Professional Curiosity is instrumental in being able to safeguard adults effectively. It means enquiring deeper, not taking things at face value and having courageous conversations, so we can understand a situation in more depth. When we enquire deeper it also allows us to think about a person’s previous history and the root cause of behaviour. Professional Curiosity allows us to consider the following:
- History/past trauma
- Capacity
- Previous involvement with services
- Relationships
- Wider public interest
- Risks
- Environment
- Presentation
- Culture and beliefs
- Defensible decision making
- Trauma informed approach
- Our own assumptions and bias.
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