Safeguarding
Use this guide to find information resources about safeguarding adults, children, and those with learning disabilities. In this guide you’ll find books, reports, and journal articles.
Key Resources
Royal College of Nursing (2024) Adult safeguarding: roles and competencies for health care staff. London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing et al. (2019) Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competencies for healthcare staff. Intercollegiate document, 4th edn. London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2023) Female genital mutilation. RCN guidance for sexual health care. London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2020) Anonymous registration on the electoral register in the UK. London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2020) Guidance for nurses and midwives to support those affected by domestic abuse. London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (2020) Looked after children: roles and competencies of healthcare staff. London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2023) Modern slavery and trafficking. London: RCN.
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Barber P et al (2023) Mental health law in England and Wales: a guide for mental health professionals. London: Learning Matters.
Bond E and Phippen A (2022) Safeguarding adults online: perspectives on rights to participation. Bristol: Bristol University Press.
Burton S and Reid J (2018) Safeguarding and protecting children in the early years. London: Routledge. Taylor & Francis.
Frost N (2021) Safeguarding children and young people: a guide for professionals working together. London: Sage.
Holmes D (ed.) (2022) Safeguarding young people: risk, rights, resilience and relationships, Jessica Kingsley: London.
Keeling J and Goosey D (2021) Safeguarding across the life span, SAGE: London.
Northway R and Hopes P (2022) Learning disability nursing: developing professional practice. St Albans: Critical Publishing.
Phelan A (2020) Advances in elder abuse research: practice, legislation and policy. Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Spreadbury K and Hubbard R (2020) The adult safeguarding practice handbook. Bristol: Policy Press.
Starns B (2019) Safeguarding adults together under the Care Act 2014: a multi-agency practice guide. St Albans: Critical Publishing.
Wate R and Boulton N (2019) Multi agency safeguarding in a public protection world: a handbook for protecting children and vulnerable adults. 2nd edn. Shoreham by Sea: Pavilion.
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