Principles of safeguarding and protection in health And social care Outcome 1.1 Physical abuse – Physical abuse is abuse involving contact intended to cause feeling of physical pain‚ injury or other physical suffering or bodily harm e.g. hitting‚ punching or kicking. Sexual abuse – Sexual abuse is any sort of non-consensual sexual contact e.g. forcing an individual to take part in any sexual activities or behave in inappropriate ways. Emotional/Psychological abuse – Emotional or psychological
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children Act 2004 * Children Order 1995 – Northern Ireland * Working together to Safeguard Children 2006 * Keighley Community Nursery Safeguarding policy Question 2 Safeguarding is much more than just protecting children from direct abuse. The staying safe action plan recognises a number of important aspects in the wider view of Safeguarding including: * Keeping children safe from accidents * Crime and bullying * Forced marriages * Missing children * Actively promoting
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has occurred. Due to this there has been safeguarding regulations put in place for vulnerable groups of people. Safeguarding is protecting people from any harm. Each care setting has procedures that should enable them to identify and risks to vulnerable people more clearly. Some people are more at risk than others an example of people who would be more at risk are vulnerable adults. An older person is an example of a vulnerable adult. They are vulnerable if they are ill‚ frail or in a confused state
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Cheri W. Bluford Nur/440 June 3‚ 2013 Vulnerable population is not limited to a specific disease‚ race‚ income‚ or gender. There are different situations that can cause an individual to be classified into this category. A Vulnerable population can also include the neighborhood where an individual resides because healthcare resources may be limited. The focus of this will include the understanding of how the different biases affect the delivery of healthcare
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Society and the Vulnerable What does it mean to be “vulnerable” and who are they? Being vulnerable is anyone who is helpless‚ defenseless‚ weak‚ or susceptible. Which for the most part is anyone. But specifically I believe the vulnerable are anyone who are homeless or living in poverty. Over the years many charities‚ organizations‚ and homes have been established for people living under these circumstances. The organizations and charities have helped these people drastically when it
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Vulnerable populations are defined as those at greater risk for poor health status and health care access‚ vulnerable groups are categorized by: • Disease: e.g.‚ HIV‚ cancer or any chronic health conditions‚ • Age groups: e.g.‚ the elderly‚ children • Demographics e.g.‚ homeless individuals • Racial and ethnic minorities‚ • low SES populations • And those without adequate potential access to care (e.g.‚ the uninsured or those without a regular source of care) (NCBI‚ 2005). The health
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Vulnerable Population: Homeless Priscilla Cabreza HCS/531 January 23‚ 2012 Debbie Vaughn Vulnerable Population: Homeless Introduction Many factors can affect the delivery of health care. It is believed that environmental‚ political‚ economic‚ medical‚ demographic location‚ social‚ cultural‚ and spiritual factors can affect certain population groups and can make these groups more vulnerable than the general population. The question of who is vulnerable and what makes an individual vulnerable
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What do you know about Safeguarding Children? Statement True False 1 All child abusers come from deprived backgrounds and have a below average IQ. F 2 If you have concerns about a child’s welfare it’s best to go home and sleep on it before you have a discussion with someone. F 3 Children are always safe in groups. 4 Girls are more likely to be abused than boys F 5 All physical injuries observed on a child‚ such as bruises‚ are a cause for concern and should result in
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children. Child Protection is a highly emotive subject‚ evoking strong feelings in most people. In order to provide the most effective support and help for vulnerable children and their families‚ all staff managing services and involved in working directly with children need to be able to acknowledge their feelings and examine their different values and beliefs. Every child can be hurt‚ put at risk of harm or abused‚ regardless of their age‚ gender‚ religion or ethnicity. Safeguarding legislation
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required to support the safeguarding of children and young people. The unit contains material on e-safety. Credit 3 Level 3 1. Outline current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people 1.2 Explain child protection within the wider concept of safeguarding children and young people 1.3 Analyse how national and local guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding affect day to day work with
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