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Safeguarding Adults — Beyond the Tick Box
Proportionate safeguarding decision-making, recognising closed cultures, and evidencing learning without losing the person at the centre.
60 minutes · Hosted by Dr. P. Mensah
Branded title sequence — the lesson itself is written below so you can work through it at your own pace.
1. Proportionality is the whole discipline
Safeguarding done well is neither reflexive referral nor quiet minimisation. It is a defensible judgement about risk, capacity and the person's own wishes, recorded at the time it is made.
- • State the concern in factual, observable terms
- • Record the person's own view of what should happen
- • Name the risk you are managing and the least restrictive response
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