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There is no current national guidance or minimal standards relating to the training of social workers in the UK who investigate Adult Protection / Adult Safeguarding matters. However, in 2011, Keele University developed a master's degree in Adult Safeguarding. The MA in Safeguarding Adults: Law, Policy and Practice [4] is offered by the School ...
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is a non-departmental public body of the Home Office of the United Kingdom.The DBS enables organisations in the public, private and voluntary sectors to make safer recruitment decisions by identifying candidates who may be unsuitable for certain work, especially involving children or vulnerable adults, and provides wider access to criminal record ...
The Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) was a non-departmental public body for England, Northern Ireland and Wales, that existed until 1 December 2012, when it merged with the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) to form the Disclosure and Barring Service. [1] The ISA was created by the Labour Government 2007–2010.
Mrs Perry took her own life after Ofsted downgraded her school in Reading from its highest rating to its lowest over safeguarding concerns. Ofsted vow to ‘do more’ as Ruth Perry’s family say ...
Safeguarding is a term used in the United Kingdom, Ireland [1] and Australia [2] to denote measures to protect the health, well-being and human rights of individuals, which allow people—especially children, young people and vulnerable adults—to live free from abuse, harm and neglect.
While there's concern about protecting vulnerable older adults who don't have community or caregiver options to lean on, there also those for whom living alone is plan A, not plan B. Scott Watkins ...
Researchers know better ways to get accurate information from child witnesses. FatCamera/E+ via Getty ImagesEyewitness memory has come under a lot of scrutiny in recent years, as organizations ...
South Carolina National Guard conducting wellness checks on local citizens. A wellness check (also known as a welfare check or a Safe and Well check) is an in-person visit from one or more law enforcement officers, especially in response to a request from a friend or family member who is concerned about the person's wellbeing.