Multi Agency Safeguarding in a Public Protection World: A Handbook for Protecting Children and Vulnerable Adults

Practitioners entering the challenging field of public protection often feel as though they are stepping into a different world, one that follows unique processes, guidelines, and sometimes even uses its own language.

Multi Agency Safeguarding has been fully updated by its editors, former police officers and now specialist consultants in safeguarding.

It provides a comprehensive overview of the diverse areas within public protection practice, aiming to demystify processes, guidelines, and terminology to ensure readers gain a solid understanding of how these practices might impact their own work.

This is an essential resource for anyone working in child and adult services. It has been greatly expanded to include the latest legislation and guidance, including full compliance with Working Together 2018, and addresses contemporary issues that are of increasing concern to today’s safeguarding professionals.

Topics covered include the lived experience of children, gangs and county lines, unaccompanied minors, private fostering, modern slavery, edge-of-care and transitioning, young carers, GDPR, safeguarding in non-statutory settings, and harmful cultural practices.