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Risk, Safeguarding & Self-Neglect
BASW-approved CPD tools and training resources for adult safeguarding, risk assessment, self-neglect and professional decision-making in social care and social work practice.
About this area
Trauma-informed CPD tools for adult safeguarding, risk assessment and self-neglect, supporting defensible decision-making and reflective practice under the Care Act.
What this area covers
- Adult safeguarding threshold decisions and risk escalation
- Self-neglect: identifying, assessing and responding appropriately
- Professional curiosity and seeing beyond the obvious
- Disguised compliance and its impact on safeguarding outcomes
- Multi-agency working and professional challenge
- Safeguarding enquiries under Section 42 of the Care Act
- Risk assessment frameworks and defensible decision-making
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