The Adult Safeguarding Practice Handbook 2e

The second edition of this best-selling book provides an essential guide to best practice in adult safeguarding. It has been updated to include recent legislative, guidance and research-based developments and relates them to useful practice examples. Featuring new support materials and key case studies, it includes:• a focus on working with marginalised groups under the safeguarding and prevention duties, including ‘transitional’ safeguarding;• an exploration of best practice in light of changes to national guidance and research;• findings from a range of Safeguarding Adults Reviews with reflections on the outcomes of two national (England) Safeguarding Review Audits; and• an expansion of the concepts of professional curiosity and trauma-informed/-aware approaches.Students and practitioners are guided to reflect on practice and to extend their skills, knowledge and values to become confident and competent in the complex area of adult safeguarding.