Safeguarding adults means protecting a person’s right to live in safety, free from abuse, neglect, violence and exploitation. Explore new Research in Practice resources to support good practice.
Effective safeguarding is enabled through relational working which promotes individuals’ wellbeing and reduces both the risk and experience of abuse and neglect. The new resources introduce key themes in safeguarding adults. They draw upon learning from people's lived-experience, practice wisdom and research evidence to help inform approaches to safeguarding adults.
Four key sections explore:
- Abuse, neglect and recognising concerns.
- Making Safeguarding Personal.
- Multi-agency working.
- Equity in safeguarding.
The resources provide practical information and guidance along with reflective opportunities to help embed learning. In an accompanying podcast, Jeanette Sutton and Sally Johnson explore effective safeguarding practice. They discuss how safeguarding has evolved, the realities facing practitioners, and how human rights, intersectionality and equity shape real‑world safeguarding practice.
Safety Matters
These resources draw upon learning from people's lived-experience, practice wisdom and research evidence to help inform approaches to safeguarding adults.
View the resources
Considering effective safeguarding practice
This podcast provides practical examples to illustrate how discrimination, micro aggressions, professional curiosity, and power dynamics influence the safety and wellbeing of adults in need of care and support.
Listen to the podcast
In the below clip, Sally Johnson explores what we mean by safeguarding adults. The clip is taken from the new podcast.
Developing the resources
The resources are the latest iteration of Safety Matters which was first developed from a Change Project in 2009. The project brought research and practice together to identify what works best in safeguarding.
The handbook was further updated in 2013, and Research in Practice published a fully updated third edition in 2019, which takes account of policy and culture changes in safeguarding adults under the Care Act 2014, and following the national implementation of Making Safeguarding Personal.
