Transitional safeguarding: Presenting the case for developing Making Safeguarding Personal for Young People in England

Cocker, Christine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4188-2316, Cooper, Adi, Holmes, Dez and Bateman, Fiona (2021) Transitional safeguarding: Presenting the case for developing Making Safeguarding Personal for Young People in England. Journal of Adult Protection, 23 (3). pp. 144-157. ISSN 1466-8203

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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to set out the similarities and differences between the legal frameworks for safeguarding children and adults. It presents the case for developing a Transitional Safeguarding approach to create an integrated paradigm for safeguarding young people that better meets their developmental needs and better reflects the nature of harms young people face.  Design/methodology/approach: This paper draws on the key principles of the Children Act 1989 and the Care Act 2014 and discusses their similarities and differences. It then introduces two approaches to safeguarding: Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP); and transitional safeguarding; that can inform safeguarding work with young people. Other legal frameworks that influence safeguarding practices, such as the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Human Rights Act 1998, are also discussed.  Findings: Safeguarding practice still operates within a child/adult binary; neither safeguarding system adequately meets the needs of young people. Transitional Safeguarding advocates an approach to working with young people that is relational, developmental and contextual. MSP focuses on the wishes of the person at risk from abuse or neglect and their desired outcomes. This is also central to a Transitional Safeguarding approach, which is participative, evidence informed and promotes equalities, diversity and inclusion.  Practical implications: Building a case for developing MSP for young people means that local partnerships could create the type of service that best meets local needs, whilst ensuring their services are participative and responsive to the specific safeguarding needs of individual young people.  Originality/value: This paper promotes applying the principles of MSP to safeguarding practice with young people. It argues that the differences between the children and adult legislative frameworks are not so great that they would inhibit this approach to safeguarding young people.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: adolescent,adult safeguarding,children’s safeguarding,emerging adulthood,transition,transitional safeguarding,young people,sociology and political science,law ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3312
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Social Work
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Research on Children and Families
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 17 Dec 2020 00:53
Last Modified: 14 Jun 2023 23:57
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/77987
DOI: 10.1108/JAP-09-2020-0043

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