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Adi Cooper and Emily White (eds), Safeguarding Adults Under the Care Act 2014. Understanding Good Practice, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London, 2017, 288 pp., pbk £17.99, ISBN 13: 978-1-78592-094-3 ; eISBN: 978-178450 358-1
Cooper and White's edited book presents the current legislative position on safeguarding adults in England since the implementation of the Care Act 2014 which gave safeguarding adults a statutory footing for the first time in April 2015. The book builds on a policy agenda in the United Kingdom (UK) called ‘Making Safeguarding Personal’, which is underpinned by notions of person-centred, outcome-focused approaches to protecting and safeguarding adults from abuse and neglect. In editing this book, the editors bring together some excellent contributors with expertise in the field of safeguarding adult practice, research, academia and law. With a foreword by Lyn Romeo, the Chief Social Worker for Adults in England at the time of writing in 2018, the book provides accessible practical approaches, supported by research and law, to those concerned with or are engaged in safeguarding adult practice and research.
The content is organised into three main sections, each incorporating five chapters, except for Section 2 which has four chapters. The three sections consider how to: ‘work with people’, ‘apply the range of legal tools at our disposal’ and ‘engage with newer areas of adult safeguarding...