D2 – Evaluate the Role of Multi-Agency Working to Reduce the Risk of Abuse of Adults, with Reference to Legal Frameworks, Regulations, Working Strategies and Procedures.

I will be evaluating the role of multi-agency working, its strengths and weaknesses and how it is used to reduce the risk of abuse imposed on adults; I will also be referring to legal frameworks, regulations, working strategies and procedures.

safeguarding, who a vulnerable adult is, different types of abuse, who may abuse, factors and

Multi agency working is a child centred approach and deemed to work well providing the best support to children, young people and families. It provides more benefits because

1.Understand the principles of inter-professional working within health and social care or children and young people’s setting.

Safeguarding is everybody’s responsibility, and includes measures to prevent or minimise the potential for abuse occurring. Protection is considered a statutory responsibility in response to individual cases where risk of harm has been identified

M3- Assess strategies and methods used to minimise the harm to children, young people and their families where abuse is confirmed.

Assess strategies and methods used to minimise the harm to children, young people and their families where abuse is confirmed (M3). Justify responses where child maltreatment or abuse id suspected or confirmed, referring to current legislation and policies (D2)

Adult safeguarding was defined as, a range of activity aimed at upholding an adult’s fundamental right to be safe at the same time as respecting people’s rights to make choices. Safeguarding involves empowerment, protection and justice. In practice the term “safeguarding” is used to mean both specialist services where harm or abuse has, or is suspected to have, occurred and other activity designed to promote the wellbeing and safeguard the rights of adults. Following the Civil Service rapid evidence assessment methodology1, having formulated the questions to be addressed by the review and developed a conceptual framework, inclusions and exclusion criteria were agreed. Articles published in 2002 or later, relevant to the review questions were included. Studies were excluded if they were not relevant, for example: health focused, concerned with children rather than adults. A wide range of databases, web-sites and grey literature were searched and screened, using search terms related to adult safeguarding, adult protection and workforce, staff and training. Experts in the field were also asked to identify relevant resources and guidance. Results Overall, much of the evidence on workforce and adult safeguarding is based on a limited number of studies and cases. Much of the work reviewed was of little specific relevance to the social care workforce. Most

Professionals within different agencies and organisations all have specific responsibilities regarding safeguarding of children and young people. The concept of integrated working involves everyone who works with children and young people, and is a central part of Working Together to Safeguard Children (2013).

This essay will attempt to critically examine the importance of interagency working in the safeguarding and protection of children and young people in the UK. It will consider both the challenges and how these have or might be overcome. It will look at key government legislation in respect to child welfare and pay particular note to high profile cased where interagency working has appeared to be less that effective in maintaining safeguards for vulnerable children, in particular. Consideration will be given to models of working that support interagency collaboration and of how some of these models may have been implemented in current

The multi-agency team work together to support the child and their family sharing information in meetings, identifying problems and trying to solve the problems as soon as possible. The practitioner should have regular contact with the other professionals to provide the child and their family with a better service. (The Department for Eduation ,2012 www.education.gov.uk, 2012) The practitioner and other professionals will share ideas and comments, the diversity of the different professionals that the practitioner will be working with will benefit the child and their family. The other professionals will have different experiences and will be likely to offer more information and solutions to help the child and their family. (Tassoni.P et al, 2007).For example a practitioner is working with other professionals to meet the needs of a child that has special needs and this child will be starting primary school soon and the practitioner is working with someone who is a SENCO worker (Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator). They have got to work out a solution on how best to meet this child’s needs by involving the child in as many activities as possible and encouraging the child to be as independent as possible by making the

* Describe the roles of different agencies involved in safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.

Anaylse the role of the social worker and the differences between different professionals and non-professionals involved (multi-disciplinary team)

Adult Safeguarding; Assessment Case Study This essay will examine a case study on Colin a middle aged man who is unemployed and homeless, who appears to be showing signs of a mental illness. The themes within this essay are based around the concept of risk and the different perceptions, this essay will Discuss legislations and policies around risk and risk assessment, it will look at the Framework of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in conjunction with the Mental Health Act 2007, along with the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Homelessness Act 2002, It will explore issues around the concepts of abuse, and demonstrate understandings of the different forms. This essay will analyse the benefits and weaknesses of multi-organisational working. After

“This approach focuses on the question, “How can the worker actually build partnerships with parents and children in situations of suspected or substantiated child abuse and still deal rigorously with the maltreatment issues?” This is a partnership and collaboration grounded, strengths-based, safety-organized approach to child protection work” ("Viv Hogg - Signs of