Adult safeguarding- post not guilty verdict.

[MrsMorton]

Deliberately vague, in my general area of work we have a young adult who I view to be vulnerable due to mental health issues and possibly an abusive family history.

They were tried for and found not guilty of two counts of sexual assault and their behaviour since has been very odd. It has come to me because of some failings in their immediate leadership team.

Is anyone aware of any provision/research/information on post "not guilty" verdicts? The trial and preceding weeks must have been traumatic for all involved and I really feel as though this is a gap in my understanding.

Should this not be something you discuss with colleagues/management rather than asking on a public forum?

I think the thread is a bit inappropriate

No, I'm not aware of specific research, but perhaps you'd get useful references from some prison support organisations - they'll have experience of dealing with people who have been cleared having been held on remand for example.

And I don't think this is an inappropriate thread, it's just niche.

Perfect. Hadn't thought of that.

What's inappropriate? Is it the safeguarding vulnerable adults bit? Or my wanting to fill a gap in my knowledge.

If my colleagues had thought about this, the case wouldn't have got to me in the first place.

Should this not be a topic for supervision with mentor/manager?

well obviously imo (others don’t agree clearly)

I would think that as your service user I would expect you to manage my case/circumstances internally, rather than asking about it (and alluding to poor work from colleagues) on mumsnet

that’s why I feel it’s inappropriate
but obviously I am in the minority

Surely this is something that should be discussed in a meeting at your place of work rather than mumsnet???