There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added

This module explores public protections within historical and comparative and global perspectives. The module examines the common principles of different forms of public protection, the socially constructed nature of abuse, and challenges the thresholds for the involvement of the State in private and family life. The module presents practitioner’s discipline-specific risk management and the tensions sometimes arising from differing priorities. The module takes a more complex approach to safeguarding and risk by addressing situations where people may be both vulnerable and present risks to others, and considers different models for professional responses, including the possibility for harm to be caused by professional intervention.

LO1: Critically explore vulnerability and related concepts in the context of the safeguarding and public protection agenda
LO2: Evaluate the extent to which legislation, policy, the codes of practice for social service workers and employers, and different professional practices contribute to reducing risk and improving outcomes for children and adults who are vulnerable
LO3: Examine safeguarding and public protection social work within historical and comparative perspectives including International contexts.