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If the adult has no open referral then this must be “Progress to Referral” firstand the referral outcome reason “Proceed to Adult ProtectionInvestigation”.The social worker will provide a written response to the referring agencyoutlining the outcome (Appendix 5).At this stage, the team manager in the relevant locality based assessment andcare management team will decide which council officer is best placed toconduct the adult protection investigation. Consideration should be given tothe advantages and disadvantages of the council officer being known to theadult at risk.It should be noted that, in all cases, “council officer” refers to a qualified socialworker with at least 12 months post qualifying experience as stated in section53(1), 2007 Act who has undertaken relevant training in adult protection. In allcases the council officer conducting the investigation should not be the officerwho acts as welfare guardian on behalf of the chief social work officer.26