book
Introduction
Chapter 1: What is safeguarding?
Chapter 2: Organisational arrangements for safeguarding in the UK
Chapter 3: Concepts in safeguarding practice
Chapter 4: Theories for safeguarding practice
Part 1: Children and Young People
Chapter 5: The law and safeguarding children and young people in the UK
Chapter 6: Safeguarding children and young people from neglect
Chapter 7: Safeguarding children and young people from online danger
Chapter 8: Safeguarding children and young people from sexual exploitation
Chapter 9: Safeguarding chidlren and young people from honour-based violence
Part 2: Adults
Chapter 10: The law and safeguarding adults in the UK
Chapter 11: Safeguarding adults from domestic violence and abuse
Chapter 12: Safeguarding adults with an intellectual disability
Part 3: The Older Person
Chapter 13: The law and safeguarding the older person in the UK
Chapter 15: Safeguarding the older person from abuse and neglect
Conclusion
Final Thoughts