Report 47: User involvement in adult safeguarding
This report is about involving people who use services in adult safeguarding.It looks at policies and practice, as well as examples of how user involvement is being supported, barriers to greater user involvement, and lessons learned from evaluating adult safeguarding processes.
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Summary
A summary of the main messages from the report.
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Introduction
What is driving the impetus for user involvement.
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Safeguarding adults policy
Background on safeguarding adults policy, in particular in terms of user involvement.
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Safeguarding and personalisation
Where two policies meet: risks and empowerment.
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Formal systems and involvement
Safeguarding arrangements in practice.
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Barriers to involvement
What stands in the way of user involvement?
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Supporting involvement
A range of ideas to support and promote user involvement.
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Learning from audits
What we know now: learning from audits of safeguarding processes in local authorities.
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Recommendations
Drawing together the best ideas on user involvement.
