Good practice with vulnerable adults / edited by Jacki Pritchard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pritchard, Jacki.

Series:

Good practice series ; 9.

Good practice series ; 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service.

Social work administration.

Physical Description:

318 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Jessica Kingsley, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a practical and trans-disciplinary guide for professionals working with vulnerable adults, who include the frail elderly, those with mental health problems or physical disabilities, learning disabilities or serious physical illness. The contributors address key problems and dilemmas in working to protect these groups from abuse.

Contents:

Intro

Good Practice with Vulnerable Adults

Contents

Introduction

1 Comment on No Secrets: Guidance on Developing Multi-Agency Policies and Procedures to Protect Vulnerable Adults from Abuse

2 Hard Care: The Role of an Adult Protection Unit and Co-ordinator

3 What is Good Interviewing in Adult Abuse Work?: A Police View

4 The Role of the General Practitioner

5 The Role of the Medical Practitioner: A View from Australia

6 The Role of the Registration and Inspection Officer

7 'Wish We Weren't Here': A Conversation between a Registration and Inspection Officer and a Social Worker About Abuse in Res

8 Abuse in Earlier Life: Older Women Speak Out

9 Domestic Violence - Domestic Terrorism

10 Is it a Domestic? Or is it Adult Abuse?

11 Neglect: Not Grasping the Nettle and Hiding Behind Choice

12 Abuse Issues Relating to People with Mental Health Problems

13 Afore Ye Go! - Alcohol and Older People

14 The Role of Citizen Advocacy in Adult Abuse Work

The contributors

Subject index

Name index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781417502943

1417502940

9781846422720

1846422728

OCLC:

923646497