Safeguarding in Practice: Section 42 Form for Academic Year 22_23

This article discusses a Section 42 form for Safeguarding Adults Enquiry under the Care Act. It includes details of an incident of abuse or neglect, the person at risk, and the alleged person or service causing the risk. It also covers mental capacity assessment and desired outcomes of the client. The article is relevant for social workers and students studying social work or related courses.

Section 42 form for academic year 22_23
The section 42 form and answers to the tasks should be submitted as one complete document on Turnitin.
Task 1: Safeguarding Adults Initial Enquiry Form
This form is to be used to notify Adult Social Care of suspected or actual instances of abuse or neglect and is the start
of a Safeguarding Adults (Section 42) Enquiry under the Care Act.
This form should be completed as fully as possible in order that robust decisions can be made about the progression, or
otherwise, of the Safeguarding Adults Enquiry.
Person completing the
form:
Alice Lewis Role of Person: Health
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practition
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Date of referral to
Adult Social Care:
7th June, 2000 Organisation: Pyramid
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Phone number: [phone] Type of service: The
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Details of incident/suspected/actual abuse or neglect
Date of alleged
incident:
2nd January 2007 Who reported the
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Details of the adult at risk
Name: Sarah Howes Date of Birth: 12/10/63
Telephone: [phone] Ethnicity: Sarah
Howes is
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residing
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Croydon.
Address: 87B Coldhabour lane,
Croydon.
What is the adult’s primary reason for needing care and support? (please tick)
Physical support: Sensory support: Support with
memory and
cognition:

Learning disability
support:
Asperger’s
syndrome support:
Autism
support:
Mental health support: Social support
(includes support
for
carers/substance
misusers):
No support
reason:
Other health condition:
Huntington's disease
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Huntington disease is a rare and inherited disease which causes
the progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the Brain. This
disease has a broad effects on functional abilities of human
being. Generally, it results in thinking, psychiatric disorder and
thinking.
Any other details about the
adult at risk: It was observed that
she feel alone and too
much stress due to her
aloneness. She can not
able to manage her
work therefore, her
flat smells and empty
food wrappers, papers
and cans are piled up
here and there around
the house.

Details of the alleged person or service which is the cause of the risk (where relevant)
Name: Reece Relationship to victim: Ex-
husband
Date of birth: ---------- Ethnicity: White
British
belong to
UK
(1) Please give a detailed description of the incident (including times), all people involved, witnesses and any other
comments you feel are relevant. If the concern relates to physical abuse please provide a body map.
(Maximum 200 words)
Sarah Howes is lady who lived in present in Manchester, Croydon. She is divorced with her husband named Reece, who physically and mentally abused her frequently and
also try to dominate on her and becomes more aggressive and jealously. After the divorced with her husband, she moved to Manchester and try to new start. One year after
to her divorced, she was diagnosed with the Huntington's diseases and is struggling to manage at home. Her two daughters named Rhea and and Amy who lived In Croydon
and Manchester respectively. She felt alone and isolated because her both daughter not live with her and also always demand something new. Due to this reason she never
clean her room and create a level of mess on the floor and put her at the risk of falling. Due to this mess and her stressful situation she fell down from the stairs. And injured
her right wrist. At the time of incident she was alone in her room and no one is there to assist her. Her neighbour was informed to paramedics. According to the scenario,
apart from her illness situation, her ex-husband and both of her daughter are somewhere responsible to her condition.
Types of abuse (tick all that apply):
Physical Sexual Psychological/emotional
Financial/material Neglect/
omission
Discriminatory
Organisational/
institutional
Self-neglect Domestic abuse/violence
Modern slavery Radicalisation/
extremism
Other

Specify evidence for the type(s) of abuse ticked:
Her husband beating her and aggressive on her. She live alone and no one take care of her even she did not take care herself
own.
Is the victim at risk of further abuse/neglect? (please tick) Yes No Unknown
(2) What has been done to ensure the immediate safety of the alleged victim(s) and others? Completing and submitting
this form does not constitute management of immediate risks. (Maximum 200 words)
To ensure the immediate safety taken immediate actions to safeguard for the alleged victim. Ensure all alleged victim and others
human beings have an fixed number of adult safeguarding service provider calling number. So that, they can call when they feel
unsafe or harm by others or themselves. Government have required to ensure the safety principle in all the depart of work place.
In all the organisation, there a safeguarding team which ensure the well being and safety of the employees. All the criminal
investigation team and safeguarding provider team have must be primary concentrate on victim or vulnerable person to make sure
the well being and safety of the adult who is alleged or vulnerable. In all the region, there should be a guidelines which make sure
that all the criminal, who harmed or injured any human being, will have to punished for their crime. In the society, all human being
should have to follow all the safeguarding principle which make sure the immediate safety of the alleged victim and others. All the
human being and responsible people should have to listen all the consequences of the alleged victim and always attempt
positively to their issues and give him faith that they understand their situation (Owusu-Sekyere, Rhind, and Hills, 2021)..
Were the Police called? Yes No
Please provide the outcome of the Police action and Police log number (if available):
If the incident relates to domestic abuse/violence, has the
MARAC Checklist (CAADA-DASH) been completed?
Yes No

If yes, has a referral to MARAC been considered?
Please provide details, including discussions with your
agency’s Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for MARAC:
Yes No
Please provide details of other agencies involved that will be able to help with the safeguarding adults enquiry:
Health and community service safeguarding adults that is SAT.
Are you aware that there have there been any previous safeguarding
referrals made in relation to this adult at risk or alleged perpetrator?
Yes No
If yes, please provide details (e.g. dates, type of abuse, action taken):
Are there any risks to others (other adults, children)? Yes No
Please provide details (also include who this information has been shared with – e.g. Police, Children’s Social Care,
MAPPA). If there are risks to children you must notify Children’s Social Care.
Involvement of the adult(s) at risk
The following section is crucial to determining the next steps in the safeguarding adults enquiry and every attempt should be made
to complete it as fully as possible.
Has the adult(s) at risk given consent for this referral? Yes No
If no, please confirm why you have not sought consent or are overriding consent (please tick):
Public interest (risks to
others)
Risk of serious harm Suspected serious crime
Adult at risk lacks mental
capacity to provide consent
Ability to consent is
affected by
Seeking consent would
increase risks to the adult

(best interest decision made) threatening or
coercive behaviour
or others
Other, please provide details below:
(3) Do you think the adult at risk has mental capacity in relation to making
decisions about their safety?
Yes No
If no, has a mental capacity assessment been undertaken? Yes No
Do you think the adult at risk would have substantial difficulty in
participating in the safeguarding adults process?
Yes No
If yes, is there a suitable person who could represent
them? (e.g. family member, friend, advocate)
Yes Unknown
Please provide the name and contact details of this suitable person:
Has the adult at risk’s family been informed of the concerns (where the adult
has consented to this)?
Yes No
If you think the adult at risk may need support to participate in the safeguarding adults process, please provide details of
what support may be required: (200)
Sarah Howes, Is a lady who live alone in the city of Manchester that is Croydon. She live alone at the home and her husband left her few time ago, her
daughters also did not live with her (Akagawa, and Smith, 2018). Therefore, she feel alone due to this she became depressed and stressed. Mrs. Sarah
Howes also diagnosed Huntington's illness and she is struggling for manage at home. Because of this issues she require some of the support from the
safeguarding team. Recently, she felt down from the stairs and hurt her right wrist (Bee, and Stokes, 2021) So, she required a care taker who provide her
some support in her daily activity and shopping. Her house were very dirty and smells very bad. Empty food wrappers and papers and cans are piled up here
and there around the house. Therefore, she need a supporter, who assist her in cleaning her room and surroundings and ensure her well being and better
health condition. She feel isolated, sad and lonely so, she required a safeguarding support who provide her some mental and physical support and assist her

in shopping and other activities (Bond, and Phippen, 2022).
(4) What does the adult at risk (or their representative) say that they want to happen as a result of this meeting and as a
result of a safeguarding enquiry (what are the client’s desired outcomes)? (Max words 200)
As per the adult at risk by the meeting and safeguarding enquiry they want to ensure that safeguarding adult service provider will assist him to resolve the issue. Through
which they feel better and mentally well being (Foster, 2020). By the meeting and as a safeguarding enquiry's result Mrs. Sarah Howes, want to take support from the
care giver in her shopping because she, think that she is well except she has some issue in her right wrist and she felt that she can not carry shopping. Her flat smells and
empty food and paper. Therefore, she desired that safeguarding adult care provider assist her in cleaning her room. Client's think that the safeguarding adult boards have to
publish a yearly report and conduct safeguarding adults principles and reviews of their serious cases in the particular circumstances (Rose, 2022).
Signed: Date:
Printed: Time:
Task 2
Assess the person at risk’s mental capacity. (500 words max)
As per the provided scenario, Sarah Howes is a lady who born on the 12/10/63. she lives alone in the Croydon At 87B Coldhabour lane Manchester. She
lives in the rented room at first floor. She faces lots of trauma and aggression by his husband therefore, she left him and take divorce with him. Her two
daughters also did not live with so, she felt isolated and alone after her divorced. As a social worker, to assess the the human being who is at risk of mental
capacity, have to follow two stage stage test of capacity which is provided by medical council (Crow, and Watson, 2018). In first stage of these test social
worker have analyse that does the human being have an impairment of his or her brain or mind, which causes the results of a diseases or external elements
like as drug or alcohol use. In the second stage, social worker has to assess that the impairment mean the human being is not able to make a particular
decision at the time of requirement. In the case of Sarah Howes, as per the first stage of assessment of mental capacity, she is suffering from a rare diseases
named Huntington's disease and she is facing issues to manage at home. Huntington's disease is an inherited and very rare disease, in which causes the
regular of progressive degradation or breakdown of the nerve cells or neurons in the mind or brain of the human. Therefore, in case of Sarah Howes, due to
this she also face this types of conditions and she looses her nerve or neuron cells of brain (Cocker, Cooper, and Holmes, 2022). Due to this condition,
she can loose the ability of thinking appropriately and she also loose some of the ability like she can not think what is right or appropriate. According to the

second stage of assessment of mental capacity, social worker analyse that Mrs. Sarah Howes can not take an appropriate decision at the relevant time as
like in the given scenario, it has been mentioned that her right wrist was damaged due to she felt down from stairs but according to Mrs. Sarah Howes she
is all right and her right wrist was just bruised (Wyllie, and Batley, 2019). At this she was thinking about her shopping to her elder daughter rhea, and she
wants a support provider who provide support in her shopping. Whereas she need a carer who take care of her and also provide support in cleaning her
room because her room was too dirty and smells poorly due to some empty food wrapper and papers and empty cane which piled here and there in her
room but according to her she did not think that her house was dirty and smells badly and she became angry on her daughter when she told her about that
dirt and smells. So as a care worker perspective, there were a requirement of medical treatment for her bad mental conditions.
Task 3
In the given circumstances, demonstrate how you would apply Making Safeguarding Personal and one of the
following three interventions with the person at risk: Positive risk taking, advocacy, family group conferences.
(1000 words max).
As a social worker, Approaches for adult safeguarding should be outcome focused and person led. The care act
2014, highlights a personalised approach for adult safeguarding which is guided by the individual, not through the
process. This is crucial that the adult feels that they are concentrated and they have control on the process. As a
social care giver, should apply a making safeguarding personal in the case of Mrs. Sarah Howes. Making safe
guarding personal (MSP) is field or sector led approaches or initiative that targets to develop a results concentrate
for safeguarding work (Walker-McAllister, and Cooper, 2022). It is also a range of response for support human being to
resolve or enhance their situations. Making safeguarding personal is not only regard to gain the consent of
individuals, however it is crucial, but also regard hearing the views of people about what they desire as a results. It
means that they are provided chances at all levels of the safeguarding procedures to for say what alleged person
would like to change. Some of the barriers which resides in defensiveness, anxiety regard having complex
conversation, rigid decision taking on where support of safeguarding is essential and relevant, and inflexible
process require to be noticed. In case of the Sarah Howes, making safeguarding personal care act 2014, play a
vital role for making a safe guarding plan. As she is suffering from aggression, jealousy and dominant behaviour of
her husband. Due to this she left her husband and and live alone in the Croydon city of Manchester. Therefore, in
the case of Sarah Howes, according to the making safeguarding personal of the care act 2014, there should be
some policies and legislations provide by government which protect such type case like Sarah Howes. There are
different types of policies and legislation which provide safeguarding to the adult. Such the care act 2014,
according to these policies, all the people have right to take supports from the care services against any kinds of

harm or abuse or any negligence (Ong, 2020). As in the case of Sarah howes she is also suffering from some abuse
which is given by her husband so for her these act can provide some support. The another act which is under the
safeguarding and support Sarah Howes are mental capacity act 2005. As in the provided scenario of Sarah Howes,
it has been mentioned that Mrs. Howes was suffering from the Huntington's illness and struggling to manage her
home. Because of this illness condition, the nerve cells or neuron cell of her brain and mind was degenerated so,
she experiences a large number of issues due to these mental problems. As the Mental capacity act (MCA)
associated with safeguarding adult, is outlined for empowering and protecting human being who loss the mental
capacity for making their own choices regarding their treatment and care. Therefore, these act can also be apply in
the case of Sarah Howes and provide her some safeguarding support, so that she can make a decision about there
care and treatment (Anka, A., 2018).
As a social worker, in the case of Sarah Howes, she lived alone and felt isolated and sad because she lived
alone in her rented house. Apart from this, she was also suffering from a diseases due to which she losses her
nerve cells of brain and mind (Verles, and et.al., 2018). So, she can not be able to take care herself and her home and
her home becomes too dirty and smells very badly. Therefore, a social worker need to provide appropriate support
which is in the form of family group conferencing. In case of Sarah Howes, family group conferencing can assist to
improve the relationship between her daughters and her husband to her. Through the family group conferencing,
an adult safeguarding social worker can enhance the well being and mental health condition of Mrs. Sarah howes.
As through the family group conferences are the meeting of extend friends and family networks together with
those working directly and professionally with family (Sharley, 2020). In case of Mrs. Sarah howes, it is essential to
take decision and make planning to her treatment in which family member provide support to the social care
worker and Sarah Howes. Through these intervention, social worker can provide support to Mrs. Sarah Howes as
she felt alone and sad because her husband left her and her daughter also did not want to live with her. But as
Mrs. Sarah howes want to live with and she loves her daughter. Therefore, these family group conferencing assist
her to recover her physical and mental well being (Kelly, and Chisnell, 2019). In the case of Sarah Howes, these family
conferencing can help to improve the relationship between Mrs. Sarah Howes and her daughter. These family
group conferencing can reduce the mental health illness and enhance the well being of Mrs. Sarah Howes (Auld,
2018). As per the care act 2014 and maintaining safeguarding personal there are several principle which involved in
the case of Sarah howes (Vaughn, Sandhar, and Omony, 2022). These principles are such as: Empowerment: through

these principle of care act Sarah Howes being encouraged and supported to make their own decision (Bailey, 2020)
(Chocano, 2022). Prevention: by these principle, are assisted to Sarah howes to take relevant action before harm.
Protection: by the help of these principle Mrs. Sarah howes can be assisted and supported by the social care
worker and fulfil there need (Higgins, 2019).
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