1.2 Explain The Role Of Adult Protection

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In my role as a manger I must strive to promote good professional practice and must be able to take responsibility for it. In my work place adult protection work is integral to what every worker is doing in their day to day practise. Safeguarding is a term which is larger than ‘adult protection’ and means that action has to be taken to promote the wellbeing of adults and protect them from harm or maltreatment. Safeguarding is to make sure that community is safe and protection is to take steps to act quickly if someone is at risk. Adult protection is a legal responsibility involving individual cases where risk of abuse has been recognized and identified.