1st Edition
Professional Curiosity in Safeguarding Adults
Acknowledgements
About the authors
Foreword
Introduction: Professional curiosity and safeguarding adult practice
Chapter 1 – What is professional curiosity?
Chapter 2 - Barriers to professional curiosity in safeguarding adults
Chapter 3 – Enablers of professional curiosity practice in safeguarding adult practice
Chapter 4 - Application of professional curiosity to practice
Chapter 5 – The legal and policy context of partnership work in safeguarding adults
Chapter 6 – Putting partnership work into practice.
Chapter 7 – Conclusion
References
Index
Biography
Ann Anka works as an associate professor in social work at the University of East Anglia (UEA). Her specialist area of practice is social work with adults.
Helen Thacker currently works as Head of Service for Safeguarding Adults at Norfolk County Council and is a registered social worker. She is a member of the county's Safeguarding Adults Board and has published about safeguarding and professional curiosity in several peer reviewed journals.
Bridget Penhale is Emeritus Professor in health sciences at UEA. She has extensive research and practice knowledge in safeguarding adults.
Walter Lloyd Smith has been a manager and business lead for Norfolk Safeguarding Adults Board since 2015. Before this he worked as the Safeguarding Adults Lead for a community health provider.
Becky Booth is a deputy manager at Norfolk Safeguarding Adults Board. She has worked in adult social care since 1994 in positions including safeguarding adult practice consultant. She is a registered social worker.
