Lecture 10 - Safeguarding Flashcards
Define safeguarding
Protecting people’s health, wellbeing, and human rights and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect
In safeguarding what age does ‘children’ refer to
Those under the age of 18
Define vulnerable adult
‘adult at risk’ is any person who is aged 18 years or over and at risk of abuse or neglect because of their needs for care and or support
sometime vulnerable adults lack capacity
Give examples of a vulnerable adult
Is elderly or frail, has learning difficulties, suffers from mental illness, has physical stability. a substance manner, homeless
Define physical abuse
includes assault, hitting, slapping, pushing, giving the wrong medication, restraining someone, or letting them do certain things at certain things at certain times
Define domestic abuse
includes psychological, physical, sexual, financial, or emotional abuse
Define sexual abuse
includes rape, indecent exposure, sexual harassment, inappropriate looking or touching, sexual teasing or innuendo, taking sexual photographs, making someone look at pornography or watch sexual acts, sexual acts, sexual assault or sexual acts the person didn’t consent to or was pressured into consenting
Define psychological abuse
includes emotional abuse, threats of harm or abandonment, depriving someone of contact with someone else, humiliation, blaming, controlling, intimidation, putting pressure on someone to do something, harassment, verbal abuse, cyber bullying, isolation or unreasonable and unjustified withdrawal of services or support networks.
Define financial or material abuse
includes theft, fraud, internet scamming, putting pressure on someone about their financial arrangements (including wills, property, inheritance or financial transactions) or the misuse or stealing of property, possessions or benefits.
Define modern slavery abuse
Covers slavery (including domestic slavery), human trafficking and forced labour
Define discriminatory abuse
includes types of harassment or insults because of someone’s race, gender or gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
Define organisational abuse
includes neglect and poor care in an institution or care setting such as a hospital or care home, or if an organisation provides care in someone’s home. The abuse can be a one-off incident or repeated, on-going ill treatment. The abuse can be through neglect or poor professional practice, which might be because of structure, policies, processes and practices within an organisation.
Define neglect and acts of omission
includes ignoring medical, emotional or physical care needs, failure to provide access to educational services, or not giving someone what they need to help them live, such as medication, enough nutrition and heating.
Define self-neglect
covers a wide range of behaviour which shows that someone isn’t caring for their own personal hygiene, health or surroundings. It includes behaviour such as hoarding.
What is parent/ carer signs of safeguarding issues?
delays seeking medical treatment or advice
detachment from the child
lacks concern at the severity or extent of injury to the child or vulnerable person
is reluctant to give information or information does not ‘add up’
aggressive towards child or other vulnerable persons
What should you do if you suspect/ identify a safeguarding issue?
go with your ‘gut instinct’ - do not need proof
ignoring a concern because it seems ‘trivial’ is not good
do not try and investigate suspicions or allegations of abuse directly
you can seek advice from experts without disclosing identifiable details of a child or vulnerable adult - ring social services and ask for their opinion
where there is a decision to share information possibly break confidentiality - this should be proportionate but is allowable for safeguarding purposes
should obtain permission from the vulnerable adult before disclosing confidential information about them if they have capacity
Where should you seek further advice regarding safeguarding issues?
- Named child protection professional within your organisation (hospital), CCG/Health Board
- Child/vulnerable adult’s general practitioner
- Peers or senior colleagues e.g. easier to do in hospital
- NSPCC have an advice line 0808 800 5000
Adult social care – informal advice
What key numbers should be readily accessible in the pharmacy?
○ Local named child protection professional (CCG for example)
○ Local children’s social care and adult social care services
Local police child protection officer
How do referrals with social services work?
refer by telephone, confirm the referral in writing within 48 hours using standard local referral forms. An acknowledgement should be received within one working day of receipt and if this is not received within three working days then social services should be contacted again
make appropriate records of concerns and suspicions, decisions taken and reasons whether or not further action was taken on a particular occasion. You may chose at a later date to refer on increasing strength of concern
