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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2 Health & Social Care 2. SAFEGUARDING As a health and social care worker you have an important role in protecting individuals from harm and abuse. You must also be able to look after your own well-being and that of others. 2 KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING These activities assess your knowledge and understanding of things that affect your own well-being as well as the policies and legislation concerning abuse. Task 1 It is important to maintain your own well-being and to avoid stress
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P4: Outline key legislation and regulation which govern safeguarding adults work. Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act: The purpose is to restrict contact between children and vulnerable adults and those who might do them harm. The barring aspects of the Act came into force in October 2009. The Government is currently reviewing the implementation timetable for other parts of the Act‚ such as the provisions requiring employees to become ‘ISA-registered’. While the 2006 Act itself is very complex
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PRINCIPLES OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ADULT SOCIAL CARE 1. Understand how to reflect on practice in adult social care 1.1 Reflective practice is the ability to constantly monitor one’s own performance in a given role and make adjustments where necessary. For me as carer‚ reflective practice is particularly important because no two cases will ever be the same and it is vitally important to remain reactive and reflective at all times. Reflective practice has been demonstrated to have significant
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Policy Development CJA/463 January 9‚ 2012 Policy Development Domestic Violence and Elderly Abuse has grown rapidly across the United States. “The American Medical Association defines domestic violence or ‘intimate partner abuse’ as the physical‚ sexual‚ and/or psychological abuse to an individual perpetrated by a current or former intimate partner” (Lawrence‚ 2002‚ p. 1). Elderly Abuse is another serious problem that Americans are facing daily. Elderly abuse has a range of abusive
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THE SETTING OF DIVIDEND POLICY Dividend policy is likely to be set in the form of a goal rather than a rigid rule‚ even though a definite policy has the advantage of providing the investor‚ or potential investor‚ a clear basis for choice. Investors knowing the dividend policy of the alternative companies can choose the type of company that best fits their individual investment goals. This is desirable‚ because stockholders differ in the extent to which they prefer dividends rather than opportunities
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Policy Development and Implementation(with example) Predevelopment 1. Identify issue. Issues may emerge from trends within a unit‚ through federal or state legislation or regulation‚ as a result from an incident on campus‚ or in a variety of other ways. 2. Identify responsible executive. This position is responsible for the content and accuracy of a policy. Different offices can own pieces of the policy or procedures‚ and one individual carries the overall responsibility. If disputes
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Assignment 207 Understand person centred approaches in adult social care settings Task A Information leaflet Create an information leaflet about person-centred care‚ aimed at individuals who use the service and their families. The leaflet must include: Ai A definition of person-centred values Person centred values are treating people as individuals‚ supporting their choices‚ treating them with dignity and respect‚ working in partnership with people rather than trying to control them. Aii An
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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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Unit 11 Safeguarding Adults: Assignment 2 P4 Outline key legislation and regulations‚ which govern safeguarding adults work: There are various legislations in place that are used to protect vulnerable adults and their health and wellbeing‚ but they also take into consideration their own individuals needs. The legislations in place include: Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006: The purpose of this legislation is in place to protect vulnerable groups. Vulnerable groups individuals who require
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