Recording Skills in Safeguarding Adults: Best Practice and Evidential Requirements - Softcover

Jacki Pritchard With Simon Leslie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849051127 ISBN 13: 9781849051125

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Pub, 2010

Synopsis

Poor record keeping within safeguarding adults work can have serious consequences - cases may not get to court if records are inadequate - yet practitioners are often untrained and uninformed about how to keep effective records. This book is a comprehensive guide to keeping accurate, effective and complete records within safeguarding adults work. It covers the theory behind why good record keeping is essential; basic skills in recording including how to write effectively; legal requirements and what is required by whom, such as the police, crown prosecution service and the courts; report-writing; 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 will be 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.

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Review

I found much in this book to challenge current established practice in record keeping. There is a refreshing rigour and clarity of thought that will help the reader with much more than safeguarding. Author: Caring Times

From the Author

Jacki Pritchard practises as an independent social worker and is registered with the General Social Care Council. She is Director of the company Jacki Pritchard Ltd which provides training, consultancy and research in social care and also produces training materials. Jacki specialises in working directly with victims of abuse and was the founder of the organisation Beyond Existing, Support Groups for Adults Who Have Been Abused. Jacki has written widely on the subject of adult protection and has been Series Editor of the Good Practice in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice series, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers, since 1993. Simon Leslie is a qualified solicitor and is Team Principal of the Berkshire Joint Legal Team which advises and represents a consortium of local authorities in Berkshire on all aspects of adult and children's social care. He designs and provides training on a range of legal topics related to social care, and has contributed to publications on adult protection.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Pub
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1849051127
• ISBN 13: 9781849051125
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224