Purpose - There are currently no national adult safeguarding outcome measures that focus on people who have been through an adult safeguarding investigation in England. There is need for local authorities (LAs) and their partners to be able to measure whether the services provided to adults at riks of abuse and neglect are effective. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/a…
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to analyse in detail the findings from 40 serious case reviews (SCRs)involving adults who self-neglect, and to consider the commissionsing and reporting of such inquiries in the context of accountability that also involves the Corner and the Local Government Ombudsman. Design/methodology/approach - This study comprised a cross-case analysis of 32 SCRs, us…
Purpose- This paper attempts to explore the transformations taken by madrasah,especially in preparing students both in religious and academic field.Besides,this paper aims to demonstrate measures taken by Madrasah in instilling the religious and racial cohesion far from copnservatism that has alwasy been labeled to their students. Design/methodology/approach- This paper is qualitative in natur…
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to describe a small scale pilot study undertaken in Northem Ireland to gather service user feedback from individuals who have been subject to adult safeguarding procedures. Design/methodology/approach - The aims, methods and findings of the "Adult Safeguarding: 10,000 Voices" pilot project are presented Findings - The pilot project highlighted how an ini…
Purpose- The purpose of this paper is to consider the experience of a white teacher to attain greater understanding of racial identities,especially whiteness,and reconsider the current understandings of whiteness and whiteness pedagogy.The author argues that notions of whiteness are social constructions,and that reconstructions of conventional understandings of whiteness that might facilitate m…
Purpose - Notwithstanding heightened awareness of the issues faced by homeless people, the notion that homelessness is the result of individual failings and weaknesses persists. The purpose of this paper is to challenge that perception by giving voice to this marginalised group and exploring the mechanisms through which they made and remade as homeless and may be protected. Design/methology/ap…
Purpose-The health and social care information centre undertook the develpment an piloting of a new adult safeguarding outcome measure (a face-to-face survey) for local authorities (LAs) that cold be added to the addult social care outcmes framework(ASCOF). The ASCOP is a national collection of social care outcomes perfomance indicators collected from the perspective of people receiving partial…
Purpose- Even as sites for higher education work to transforms curricula and strive for greater diversity among students and faculties,little is done to create safe,inviting environments for people to openly discuss the contracditions and challenges in teaching about differences.The authors'purpose is to examine multiple and intersecting systems of power and privilege that deny marginalized voi…
Purpose - Given that a relatively large percentage of colloge students entering historycally black colleges and universities (HBCUs)are first-generation students and considering the low completion rate among this group in the science,technology,egineering and matehematics (STEM) discipline, the purpose of this preliminary meta-synthesis studyis intended to facilitate a greater understanding of …
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to present emergent findings from an evaluation of the Stefhanie Alexander Kitchen Garden (SAKG) program showing that the program promoted apprecation of cultural diversity and inclusion of culturally diverse groups. Design/methodology/approach - the findings reported here are from the qualitative component of a mixed-method, nonrandomized, pre- and post…