During this placement‚ I have learned that safeguarding referrals rely on professional judgements against the Risk Threshold Procedures (RTT‚ 2017) and legislation of Care Act 2014. Assessments methods within adult safeguarding present as both process-focused (clear directives of how to protect vulnerable adults within legislation and policy) and contingent (assessment goals vary on context and independent variables) (SCIE‚ 2007). The assessment process is systematic and embedded into the Care Act
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Hi‚ Jodi. Very informative post. Organizations such as Columbia University Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital need to be more vigilant in safeguarding patient’s information. According to a study conducted by BitSight Technology‚ they reported that medical records sold on the black market cost $20 each (Desjardins‚ 2014). This is easy cash for cyber bandits. Moreover‚ these bandits easily retrieve medical records due to errors that can be easily ameliorated. Errors result due to health
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Unit 4- Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care 1.1) There are many types of abuse‚ such as physical‚ sexual‚ emotional/psychological‚ financial‚ institutional‚ self-neglect and neglect by others. Here are some examples of those abuses: • physical- hitting‚ shaking‚ biting‚ throwing‚ force feeding‚ and causing physical harm to a person. • sexual- forcing someone to take part in sexual activities that they don’t want to be part of using threats or coercion. • emotional/psychological-
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Duty of care contributes to the safeguarding of the young people by firstly protecting them from sexual‚ physical or emotional harm by it being our duty to report any suspicious behaviour in relation to these. SEXUAL ABUSE There are 2 different types of child sexual abuse. These are called contact abuse and non-contact abuse. Contact abuse involves touching activities where an abuser makes physical contact with a child‚ including penetration. It includes: sexual touching of any part of the body
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“There were over 91‚000 looked after children in the UK in 2012.” (www.nspcc.org.uk) in this task I am going to describe why children and young people may need to be looked after away from their families. There are many reasons that children and young people may need to be looked after away from their home‚ one of those are the child’s or young person’s parents. This may be down to bereavement of the parents meaning that they have died‚ if the parents have died then the child or young person will
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legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding children‚ including e-safety. e-safety is when you teach children and young people about the dangers of using the internet. Just the same as you teach them road safety it is important to teach them about the dangers of the internet when using computers‚ games consoles etc. Identify the current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety. Policies
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Today we use the term safeguarding instead of child protection‚ it has a much broader range. Safeguarding a child or young person is ensuring that they have the opportunity to achieve their true potential and have the right to be protected from abuse (physical‚ emotional or sexual)‚ neglect or exploitation from anyone including professionals working with them. This is a much more holistic approach and is centred around the child’s needs‚ it is designed to prevent harm rather than just react once
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References: HM Government (2006)‚ Working Together to Safeguard Children. London: HMSO Maccoby‚ E. E.‚ & Martin‚ J. A. (1983) Socialization in the context of the family: Parent-child interaction’. In Macleod-Brudenall‚ I and Kay‚ J. (2008). Advanced Early Years For Foundation Degrees and Levels 4/5. 2nd Edn‚ Harlow:
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MU 2.4: Contribute to children and young people’s health and safety 1.3- Explain what risk assessment is and how this is managed in the work setting. A risk assessment is a health and safety procedure‚ which requires a member of staff or line manager to carry out an examination; on what could cause danger and create harm to anyone within the work environment. During my time at One World nursery‚ a staff member would carry out a risk assessment every day; within their located room also there would
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the case‚ as many of the participants were black. The subsequent report by Lord Laming made numerous recommendations related to child protection and that is where the formation of every child matters (ECM) come from. Every child matters covers children and young adults up to the age of 19‚ or 24 for those with disabilities. Its main aims are for every child‚whatever their background or circumstances to have the support they need to : Be healthy Stay safe Enjoy and achieve Make a
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