Resources and Frameworks
Professional resources grounded in law, evidence and practice
A developing knowledge hub of briefings, tools, frameworks and commissioned organisational resources.
Resources and Practice Frameworks
A developing knowledge hub for adult safeguarding and social work practice
This section brings together free learning resources, practical tools and evidence-informed professional frameworks developed from specialist practice in adult safeguarding, mental capacity, trauma-informed practice, self-neglect, executive functioning and expert witness work.
Resources are being released in stages to ensure every publication is practical, evidence-informed and suitable for implementation within professional practice. Alongside freely available materials, this section will gradually introduce licensed professional toolkits, organisational resources and implementation packages.
Free Resources
Briefings and practical guides
Free downloadable resources including learning summaries, reading guides, reflective supervision questions, practice checklists, case-law summaries, research updates and links to published work.
Planned for phased release
Professional Resources
Frameworks and practice toolkits
Comprehensive practice resources including structured assessment frameworks, professional toolkits, supervision resources, decision-making templates, training materials and practice implementation guides.
Currently in development
Commissioned Resources
Organisation-specific resources
Professionally commissioned resources developed specifically for organisations, safeguarding partnerships and local authorities, including practice frameworks, audit tools, learning packs, policies, supervision resources and bespoke implementation programmes.
Professional Framework Roadmap
Methodologies currently being developed
Functional Decision-Making Framework
Exploring the relationship between stated understanding, executive functioning, use and weighing of information, and real-world implementation during decision-making.
Executive Function Practice Framework
Supporting professionals to explore functional executive difficulties without relying upon diagnosis alone, helping identify barriers to implementation, reasonable adjustments and appropriate referral questions.
Parenting Functional Decision-Making Framework
A structured methodology for analysing how trauma, executive functioning, cognition, environmental demands and daily functioning influence parenting capacity and sustained implementation of change.
Self-Neglect Practice Framework
Trauma-informed assessment and intervention framework supporting proportionate safeguarding, autonomy, executive functioning, environmental risk assessment and multi-agency planning.
Safeguarding Adults Review Learning Framework
A structured approach to distinguishing recurring learning from genuinely new learning, testing implementation and identifying whether organisational change has become embedded.
Defensible Decision-Making Framework
Supporting practitioners to record evidence, legal duties, proportionality, options considered, professional reasoning, disagreement, risk management and defensible practice.
Participation and Justice Process Assessment Framework
A structured assessment framework exploring communication, cognition, executive functioning, emotional regulation, environmental barriers and reasonable adjustments affecting an individual’s ability to participate effectively throughout legal and justice processes.
Trauma and Daily Functioning Framework
Connecting trauma responses with everyday functioning, executive functioning, engagement, relationships, wellbeing and support planning through a functional social work perspective.
Expert Witness Functional Assessment Framework
An evidence-informed methodology for independent social work expert witnesses, integrating observation, interview, records analysis and functional assessment to evaluate real-world decision-making, executive functioning, implementation and daily living within Court of Protection and Family Court proceedings.
Executive Function Observation Framework
Providing structured observational methods to distinguish knowing, understanding, planning, initiating, sequencing, sustaining, monitoring and adapting.
Trauma-Informed Implementation Framework
Helping professionals understand why an individual may understand recommendations yet remain unable to implement them consistently because of trauma responses, executive functioning difficulties, environmental demands and cognitive overload.