Basics Of Safeguarding Adults And Children Flashcards
What is safeguarding
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
Safeguarding adults
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
Safeguarding in children where is it defined
Working Together to safeguard children 2015
What is safeguarding children defined as
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
Why do we safeguard
Legal duty
Professional duty
Personal duty
The statutory response when adults deemed at risk occurs when
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
What states that the statuary response should happen
The care act 2014
What is the statuary response known as
Statutory safeguarding adult
Section 42
Guidance and legislation can be found where
Care act 2014
Human rights act 1998
Modern slavery act 2013
Children’s guidance and legislation can be found
HM government working together to safeguard children
UN convention on the rights of the child
The children act 2004
Professional responsibility guidelines can be found
NICE CG89 when to suspect child maltreatment
6 safe guarding principle
Empowerment Protection Prevention Proportionality Partnership Accountability
Bham basics
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
What is a serious case review
Detailed review of involvement of all agencies following death or serious injury of a child or vulnerable adult where abuse/neglect is suspected
Abuse - main
Physical
Emotional
Sexual
Neglect
