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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Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people• an analysis of how national and local guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding affect day to day work with children and young people• an explanation of how the processes used by own work setting (Link to placement) or service comply with legislation that covers data protection‚ information handling and sharing. 2. Write a case study • an explanation of child protection within the wider concept of safeguarding children and young
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| The occurrence of child abuse has been a concern for many years and the term ‘safeguarding’ is a procedure which is now used to protect children. The four factors of abuse was identified as‚ physical‚ neglect‚ sexual and emotional. This essay will explore safeguarding‚ concentrating on the sociological model of abuse‚ drawing closely on the views of Bowbly (1978) and Maslow (1975). It will examine the history of safeguarding through analysing previous cases. As well as identifying
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As mentioned in question 3.1 transitions are an essential part of a child and young persons development. These changes within a child or young persons life may be gradual or sudden. They present the child/young person with challenges which they must overcome. Transitions are stressful for children and young people‚ just as they are for adults‚ and the resulting stress can have far-reaching effects on children’s emotional well being and academic achievements. How a child or young person deals with
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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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Is it possible to help people to change to more healthy behaviour? Theories about changes in health behaviour tend to look at: Cognition: the way people define and think about what they do and how they change their minds in ways that can lead to changing the ways they act; and Context: the cultural‚ social‚ physical‚ emotional and psychological environments that shape people and the factors that can facilitate change. No one theory can sum up all the factors in health behaviour‚ but theories
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Safeguarding Safeguarding is the protection of anyone that maybe vulnerable to abuse. There are 7 different types of abuse * Physical abuse * Sexual abuse * Emotional/psychological abuse * Financial abuse * Institutional abuse * Self neglect * Neglect by others Physical abuse is when someone hurts another person with deliberate harm by hitting throwing burning or slapping signs of physical abuse can be bruising‚ cuts‚ broken bones or other injuries. Sexual abuse
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TDA 2.2.1 Safeguarding was introduced over the last 50 years. The term Safeguarding has replaced the term Child protection. The most recent legislation was updated March 2013. There have been a number of high profile cases which has caused shock and highlighted weaknesses in the system‚ such as agencies not sharing the information they have. In the new legislation it is stated that safeguarding children – The action we take to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm – is everyone’s
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Unit 40 - P1 Describe the types of dementia and common signs and symptoms The term ‘dementia’ describes a set of symptoms which can include loss of memory‚ mood changes and problems with communication and reasoning. These symptoms occur when the brain is damaged by certain conditions and diseases‚ including Alzheimer’s disease‚ vascular dementia and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Age is the greatest risk factor for dementia. Dementia affects one in 14 people over the age of 65 and one in six over
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Safeguarding Children: Case Study and Questions: Case Study: Part 1: Q1 Child abuse would be one of many possible explanations at this point. In addition to the indicators mentioned above‚ describe at least four physical signs and four behavioural signs that you might look for if you still thought that child abuse was a possibility. (P1) The first signs I would look for are physical signs‚ such as; bruises‚ burns‚ scars and unexplained marks‚ bite marks for example. Injuries such as bruises
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