procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people Safeguarding means taking steps to ensure children and young people feel safe and secure within the home and the setting‚ protecting them from abuse and neglect‚ ensuring that they stay safe and continue to positively develop physically‚ emotionally and mentally into adulthood. The table below is an outline of the main‚ current legislation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people: Policy Brief
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inadequate care or support‚ or poor practice that affects the whole care setting. It occurs when the individual’s wishes and needs are sacrificed for the smooth running of a group‚ service or organisation. Signs and symptoms Restrictive bed times Not providing adequate activities for all disabilities and impairments Rigid visiting times Lack of consideration of dietary requirements Lack of adequate physical care (messy appearance) Self neglect –is a behavioral condition in which an individual neglects
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What factors contribute to individuals’ unhealthy eating? 1. Researchers in this study examined the eating behaviors for four types of food. In order to do so‚ they were required to establish an operational definition to determine the measure of eating behaviors for the four different types of food. The researchers operationally defined eating behaviors with participant scores based off of a questionnaire involving nutritional knowledge‚ participant demographic information and attitudes. Ajzen and
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Rights and Duties are an integral part of everyone’s life. It would be very difficult‚ if not impossible‚ for this world to go on if we do not assume our rights and duties. As Nelson Rockefeller said‚ I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity‚ an obligation‚ every possession‚ a duty. Everyone in this world has some duty to perform‚ ranging from the head of the country to run the county to a common man to earn bread for his household. Wole Soyinka in his play Death and
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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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1. What duty of care means in children and young people settings? Duty of care is a requirement to exercise reasonable care‚ attention and caution to avoid negligence which would lead to the harm of other people. ‘The fundamental obligation that anyone working in child care‚ whatever the type of service and whatever their role‚ is to keep children safe.’ (Marilyn Hopkins LLB‚ Dip.Ed.. (March 2006). DUTY OF CARE. Available: http://www.rch.org.au/emplibrary/ecconnections/CCH_Vol9_No1_March2006
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| |Unit/LO/AC |Date of Activity: | | |1.1 Personal care‚ assisting with meal preparation‚ assisting with medication‚ organising service user finances‚ assisting | | |with meal planning‚ and maintaining records for service delivered.I treat all service users with respect and dignity‚ and
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Unit 11 – Safeguarding and protecting independence Introduction to safeguarding First of all‚ safeguarding is protecting an adult from harm‚ therefore is working with vulnerable adults. However‚ there must be a good understanding of safeguarding‚ this will therefore enable the service user to be entitled to protection. This indicates if abuse is happening‚ or is suspected‚ it could therefore help to find if the individual is at risk‚ therefore the individual’s safety
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Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Physical Physical injuries can occur where there is no satisfactory explanation‚ definite knowledge‚ or a reasonable suspicion that injury was inflicted with intent‚ caused through lack of care by the person having custody‚ charge or care of that person. POTENTIAL INDICATORS OF PHYSICAL ABUSE The following list may be indicators of many different problems‚ it is important not to jump to the wrong conclusion too quickly‚ some of the indicators could
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Safeguarding is not a new concept though definition remains contrived. There is no mutually agreed definition‚ this makes the subject emotive and difficult to encompass‚ rather perceives “safeguarding” as a umbrella term that encapsulates key themes including child protection‚ safe conduct‚ duty of care to act and collaborative working. This definition differs greatly from the Oxford Dictionary (2009 p324) definition “to protect (someone or something) from harm or destruction” This definition is
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