“Whose safeguarding is it anyway?” service user engagement in safeguarding processes
Sarah Mahon,
Laura O'Neill,
Rachel Boland
Abstract:Purpose
In 2014, the Health Service Executive (HSE) in Ireland published its Safeguarding National Policy and Procedures (HSE, 2014). Under this policy, all agencies providing services through the social care directorate must ensure a robust culture of safeguarding is in place. Concurrent to this has been a move in social policy, practice and research to include the voice of the service user, both in terms of planning and reviewing services. (e.g. HIQA, 2012; Flanagan, 2020) This article examines whether servi… Show more
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