COVID-19: a shock to the system-reflections from practice by safeguarding adults board managers

Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to set out to share the reflections of safeguarding adult board managers as they worked through what is likely to be just the first wave of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper draws on the experience of small number of safeguarding adult board managers who have provided reflections from practice.

Findings

This paper illustrates just some of the responses developed by safeguarding adult board managers and their boards to continue to deliver the work of safeguarding those at risk of abuse and harm in the face of unprecedented impact of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic on a key aspect of the safeguarding adult system in England.

Originality/value

The reflections reported here are not intended to offer a representative commentary on the experiences of those who oversee and manage safeguarding adults’ boards. It is intention to provide a flavour of some of the challenges and dilemmas faced and some of the creative solutions to address them used by one group of adult safeguarding practitioners.

Citation

Lloyd-Smith, W., Bampton, L., Caldwell, J., Eader, A., Jones, H. and Turner, S. (2021), "COVID-19: a shock to the system-reflections from practice by safeguarding adults board managers", The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. 23 No. 2, pp. 134-139. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAP-08-2020-0041