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Martin Stevens
Researcher at University Medical Center Groningen
Publications - 313
Citations - 6667
Martin Stevens is an academic researcher from University Medical Center Groningen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social work & Safeguarding. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 287 publications receiving 5812 citations. Previous affiliations of Martin Stevens include University of Southampton & University of Manchester.
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Barring 'inappropriate people'? The operation of a barring list of social care workers: an analysis of the first referrals to the Protection of Vulnerable Adults list
Martin Stevens,Jill Manthorpe +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue for public debate on the proper balance between the rights of staff and the protection of vulnerable people, and argue that more general measures to improve the quality of services may be at least as important a means of protecting vulnerable adults.
Supporting Black and Minority Ethnic Older People's Mental Wellbeing: accounts of social care practice
TL;DR: In this article, the authors looked at practitioners' accounts of their practice in promoting the wellbeing of older people from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds in four parts of the United Kingdom (UK).
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Weighing the evidence: a case for using vignettes to elicit public and practitioner views of the workings of the POVA vetting and barring scheme
TL;DR: Research investigating the steps involved in recommending to the Secretary of State for Health whether a care worker should be included on the Protection of Vulnerable Adults (POVA) list, which records individuals barred from working and volunteering with vulnerable adults in England and Wales, focuses on the preliminary part.
A depth of data : research messages on the state of social work education in England
Jo Moriarty,Jill Manthorpe,Martin Stevens,Shereen Hussein,Endellion Sharpe,Joan Orme,Gillian MacIntyre,Pam Green Lister,Beth R. Crisp +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used information from the Department of Health funded three-years multi-method evaluation of the social work degree qualification in England to discuss areas in which qualifying education might be improved.
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Articulating the Improvement of Care Standards: The Operation of a Barring and Vetting Scheme in Social Care
TL;DR: The vetting and barring scheme known as the POVA (Protection of Vulnerable Adults) List established in England and Wales by the Care Standards Act (2000) was intended to provide greater assurance about the quality of social care for adults.