Recording Skills in Safeguarding Adults is the comprehensive guide to keeping accurate, effective and complete records in safeguarding adults work. This book explains why good record-keeping is essential: it covers crucial skills in recording, including how to write effectively; evidential requirements when writing statements and reports for court; and minute-taking. The book includes best practice points, exercises and examples of good recording. Each chapter also features informative, anecdotal experiences and comments from experts in safeguarding adults work, including police and lawyers, on what is needed in written records and how to present evidence clearly and persuasively. This book is essential reading for all safeguarding adults practitioners who are required to keep records, including social workers, probation officers, nurses, support workers, residential and day care staff, volunteers and advocates.

Good Practice in the Law and Safeguarding Adults provides an up to date and topical overview of developments in the legislative framework relevant to the area of adult protection work. The book aims to broaden knowledge about legislation surrounding adult abuse, such as The Mental Capacity Act 2007, assess alternative models of practice such as criminal justice and welfare, and provide guidance on the responsibility of various roles, from the IMCA to the social care regulator. Issues covered include confidentiality and information-sharing in adult protection work, police systems and policy, capacity and financial abuse, advocacy and the role of prosecutor. The book is illustrated throughout with case studies and good practice points, and includes helpful training materials for organizations to use on training courses, or by managers in supervision sessions or team meetings.