Health And Social Care Level 3 Unit 516 Understand Safeguarding
Unit 516: understand safeguarding of children and young people
2.1
Safeguarding is the concept of protecting individuals from unnecessary harm which includes; ensuring the environment is safe, that rights and wishes are respected, that indicators of abuse are known, and that staff act on concerns by reporting in the agreed way. It is important to understand that anyone can be abused in any situation but to understand the level of safeguarding required, we must consider mental capacity and vulnerability to abuse. Individuals in care, the elderly, the young, and the disabled are more vulnerable to abuse because they require support in aspects of their lives. The more support an individual requires, the greater the opportunity to abuse. Additionally …show more content…
theft or misusing power of attorney
Discriminatory – any abuse as described above, where the individual is being abused due to a difference as defined under the equality act e.g. physical abuse of an individual due to their race or ethnic origin.
Institutional – abuse as described above, where a group of individuals are subjected to poor standards within a service setting that effect their health or well-being e.g. No flexibility of medication times, or failure to resolve known poor practise
It is important to recognise that one form of abuse rarely stands alone. For example any individual facing physical or sexual abuse will also experience emotional abuse as a by-product. For this reason, it can be difficult to distinguish what abuse has taken place as some indicators may be the same, which is evidenced in the table below. Signs and symptoms of Abuse
Physical
Emotional
Sexual
Neglect and acts of omission
Financial
Discriminatory
Institutional
Sustaining repetitive and/or unusual injuries including cuts, bruising, burns, breaks, scalds etc
Displaying sexualised
2.1
Safeguarding is the concept of protecting individuals from unnecessary harm which includes; ensuring the environment is safe, that rights and wishes are respected, that indicators of abuse are known, and that staff act on concerns by reporting in the agreed way. It is important to understand that anyone can be abused in any situation but to understand the level of safeguarding required, we must consider mental capacity and vulnerability to abuse. Individuals in care, the elderly, the young, and the disabled are more vulnerable to abuse because they require support in aspects of their lives. The more support an individual requires, the greater the opportunity to abuse. Additionally …show more content…
theft or misusing power of attorney
Discriminatory – any abuse as described above, where the individual is being abused due to a difference as defined under the equality act e.g. physical abuse of an individual due to their race or ethnic origin.
Institutional – abuse as described above, where a group of individuals are subjected to poor standards within a service setting that effect their health or well-being e.g. No flexibility of medication times, or failure to resolve known poor practise
It is important to recognise that one form of abuse rarely stands alone. For example any individual facing physical or sexual abuse will also experience emotional abuse as a by-product. For this reason, it can be difficult to distinguish what abuse has taken place as some indicators may be the same, which is evidenced in the table below. Signs and symptoms of Abuse
Physical
Emotional
Sexual
Neglect and acts of omission
Financial
Discriminatory
Institutional
Sustaining repetitive and/or unusual injuries including cuts, bruising, burns, breaks, scalds etc
Displaying sexualised