Abstract
This paper reports the extent and nature of adult protection cases
dealt with
by two Social Services Departments during a twelve month period in 1995–6,
within the framework of newly revised generic policies on abuse of vulnerable
adults. The two counties varied in the level of reporting documented and
in the number of cases logged for individuals who fall within the main
four
groups of ‘vulnerable adults’ covered by the policies. Arguments
for consistent
reporting are set out and the tension which exists between formal and
informal approaches to the subsequent investigation of abuse discussed
with
reference to American vulnerable adult statutes. Adult protection work
inevitably overlaps with existing planning and regulation systems such
as
social care assessment, care planning, the care programme approach and
inspection and registration of residential homes. The point at which these
systems need to be augmented by specific adult protection procedures is
a
matter of professional judgement and negotiation within and between agencies.
Continued monitoring of cases reported under the procedures will allow
these authorities to reflect on progress to date and may provide one set
of
norms against which other authorities can evaluate their own practice.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Public Administration,Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Cited by
49 articles.
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