an unsafe practice has been reported but nothing has been done to ensure it is corrected then you may need to go to the next level of management‚ the Care Quality Commission or the Safeguarding Team at the local Social Services department. C111 – Describe three factors that make individuals more vulnerable to abuse than others. 1 – Reliant on others – individuals who are totally reliant on others to support and care for them. 2 – Mental capacity - Individuals who may lack the capacity to
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SAM’S CHILDMINDING SERVICE’S A) Welfare Requirements W1: Safeguarding and promoting children’s welfare W1.1: The provider must take necessary steps to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in the setting. 1) What dose safeguarding children’s mean? Safeguarding the children is my responsibility as being a registered childminder give me a legal responsibility to be able to safeguard the child/ren in my care in line with procedure laid out in LONDON CHILD PROTECTION PROCEDURE
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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 UNIT 4222-205 1. Define the following types of abuse: (1.1.1) • Sexual abuse Sexual abuse is the forcing of undesired sexual behaviour by one person upon another • Emotional/psychological abuse Emotional/psychological abuse may involve threats or actions to cause mental or physical
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Key legislations which govern safeguarding adults work are: Disability Discrimination Act 2010: The Disability Discrimination Act was governed to reduce the discrimination towards disabled people. The Act was passed in 1995 however it has been amended to improve its scope a number of times. The Act also allows carer to not make discrimination against the disabled adults which they are responsible for. Data Protection Act 2003: Data Protection Act is a mandatory law that every health care professional
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In Slough we have a Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board made up of representatives from the Council‚ NHS‚ Police‚ independent care providers and the voluntary sector. A new Independent Safeguarding Authority is to replace the Protection of Vulnerable Adults (POVA) scheme with a more comprehensive system and ensure a safe workforce for those who work with vulnerableadults.ISA is responsible for maintaining a list of people who are not suitable to work with vulnerable individuals. Employers
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Roles and Responsibilities of agencies in Safeguarding Children We all have a responsibility in Safeguarding and Protecting children and every child should be kept safe. Safeguarding children is a "multi-agency" organisation. Statutory organisations that work with children have a duty under Section 11 of the Children Act 2004 to ensure their functions are discharged with regard to the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. What is safeguarding? It might be difficult to accept‚ but
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Introduction: Safeguarding children is high priority within professional practices to ensure that all children are supported and have the right to reach full potential (Lindon‚ 2008). In order to show and understand how safeguarding is applied‚ a residential setting providing specialist care for children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) will be considered. The current legislation including Helping Children Achieve More will be explained to show how the multidisciplinary team around the child
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through Physical‚ verbal‚ emotional‚ cyber bullying actions. Verbal bullying This is when someone is subject to deliberate abuse of language that is hurtful from people who could be a friend‚ family member or just general members of the public but they usually have a connection to the person which allows them to have easy access for this behaviour to continue. The language of abuse can vary from name calling‚ insults‚ sarcasm‚ and spreading rumours‚ persistent teasing‚ gossiping in general about their
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Safeguarding the minor in a hospital setting Who is a minor? “A minor is any person under the age of eighteen” (Children’s First‚ 2011). What is safeguarding? “Safeguarding is best thought as an umbrella term for a number of different‚ but related actions that ensure the well-being of children and young people‚ all of which may be encompassed within the professional activities of nurses and midwives” (Powell‚ ch.1‚ p.3‚ 2007). In my assignment I am going to discuss the importance of safeguarding
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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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