Implementing safeguarding and personalisation in social work: Findings from practice

- Summary: This paper reports on part of a research study carried out in three local

safeguarding and personalisation. The study included statistical analysis of data on safeguarding

managers, social workers, other staff working on safeguarding and with service users.

highlighting their perspectives and experiences.

views about risks associated with Direct Payments, approaches to minimising risk;

workers identified similar ranges and kinds of risks to those identified in the national

and their exercise of discretion to assess and manage risks. For example, some

budget as a Direct Payment or suggest they take only part of a personal budget as

- Application: This exploratory study supports the continued need for skilled social

Implementing these policies may entail a new form of ‘care and control’, which may

and positive outcomes attained.