Safeguarding Safeguarding: This means protecting everyone’s right to be safe and stopping abuse. Safeguarding adult principles (Department of health 2013 Statement of government policy on adult safeguarding) Empowerment- presumption of person led decisions and informed consent Prevention- it is better to take action before harm occurs Proportionality- Proportionate and least intrusive response appropriate to the risk presented Partnership- Local solutions through services working with their
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3 Describe factors that may contribute to an individual being more vulnerable to abuse There are certain factors that have the potential to make individuals more vulnerable to abuse. These include: Not enough trained staff Staff being under stress/personal issues Mental awareness of individual i.e. dementia Greed of the carer If the carer was abused themselves; may make it more likely for them to become an abuser Communication difficulties Individuals that do not have good support networks i.e. family/friends/social
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procedures for safeguarding children and young people 1. Outline current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people In England the law states that people who work with children have to keep them safe. This safeguarding legislation is set out in The Children Act (1989) and (2004). It also features in the United Nations Convention on the rights of the child‚ and the right that all children to be free from abuse. The
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Protecting Children from Sexual Predators There May Just Be Child Molesters in Your Area! Matthew Schieltz‚ Yahoo! Contributor Network May 3‚ 2007 "Contribute content like this. Start Here." * More: * Sexual Predators * Child Molesters * Child Molester * * tweet0 * Print Flag Close Post a comment There seems to be more child molesters on the street today than there were just ten years ago. It seems that no matter where you go there are child molesters
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P4/ Outline key legislation and regulations which govern safeguarding adults work. In this part of the assignment I will be stating the main key points of each piece of legislation and how it is applied in practice. Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults 2006This piece of legislation was introduced on the 8th November 2006‚ the whole idea of this act is to protect adults who are at risk of abuse due to a vulnerability. For example‚ someone with Down syndrome may be more at risk of getting abused due to their
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Protecting Women from Domestic Violence “Domestic violence is the most ubiquitous constant in women’s lives around the world. There is virtually no place where it is not a significant problem‚ and women of no race‚ class‚ or age are exempt from its reach” -Joni Seager Abstract: Domestic violence against women is a social problem that occurs in nearly every corner of the world. Recently‚ some states have begun to recognize that women must be protected from abuse by family members and intimates
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SOCIAL CARE H SOCIAL CARE HEALTH A CARE HEALTH AND SOC AND SOCIAL CARE HEA RE QUALIFICATIONS HE ALTH AND SOCIAL CARE EXEMPLAR SOCIAL CARE HEALTH A CANDIDATE WORK CARE HEALTH AND SOC TH AND SOCIAL CARE H UNIT HSC 024 Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care Unit HSC 024 2 Unit HSC 024 CONTENTS Introduction Page 4 Unit Purpose Page 5 Evidence for Learning Outcome 1 ACS 1.1 and 1.2
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Public-protection standard statement 1: Protecting your patients from harm and abuse Knowledge and Skills Framework core dimension Performance criteria (adapted from the Skills for Health database1) Recognising signs of risk 1. Look for factors that may lead to patients‚ staff and others‚ including yourself‚ being in danger of harm and abuse. 2. Look for signs that patients‚ staff and others‚ including yourself‚ may be in danger of harm or abuse or have been harmed or abused. This would include
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Cited: Herbert‚ Geoff. "Sex Sells: 92 Percent of Top 10 Billboard Songs Are about Sex‚ Study Finds." The Post-Standard. Central New York‚ 04 Oct. 2011. Web. 02 Apr. 2013. “Internet in Numbers.” Royal Pingdom RSS. Wordpress‚ 17 Jan. 2012. Web. 02 Apr. 2013. Joan-Carles Surís‚ et al. "Associations Between Online Pornography And
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DEFINITION OF CHILD ABUSE An abused child is any child‚ up to the age of 18‚ who has suffered from‚ or is believed likely to be at risk of‚ physical injury‚ neglect‚ emotional abuse‚ sexual abuse or verbal abuse. (Source: www.yesican.org) It is recognised that that it is abuse when someone inflicts harm or fails to prevent it. Children may be abused in a family or in an institutional or community setting‚ by those known to them or by a stranger‚ for example‚ via the internet. Child abuse can have major
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