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Article in August 2007 on linking education and practice

Article in August 2007 on linking education and practice Reader’s letter Article in August 2007 on linking education and practice I enjoy the Journal of Adult Protection and find it stimulates my work as an independent trainer in this field. I wanted to make some comments on the article in the August 2007 edition called ‘Linking education and practice: working together to protect vulnerable adults in Cardiff’. This was a useful viewpoint and other writers contributed with their comments. Much of the article was very familiar – low turn out and problems of refresher training probably plague us all round the country. However, I wanted to pick up some unhelpful assumptions about investigation training. The article says that provider organisations were unsure where to begin POVA investigations and the quality of investigations were varied. It also mentions a non-criminal POVA investigation tool that was shared with registered providers. The assumption that provider agencies should be involved in investigating adult protection is an assumption that is increasingly being challenged. The Cornwall investigation highlighted the difficulties of managers doing their own investigations. Increasingly, the validity of such internal investigations will start by a referral to social services and then a strategy meeting will decide who does what. It is unwise for decisions to be made that an investigation is not criminal without consulting the police particularly in the light of new offences (eg. wilful neglect under the Mental If you have any Capacity Act). Giving provider managers a tool to do their comments or viewpoints own investigations seems contrary to good practice and I on any of the articles was disappointed this was not picked up by any of the published in The Journal commentaries on the contribution. of Adult Protection we would be happy to hear from you. Please send Yours sincerely, your letters to the editors via kerryb@pavpub.com. Linda Naylor 6 © Pavilion Journals (Brighton) Limited The Journal of Adult Protection Volume 10 Issue 1 • February 2008 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Adult Protection Emerald Publishing

Article in August 2007 on linking education and practice

Naylor, Linda
The Journal of Adult Protection , Volume 10 (1): 1 – Feb 1, 2008
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Reader’s letter Article in August 2007 on linking education and practice I enjoy the Journal of Adult Protection and find it stimulates my work as an independent trainer in this field. I wanted to make some comments on the article in the August 2007 edition called ‘Linking education and practice: working together to protect vulnerable adults in Cardiff’. This was a useful viewpoint and other writers contributed with their comments. Much of the article was very familiar – low turn out and problems of refresher training probably plague us all round the country. However, I wanted to pick up some unhelpful assumptions about investigation training. The article says that provider organisations were unsure where to begin POVA investigations and the quality of investigations were varied. It also mentions a non-criminal POVA investigation tool that was shared with registered providers. The assumption that provider agencies should be involved in investigating adult protection is an assumption that is increasingly being challenged. The Cornwall investigation highlighted the difficulties of managers doing their own investigations. Increasingly, the validity of such internal investigations will start by a referral to social services and then a strategy meeting will decide who does what. It is unwise for decisions to be made that an investigation is not criminal without consulting the police particularly in the light of new offences (eg. wilful neglect under the Mental If you have any Capacity Act). Giving provider managers a tool to do their comments or viewpoints own investigations seems contrary to good practice and I on any of the articles was disappointed this was not picked up by any of the published in The Journal commentaries on the contribution. of Adult Protection we would be happy to hear from you. Please send Yours sincerely, your letters to the editors via kerryb@pavpub.com. Linda Naylor 6 © Pavilion Journals (Brighton) Limited The Journal of Adult Protection Volume 10 Issue 1 • February 2008

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The Journal of Adult Protection – Emerald Publishing

Published: Feb 1, 2008

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