LO4 Dealing with Disclosuries

Question 1

What professionals deals with the disclosures made in most healthcare, social care and childcare services?

Answer 1

Designated safeguarding lead

Question 2

What is effective record keeping

Answer 2

Preventing personal records to be exposed
Information to only be shared on a need to know basis
Protects against unauthorised services accessing the records
Can be used as evidence for future disclosures.

Question 3

What MUST a professional not do as poor standards of care when dealing with disclosures

Answer 3

Ask following questions
Overdramatic facial expressions
Encourage or force SU to say more details than comfortable with
Make disclosure to DSL later on
Speak about the situation to other individuals that are not involved with the need to know basis