Kate Spreadbury

Kate Spreadbury is a social worker who specialised in adult safeguarding for the last 12 years of a local authority career.

She now works independently as a lead reviewer for safeguarding adults reviews and is the author of a number of publications on adult safeguarding.

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Professional judgment and decision making in adult safeguarding

Looks at the characteristics of professional judgment and decision making in adult safeguarding and what informs them; the traps practitioners can fall into when making decisions and how to avoid them; and how professional curiosity is used to explore and understand what is happening in a situation rather than making assumptions or accepting matters at face value.