Who is Vulnerable? Older People An individual with a learning disability or mental heath problems. A disabled individual Pregnant women Anyone who is different Who may abuse? Paid staff or volunteers Family members Neighbors‚ friends or others in the vulnerable adults/children network. What may make you suspicious? A change in an individual’s behavior‚ such as withdrawing‚ self harm‚ aggressiveness‚ conflict of stories‚ fear or abusive towards others etc. Unexplained
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Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care Different types of abuse that could happen to an individual: Physical abuse is a form of bodily contact intended to cause some type of feeling and harm. Signs of this may be punching‚ hitting‚ kicking‚ scratching or slapping. Sexual abuse is when is when a form of sexual activity is forced upon a person‚ without any consent given. Signs of this could be unexplained bleeding from the genital area or S.T.I. Bruising around the breasts
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LEVEL 3 DIPLOMA IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE (ADULTS) Promote Communication In Health‚ Social Care Or Children’s and Young People’s Settings UNIT SHC31 (EDI UNIT - CU1530) LEVEL 3 DIPLOMA IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE (ADULTS) Some of the units/assessment criteria are competence based. This means that it is linked to your ability to competently perform a range of tasks connected with your work. These assessment criteria(s) will require your assessor to observe you in a real work
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L3- HSC Technical Certificate unit worksheet Unit 204 – Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care The numbers in the bracket after each question relate to the assessment criteria in the standards 1. Define the following types of abuse: (1.1.1) A. physical abuse Physical abuse is when someone is using physical force to hurt/ injure‚ this can include punching‚ kicking‚ punching. It may or may not leave marks/ bruises on the body B. sexual abuse Sexual abuse is the force
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HSC024 Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care ALL OUTCOMES IN RED ARE OBSERVATIONS TO BE CARRIED OUT BY YOUR ASSESSOR. THE INFORMATION GIVEN INDICATES THE TYPES OF THINGS YOUR ASSESSOR WILL BE LOOKING FOR Know how to recognise signs of abuse OUTCOME 1 1. Define the following types of abuse 2. Identify the signs and/or symptoms associated with each type of abuse. Physical abuse - Punching‚ Kicking Scratching‚ Slapping‚ Biting‚ Scalding‚ Pulling hair
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Duty of care is defined as a moral or legal obligation to ensure the safety or well-being of others. This is important because failure to act or help individuals can lead to harm‚ and not ensuring safety of individuals can lead them into far worse circumstances as they do not have the support and protection form service providers. Legal obligation to protect wellbeing and prevent harm: Obligation of care is characterized basically as lawful commitment to dependably act to the greatest advantage
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L.O 1.1 A duty of care is a legal obligation required by individuals within the work setting that they must obey by. People within the work setting must meet the required standard of reasonable care while doing tasks etc. that could potentially prevent the cause of harm to others. It is my responsibility while caring for children within my setting that I promote their independency and assist them to understand and exercise their own individual rights. I must follow the correct procedures and report
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24: Principles of Safeguarding in Health and Social Care Outcome 1: Know how to recognise signs of abuse 1.1 define the following types of abuse: Physical abuse Physical abuse may involve hitting‚ spiting‚ shaking‚ throwing‚ poisoning‚ burning or scalding‚ drowning‚ suffocating‚ or otherwise causing physical harm to an individual. Sexual abuse Sexual abuse is the forcing of undesired sexual behaviour by one person upon another‚ indecent exposure‚ harassment Financial abuse Financial
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omission: Examples include: ignoring medical or physical care needs‚ failure to provide access to appropriate health‚ social care or educational services‚ the withholding of the necessities of life‚ such as medication‚ adequate nutrition and heating. Recognition is by observing their general health and seeing if there is any decline with time Sexual abuse: Examples include: Rape and sexual assault or sexual acts to which the vulnerable adult has not consented‚ could not consent or was pressured into
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Unit 514: Safeguarding and Protection of Vulnerable Adults 1. Understand the legislation‚ regulations and policies that underpin the protection of vulnerable adults 1.1 Analyse the difference between the concept of safeguarding and the concept of protection in relation to vulnerable adults The concepts of safeguarding of vulnerable adults is that is about the protection from maltreatment‚ preventing the impairment of a person health and making sure that vulnerable adults are living in suitable
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