...205 Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care Define the following types of abuse: a Physical abuse Physical abuse is deliberate physical force that may result in bodily injury, pain, or impairment. Define the following types of abuse: b Sexual abuse Sexual abuse is when a person is forced or tricked into taking part in any kind of sexual activity. When sexual contact is non-consensual, it is an abuse. Define the following types of abuse: c Emotional/psychological abuse Emotional Abuse is where one person gains power and control over another through words and gestures which gradually undermine, the other’s self-respect. : Define the following types of abuse: d Financial abuse Financial abuse is stealing or defrauding someone of money, goods and/or property, allowing others to steal money or property, tricking or threatening individuals into giving away money or property, withholding money, refusing to allow individuals to manage their finances, etc. Define the following types of abuse: e Institutional abuse Institutional abuse happens when the lifestyles of clients are sacrificed in favour of the routines and/or restrictive practices of the home. Institutional abuse comprises neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, verbal abuse, discriminatory abuse, psychological, emotional abuse and financial abuse. Define the following types of abuse: Self neglect Self-neglect is when a person does not pay attention to their health and well-being...
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...Safeguarding Assignment 2 Legislation, policies and workplace procedures which reduce the risk of abuse Hand In Deadline: 19th November 2014 Task 1: You must write a report that covers: * Legislation * Recruitment practices * Sector Guidance * Strategies and * Procedures that are used to safeguard vulnerable adults. In addition you must say how these can be used to help reduce 2 different types of abuse. This report will be looking at how legislation, policies and workplace procedures reduce the risk of abuse. Legislations are put in place to reduce the risk of abuse in certain environments and workplaces that are targeted by abusers. The definition for legislation is the act or process of making or enacting laws. In this report I will be covering the six legislations that are most known to us these are; The Sexual Offences act, The Care Standards Act, The Mental health Act, The Equality Act, The Human Rights and The Data Protection Act. The first one I will be covering is The Sexual Offences Act 2003. This Act lists the different types of sex offences. How sex offenders are monitored, how the police have to be informed if the sex offender has changed address or been away from home for more than seven days and it also covers sexual abuse of vulnerable people with mental disorder. This can help spot abuse within different environments, prevent abuse from occurring and stops sex offenders from abusing again within a matter of weeks. The...
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...|Course Title | Health & Social Care | |Unit Title |11 – Safeguarding Adults & Promoting Independence | |Level |3 | |Part Unit |P4, M2, M3, D2 |Whole Unit | | |Assessor | | |Start Date | |Task 1 (P4) | |You are in charge of a charity that runs a small care home and an adult placement scheme for people with mental health problems. A committee of | |volunteers oversees the charity’s work. | |A new member has been elected to the committee and has a meeting with you to find out more...
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...Safe guarding children and young people. Safeguarding children and young people is a very important job role. The health and social care sector is seen most for the protection and safeguarding of children and young people, especially the social care side, for example a social workers job role is to protect and support children and young people and removing them from situations that may cause them to be in or at risk of being in any sort of danger. Each action taken to succeed in safeguarding children and young people will be connected to a legislation or framework for children and young people. There are seven main legislations and frameworks that I will be explaining and they are as follows; United Nations Convention on the rights of the child (1989), the children act (1998, updated in 2004), every child matters (2003), the data protection act (1998), framework for the assessment of children in need and their parents (2000), common framework (England) and the human rights act (1998). The United Nations convention on the rights of the child (1989) legislation set out the lowest acceptable standard on the treatment of every child. There are three main concepts of the United Nations convention on the rights of the child (1989). The first concept states that the best way for a child to be raised is by their parents. The second concept says that it is unacceptable for a child to be abused or neglected and the third concept says that the authorities must involve themselves to...
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...C1 There are several legislations within safeguarding, all of which have different principles, guidelines and standards that all have the same purpose of keeping individuals in need of care supported and protected from harm. Legislations set out several legal duties that all health and social care professionals and the local authorities are obliged to follow. One legislation is the Care Act 2014, the act specifically supports all the key issues for adults listed in D1, meaning that whenever a healthcare professional is supporting an adult's needs, they are legally required to keep all the principles in mind to deliver the highest quality care. Part of the Care Act 2014 is the Safeguarding Adults Board (SAB). The safeguarding adults board is...
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...The specialist skills of the Health Visitor are crucially important in safeguarding children (HM Government, 2010). In the past decade there has been significant change in nursing and healthcare that has led to a much wider remit for those involved in working with children and subsequently child protection (Hall and Elliman, 2006; Department of Health, 2004); indeed Health Visitors are responding to a national drive to further enhance their contribution to public health (Department of Health, 2009). It is against this backdrop that the critical need to develop the leadership role of the Specialist Community Public Health nurse within the process of recognising and referring child maltreatment emerges. This requires Team Managers to support staff to safeguard children, which highlights the need for effective clinical supervision, improved interagency working, and a change in organisational culture. Using a Case Study presented in Appendix One, consideration will be given to the significance of the role of the Specialist Community Public Health nurse in the recognition and referral of a child in need of protection. Consideration will also be given to the complexities of the recognition of abuse, and the barriers which may hinder the safeguarding process. For the purposes of this assignment the terms Specialist Community Public Health Nurse and Health Visitor will be used interchangeably. Elizabeth is clearly a ‘child in need’ as defined by Section 17(10)...
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...Unit 3 – P2 Outline how legislation, policies and procedures relating to health, safety and security influence health and social care settings. A legislation is a law or a set of laws which have been produced by governing body and made official by parliament to: regulate; authorise; sanction; grant; declare and restrict. Policies are clear, simple statements of how an organisation intends to conduct its services, actions or business. They provide a set of guiding principles to assist with decision making. Procedures describe how each policy will be put into action within the organisation. They outline who will do what, what steps need to be taken and which forms or documents to use. There is a number of policies that have been put in place to promote the safety of individuals within different health and social care settings. Food Safety Act 1990 (Amended in 2013) The Food Safety Act 1990 sets out the requirements of the food producer and the food handler regarding food safety. The guideline is for all types of food businesses in England, Scotland and Wales. The main responsibilities within the act are: ensuring you do not include anything in food, remove anything from food or treat food in any kind of way which could damage health to the people that are consuming it; to ensure the food served or sold is of the nature, substance and quality which consumers would expect and to ensure the food is correctly labelled, advertised and presented in a form that is not false...
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...Jessica Precious 30020625 Unit 3 Health, Safety and Security in Health and Social Care Legislation, Policies and Procedures in Health and Social Care Settings Jessica Precious 30020625 Unit 3 Health, Safety and Security in Health and Social Care Legislation, Policies and Procedures in Health and Social Care Settings Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 The Health and Safety at Work Act provides security of the health, safety and welfare of people at work, with the protection against risks to health or safety of an individual in connection with work activities. It sets out employers’ duties to staff where more than 5 staff are employed, and to the community, in addition to the duties of employees towards themselves and others. Health and Social Care Setting: Preschool The Health and Safety at Work Act aims to protect staff in relation to their health, safety and security in the workplace. It provides awareness in the workplace, so children and adults are aware of the health and safety issues. Within the preschool, the employer has a duty of providing induction training to staff which involves a clear and understandable explanation of health and safety concerns so that all adults are able to adhere to the policy and procedures as they understand their shared responsibility. The induction covers employees’ wellbeing, including safe lifting, and storage of hazardous substances. This also involves regular discussion of health and safety at staff meetings...
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...Safeguarding Adults In this report I will be outlining key legislation and regulation which govern safeguarding adults work, outlining strategies and types of abuse procedure used in health and social care to reduce the risk of abuse. Also I will be describing legislation and regulations, working strategies and procedures used in health and social care to reduce the risk of two types of abuse. P4: Outline key legislation and regulations which govern safeguarding adults at work Legislation | Main Points | Application | Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006Protection of Vulnerable Groups Act 2007 Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) 2010 | * Set for individuals who work with children and vulnerable adults to be registered * The independent safeguarding authority to be able to decide who should be barred from working with people that are vulnerable | * Applies to employed individuals and volunteers * They are separate, but like barred lists for those working with children and adults * Checks must take place before an individual can work with vulnerable people | The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 | * Allows for convictions to become 'spent' after a certain period of time of rehabilitation or non-offending | * All healthcare employment is usually exempt from this act and requires full disclosure of prior convictions. | The Police Act 1997 | * CRB checks (now known as a DBS) have to be done under this act, and are the norm in health and...
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...Cherelle Squire safeguarding adults and promoting independence Unit 11 P4,P5,M2 In this essay I will be outlining key legislation and regulations which govern safeguarding adults work, outlining working strategies and types of abuse procedures used in health and social care to reduce the risk of abuse. Also I will be describing legislation and regulations, working strategies and procedures used in health and social care to reduce the risk of two types of abuse. Relevant legislation and regulations There is a law that has been passed by authority such as, parliament. The people that have to benefit from this legislation and policies are vulnerable individual. The European convention and human rights and fundamental freedom 1950 and the human rights act 1998 spelt out the basic rights of all humans and regardless of their condition or situation. The anti-discrimination act- equal pay act, sex discrimination and the age discrimination act, all of this play apart in the abuse that occurs as a result of discrimination. Legislation Safe guarding vulnerable groups act 2006 Protection of vulnerable groups act 2007 Main points ● Set for people who Application ● This also applies to work with children and employed people and vulnerable individuals volunteers to be registered ● ● There are separate but liked barred lists for safeguarding authority those working with to be able for deciding Protecting vulnerable groups ...
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...Legislations, strategies and procedures to reduce the risk of abuse to adults P4): Key legislations & regulations safeguarding adults work: Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006: This purpose of this act is to help protect vulnerable adults avoid harm and keep them safe from harm’s way, also people who are deemed unsuitable to work with children and vulnerable adults from gaining access to them through their work. However this act gives vulnerable adults their independence. Equality Act of 2010: The importance of this act is to protect all individuals from discrimination within the workplace whether they may be physically or mentally unable. This act legally protects individuals no matter their sexual orientation, age, race, disability sex, and religion /beliefs etc. for example if a service user came from a strict culture and it was seen as against the religion to be washed by a man, managers would have to allocate a woman to her aid in order to respect the service user and prevent harassment and risk of abuse to the individual due to their cultural and spiritual needs. Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974: The purpose of this act is to enable some criminal convictions to be overlooked or ignored after the rehabilitation period. This act applies to individuals who are being re-introduced to society and it also applies to individuals who may not have a lifelong blot on their records because of a relatively minor offence in their past. The police Act of 1997: This act...
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...Task 2 Legislation/legal framework The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Every child has the right to an education, to be healthy, to grow up safe and to be heard. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the child is a legally-binding international agreement setting out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of every child, regardless of their race, religion or abilities. Since being adopted by the United Nations in november 1989, the CRC has received 194 ratifications with only two countries still to ratify. This means that they have agreed to do everything they can to make the rights a reality for children around the world. All signatories are bound to the UNCRC by international law, and its implementation is monitored by the Committee on the Rights of the Child. Under the terms of the convention, states are required to meet the basic needs of children and help them to reach their full potential. Central to this is the acknowledgement that every child has basic fundamental rights. These include: The right to life The right to his or her own name and identity The right to be protected from abuse or exploitation The right to an education The right to having their privacy protected The be raised by, or have relationship with, their parents The right to express their opinions and have these listened to and, where appropriate, acted upon The right to play and enjoy culture and art in safety On 25th May 2000, two optional...
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...Safeguarding children and young people and young vulnerable adults policy |Ofsted aims to assure the safe and secure provision for children, young people and learners across all remits through effective | |inspection and regulation. Therefore, safeguarding the welfare of children, young people and some vulnerable adult learners is part of | |our core business and all staff must be aware of their responsibilities in this regard. | Age group: 0-18+ Published: February 2015 Reference no: 150004 Contents Purpose 4 The definition of safeguarding – children and young people 5 Aims and objectives 6 Ofsted’s responsibilities 7 Safeguarding vulnerable adults 9 Ofsted’s responsibilities 10 Ofsted Safeguarding Group 10 Annex A: Assessment of risk in settings, where children attend, because individuals reside on the premises or have access to children and young people 12 Purpose 1. This document outlines Ofsted’s policy on identifying and responding to concerns regarding the safeguarding and protection of children and young people, with a specific section on protection of vulnerable adults. This policy, with the associated procedures, provides guidance for all staff who may come across concerns of this nature within the context of their work for Ofsted. These include: ■ all members of Ofsted’s workforce, both inspectors and office-based staff ■ additional inspectors ■...
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...Unit 10: Caring for Children and Young People | 10D - Strategies used to safeguard children and young people from abusive and exploitative behavior | Abbie Williams | 02/01/2015 | P4: Explain appropriate responses when child maltreatment or abuse is suspected – There are a variety of different responses of which would be considered appropriate when you believe that a child or young person is being abused or facing maltreatment. You can observe the child over a period of time. Any and all information collected should be written or logged and should be considered carefully, for example listening to the child when he/she is at play. You can also observe the child’s relationship with their parents, carers or guardians and look out for any poor interaction between them. Things that may be said by the child: Mummy hit me Daddy touched me Daddy did this to me last night, but he told me not to tell anyone or he will hurt me again My aunt pulled my hair If you suspect that the child is receiving abuse or is being maltreated, (depending on whether the child is of developmental stage), speak to the child along with their parents/guardians in order to seek out some form of explanation. If you are going to speak to the child, make sure that he/she is comfortable. By feeling uncomfortable this may stop the child from disclosing any further information. By setting up various games for the child to play with, you will therefore be able to interact...
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...Independence of older people The older people’s health and wellbeing Framework reference group was established on 21 June 2010. It is a group of older people with experience as users and carers of health and social care services. Its guide is to provide comments and recommendations on a draft service framework document commissioned by the department of health, social services and public safety on the health and wellbeing of older people. For older people, independence is about choice and control. They value helping others as well as receiving help themselves. They also value good housing in safe, friendly neighbourhoods; getting out and about and keeping busy; an adequate income, good information and good access to healthcare. National policies already offer many opportunities to refocus local services in order to promote greater independence and well-being for older people, although better organisation is needed. Mr Ronald (age 81) was referred to the hospital social work team for older people following his admission to the acute psychiatric ward for older people; under section 2 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (an approved social worker from the adult mental health team undertook the assessment). The admission followed a worsening in Mr Wilson’s mental health and an incident in which he apparently threatened his home help with a knife. Mr Wilson had been diagnosed three years previously with Alzheimer’s and at that time the community-based social work team had arranged home help twice...
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