Basics Of Safeguarding Adults And Children

Question 1

What is safeguarding

Answer 1

Means protecting people’s health, wellbeing and human rights, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuses and neglect. It’s fundamental to high quality health and social care

Question 2

Safeguarding adults

Answer 2

Protecting their rights to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect
People and organisation working together to prevent the risk of abuse or neglect, and to stop them from happening
Making sure people’s wellbeing is promoted, taking their views, wishes, feelings, and beliefs into account

Question 3

Safeguarding in children where is it defined

Answer 3

Working Together to safeguard children 2015

Question 4

What is safeguarding children defined as

Answer 4

Protecting children from maltreatment
Preventing impairment of children’s health and development
Ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care
Taking action to enable all children to have the best outcome

Question 5

Why do we safeguard

Answer 5

Legal duty
Professional duty
Personal duty

Question 6

The statutory response when adults deemed at risk occurs when

Answer 6

The adults has needs for care and support - whether or not the local authority is meeting any of those needs and
Is experiencing or at risk of abuse or neg,ECT
As a result of these care and support needs is unable to protect themselves from either the risk of or the experience of abuse or neglect

Question 7

What states that the statuary response should happen

Answer 7

The care act 2014

Question 8

What is the statuary response known as

Answer 8

Statutory safeguarding adult

Section 42

Question 9

Guidance and legislation can be found where

Answer 9

Care act 2014
Human rights act 1998
Modern slavery act 2013

Question 10

Children’s guidance and legislation can be found

Answer 10

HM government working together to safeguard children
UN convention on the rights of the child
The children act 2004

Question 11

Professional responsibility guidelines can be found

Answer 11

NICE CG89 when to suspect child maltreatment

Question 12

6 safe guarding principle

Answer 12

Empowerment
Protection
Prevention
Proportionality 
Partnership
Accountability

Question 13

Bham basics

Answer 13

Always see the child first 
Never do nothing
Do with not to others
Do the simple things better
Have conversation build relationship 
Outcomes not inputs

Question 14

What is a serious case review

Answer 14

Detailed review of involvement of all agencies following death or serious injury of a child or vulnerable adult where abuse/neglect is suspected

Question 15

Abuse - main

Answer 15

Physical
Emotional
Sexual
Neglect

Question 16

What is abuse

Answer 16

A serious violation of one persons human or civil rights by another
A single or repeated act
A deliberate attempt to cause harm
The causing of unintentional harm
Something we fail to do - neglect, omission or failure to act
A criminal offence

Question 17

Accidental vs non accidental injuries

Answer 17

Inner sides of body surfaces
Black eye
Back

Question 18

Domestic abuse

Answer 18

Can happen to anyone

Question 19

FGM

Answer 19

Procedure that intentionally alters or causes injury to the female genital organs for non medical reasons

Question 20

What is it mandatory to do regarding FGM

Answer 20

Report to police

Under 18 must be completed before the end of the next working day

Question 21

7 golden rules for info sharing

Answer 21

Use data protection act as a tool
Tell the person whose info you are sharing UNLESS unsafe to do so
Take advice
Consent
Consider safety and wellbeing
Necessary, proportionate, relevant, adequate, timely, secure
Record