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TermSWIFTSWISSTeam ManagerUndue PressureVulnerable AdultDefinitionInformation technology system used by the social workservice to record all contacts, assessments and careplans with service users and other agencies.Social Work data base that predates SWIFT.Social Work Information SystemsA manager of an Assessment and Care ManagementOlder People’s Team or Adults Team within the SocialWork Service.A Sheriff cannot make a protection order if he/she knowsthat the affected adult at risk has refused to the grantingof the order unless the Sheriff reasonably believes thatthe adult has been “unduly pressurised” to refuseconsent and there are no steps which could reasonablyto taken with the adult’s consent which would protect theadult from harm.Undue pressure is where it appears that harm is being,or is likely to be, inflicted by a person in whom the adulthas confidence and trust and that the adult at risk wouldconsent if they did not have confidence and trust in thatperson.Undue pressure is also relevant where the adult at risk isafraid of or being threatened by another person. Thelikelihood of undue pressure being brought to bearshould always be considered when the adult at riskrefuses to give consent.Generally speaking it is situations that make individualsvulnerable, not any condition they may have.The term vulnerable adult was dropped by the ScottishGovernment during the draft of the 2007 Act.The Adult Support and Protection Act is concerned withadults at risk of harm. The two terms are notsynonymous.76