24: Principles of Safeguarding in Health and Social Care Outcome 1: Know how to recognise signs of abuse 1.1 define the following types of abuse: Physical abuse Physical abuse may involve hitting‚ spiting‚ shaking‚ throwing‚ poisoning‚ burning or scalding‚ drowning‚ suffocating‚ or otherwise causing physical harm to an individual. Sexual abuse Sexual abuse is the forcing of undesired sexual behaviour by one person upon another‚ indecent exposure‚ harassment Financial abuse Financial
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Amy-Leigh Skiller CACHE PIN: BCA; 203.0 Safeguarding and duty of care Task 1 CYP 3.3-1.1‚ 1.2‚ 1.3‚1.5‚ 3.2‚ 3.3‚ 5.2/ SHC 34- 3.1‚ 3.2 Children act 1989 Aims of the act: The main aims of the Act are: • to bring together private and public law in one framework; • to achieve a better balance between protecting children and enabling parents to challenge state intervention; • to encourage greater partnership between statutory authorities and parents; • to promote the use
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Unit 054: Principles for implementing Duty of Care in Health‚ Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s settings Outcome 1: Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice What it means to have a duty of care in my work role A duty of care is a key concept in working with others. The term ‘duty of care’ includes the concepts: • To keep individuals safe • To keep individuals free from harm • To allow/give choice Anyone working in a childcare setting‚ whatever the service
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Poor hand washing; Studies have shown that poor hand washing techniques are most common among health care staff. Areas that are frequently neglected are the finger tips‚ palms of the hand and thumbs. Having a correct hand washing technique in place is important as it cuts down the risk of the spread of harmful micro- organisms. Using liquid soap and water removes most of the transient organisms and is adequate for most purposes. Using an alcohol rub is useful‚ when there are no washing facilities
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Q2. Explain the term child protection within the wider context of Safeguarding: Child protection is a part of safeguarding and promoting welfare. It refers to the activity that is undertaken to protect specific children who are suffering‚ or are likely to suffer‚ significant harm. Effective child protection is essential as part of wider work to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. However‚ all agencies and individuals should aim to proactively safeguard and promote the welfare of children
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2. Identify Policies and procedures relating to the safeguarding‚ protection and welfare of children. All early year’s settings must have a child protection policy. These include: All children have right to be kept safe and protected from any abuse or harm. Child abuse can occur in any cultures‚ religions and social classes. Every person who works with child must be sensitive to the children’s family culture‚ religions and social background. Children must have the opportunity to express their views
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Task 8 Safeguarding I have a duty of care towards the children attending and this duty brings with it the responsibility to ensure that all efforts are made to safeguard children from suspected and actual harm. Children attending my home have a right to feel safe and I in partnership with parents/carers‚ have a responsibility to act on any concerns they may have regarding a child’s welfare and wellbeing. I also am required to be alert on any issues for concern in a child’s
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organisation all individuals are assessed as are the care providers to ensure that placements can meet and preferences of the individuals. The organisation conducts independent assessments by a qualified key member of the team to assess the needs and preferences of the individual to ensure that the organisation have the facilities and resources to cater for them. The key areas for assessments for needs and preferences would be: Emotional Physical Social Leisure Key professionals then hold a Care Planning
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have a duty of care in your work role. Explain how your duty of care contributes to safeguarding individuals. Having a duty of care in my work role basically means that I have a legal obligation to behave in a way that does not cause any harm to the service users and to always act in the best interest of them and others. It also means that I must never act outside of my competence or take on any work that I don’t believe that I can carry out safely. It means that I owe a duty of care to the service
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Safeguarding and protection of vulnerable adults The Care Act 20141 sets out statutory responsibility for the integration of care and support between health and local authorities. NHS England and Clinical Commissioning Groups are working in partnership with local and neighbouring social care services. Local Authorities have statutory responsibility for safeguarding. In partnership with health they have a duty to promote wellbeing within local communities Working in care sector we have a duty
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