Public Protection in Scotland is about understanding and responding to people who are being harmed, or are at risk of harm. It is a broad term that encompasses many different multi-agency approaches and responses, including Adult Support and Protection.
This webinar delves into the three-point criteria for Adult Support and Protection. It explores common challenges and dilemmas that professionals face when interpreting and applying the criteria.
Key topics covered are:
This guidance supports consistent and transparent decision-making in the ‘conversion rate’ from ASP referral to ASP inquiry by considering:
This is an ASPire webinar from February 2026. It launches the National Adult Support and Protection Learning and Development Framework.
This is an ASPire webinar from February 2026. Its theme is Adult Support and Protection in supported settings.
This practitioner's guide has been produced by Perth and Kinross Child Protection Committee in partnership with practitioners from NHS Tayside and Children and Families' Social Work. It aims to provide all practitioners working directly or indirectly with children, young people and their families in Perth and Kinross, with clear practice guidance on how to be professionally curious and use this approach in the course of their work.
This co-produced toolkit shares information, ideas and inspiration for anti-oppressive approaches to safeguarding adults experiencing homelessness. It explores how social justice movements can shape the support and services on offer. The resource invites practitioners to reflect on the role of solidarity, autonomy, power and accountability in their work.
This guide aims to support social workers and their managers to navigate chronologies. It provides an overview of the process applicable to a range of contexts (the resource is child- and family focused, however its principles are useful across Adult Support and Protection).
It explores why chronologies are helpful, offers practical tips on completing them and includes tools to promote reflection and analysis of the information gathered. Overall, it will enable social workers and managers to understand and apply chronologies for assessment, planning and review.
Professional curiosity is about exploring and understanding what is happening with an adult at risk and their family. This practitioner's guidance has been produced by the three Tayside Adult Protection Committees based on the Perth & Kinross Child Protection Committee (CPC) guidance.
This practitioner's guidance covers what professional curiosity is, the barriers to using it, courageous and difficult conversations, and effective use of supervision to support curious and authoritative practice.
This is the first national multi-agency Framework for Adult Support and Protection Learning and Development. It has been produced to support the delivery of Adult Support and Protection learning across applicable agencies and sectors.
