Free to share and adapt with credit given to the creator (CC BY)

This document offers good practice guidance about independent advocacy for adults being supported and protected under the Adult Support & Protection (Scotland) Act 2007, including at case conferences. It includes detail on the role of advocacy in general (and its links with human rights and trauma-informed practice), advocacy in individual Adult Support and Protection processes, advocacy during Large Scale Investigations, and advocacy with carers. The guidance also covers non-instructed advocacy, local planning, and offers several good practice pointers.

This pack contains core resources, for instance on professional curiosity, that inform all ASP work. It also contains financial harm specific resources. Within the pack, there are links to numerous videos and podcasts, including those where people speak of their lived experience of financial harm.

This pack contains core resources, for instance on professional curiosity, that inform all ASP work. It also contains domestic abuse specific resources. Within the pack, there are links to numerous videos, including to those of people with lived experience of domestic abuse.

This pack contains core resources, for instance on professional curiosity, that inform all ASP work. It also contains hoarding specific resources. Within the pack, there are links to numerous videos, including to those of people with lived experience of hoarding.

This quiz accompanies the powerpoint presentation on recognising and responsding to human trafficking. Ten questions, on facts about and understanding of human trafficking, can be used to promote cement knowledge on this topic. Answers are included.

This powerpoint presentation aims to support practitioners to:

• Describe what human trafficking is
• Recognise and identify key indicators of human trafficking
• Know what actions they should take if human trafficking is suspected.

Accompanying this presentation is a quiz to test knowledge and understanding.

The Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 defines 'adults at risk' as individuals, aged 16 years or over, who:

This is a one-page guide to the responsibilities of healthcare practitioners in Adult Support and Protection. The areas covered are background; why it matters; three-point criteria; duty to co-operate; information sharing; ASP case conferences; what to do.

This document offers good practice guidance to effective participation of adults being supported and protected under the Adult Support & Protection (Scotland) Act 2007, particularly in relation to ASP case conferences. It provides pointers as to how to facilitate meaningful engagement, taking a holistic view of the perspective and circumstances of the adult, including experience of trauma. Checklists and signposts to additional resources are also provided.

This tool can be used where there is doubt about the adult's capacity to make and/or implement a specific decision. It aims to assist a practitioner consider the various elements involved in the decision-making process. It is not suitable for medical or complex decisions.