LO3 Flashcards
Human rights act 1998
• 6 human rights
1. right to life
2. right to respect, privacy and family life
3. right to liberty and security
4. right to be free from discrimination
5. right to freedom of expression
6. right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion
• enables every individual to have specific rights available to them
Health and social care act 2012
• established the CQC
• No decision about me without me
• clinical commissioning groups (commissions health services)
The care act 2014
• multi-agency boards which safeguard
• enquiries into individuals who are being abused
Safeguarding vulnerable groups act 2006
• implemented disclosure and barring scheme
• ensured people people who are deemed unsuitable of working with vulnerable adults and children are not allowed to do so
The mental capacity act 2005
• presumption of capacity
• support to make own decisions
• unwise decisions is not lacking capacity
• best interests in mind
• less restrictive option
Equality act 2010
• protects people against discrimination (indirect or direct)
• creates protected characteristics (9 of them)
Public interest disclosure (whistleblowing act)
• protects professionals who disclose information so they cannot be dismissed or treated differently because they disclosed
2 types of whistleblowing:
• internal: reporting misconduct to someone within the organisation
• external: reporting misconduct to someone outside of organisation (law/media)
Rehabilitation of offenders act 1974
• rehabilitate offenders who have not been reconvicted
• penalise unauthorised disclosure of previous convictions
• if you commit a crime and complete sentence, time is spent
• this means you can withhold info when applying for jobs
The children’s act (ECM) 2004
• created the children’s commissioner
• created local safeguarding board as
• created ECM (legal requirement to promote ECM now)
Data protection act 1998
• regulates the way in which personal data needs to be handled, ensuring that people’s data is protected and not placed in wrong hands
• if information is not handled correctly and protected then they may be vulnerable to abuse:
- processed fairly and lawfully
- used for purposes in which it was intended
- adequate and relevant but not excessive
- accurate and kept up-to-date
- kept for no longer than necessary
- processed (USED) in line with right of individual
- secured
- not transferred to other countries outside the EU unless consent is given
Disclosure and barring scheme (No secrets) 2000
• created multi-agency approach in supporting vulnerable adults
• provided safeguards for most vulnerable adults in society
• acknowledged how the 7 kinds of abuse could take place in services
• prevented services from hiding/covering up abuse which is happening to vulnerable adults
DBS checks
• basic
- basic level check
- lowest level check
- shows any unspent convictions/spent convictions
• standard
- spent and unspent convictions
- also includes cautions and final warnings
• enhanced
- everything the local police force hold on that individual
- doesn’t include barred list
• enhanced with barred list
- all of the above
- includes barred lists
Working together to safeguard children 2006
• sets out how organisations and individuals should work together to safeguard and promote the wellbeing of children
• work with the family, not against
• families assist in safeguarding practice
• school places emphasis for joint working
• applied to every service that works with children (up to 18)
• must have a child centred approach
Safeguarding adults 2005
• 11 standards of good practice when working with vulnerable adults
• encourages multi-agency working
• zero tolerance for abuse towards adults within organisation
• all services must have specific safeguarding adults training if working with adults
• safeguarding policies must be accessible to all service users (complaints accessibility)
