Considering safeguarding across the life span and placing it within a multiagency context, this book gives students a grounding to the key issues in safeguarding today, highlighting the key skills and knowledge necessary for effective practice along the way. It includes reference to the latest legislation, skills for practice, a breadth of contexts and service-user groups, drawing on a range of case studies, activities, reflective questions and recommending reading from across health and social care. Locating age specific concerns in context and divided into sections which cover every stage of life, it addresses questions of culture, gender and problems frequently encountered in practice and what these mean for safeguarding and law.

About the bookIntroductionChapter 1: What is safeguarding?Chapter 2: Organisational arrangements for safeguarding in the UKChapter 3: Concepts in safeguarding practiceChapter 4: Theories for safeguarding practicePart 1: Children and Young PeopleChapter 5: The law and safeguarding children and young people in the UKChapter 6: Safeguarding children and young people from neglectChapter 7: Safeguarding children and young people from online dangerChapter 8: Safeguarding children and young people from sexual exploitationChapter 9: Safeguarding chidlren and young people from honour-based violencePart 2: AdultsChapter 10: The law and safeguarding adults in the UKChapter 11: Safeguarding adults from domestic violence and abuseChapter 12: Safeguarding adults with an intellectual disabilityPart 3: The Older PersonChapter 13: The law and safeguarding the older person in the UKChapter 15: Safeguarding the older person from abuse and neglectConclusionFinal Thoughts