Position of trust

Question 1

Legal Definition Of Position Of Trust and the offence which comes with it

Answer 1

It is an offence for someone over the age of 18 to engage in sexual activity with someone under the age where they are in a position of trust. A person of trust is someone of which holds authority over a person.

Question 2

What act is POT under

Answer 2

The Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000

Question 3

Who are most vunerable?

Answer 3

Being in a care home, or in a residential care or fostered​

Being in full time education in which the older person is involved in caring for them​

Being in a hospital, children’s home or residential establishment that cares for children with physical or learning disabilities, mental illness or behavioural problems ​

Question 4

How adults in POT may use power and influence to abuse children and young people (5)

Answer 4

-Using their influence to exploit a child or young person for their own benefit.​

-Adults may look at sensitive information, which they are not entitled to do, in order to find out more about the child or young person for their own advantage

-Manipulating a child or young person by controlling them and using their position to get what they want

• Using verbal abuse in ways that make the child or young person feel humiliated or bullied. ​

-Threatening a child or young person by telling them that they will punish them if they do not do what they have asked them

Question 5

How adults in POT may use their power and influence to abuse children (5)

Answer 5

-Taking advantage of them
-Gain unauthorised access to private or sensitive information for their own or others advantage
-Manipulate an indiviual
-Use a position of trust to bully, humiliate or undermine
-Threaten punishment for non-compliance with unreasonable demands

Question 6

The range of indicators that an adult in a setting may have inappropriate relationship with children and young people (4)

Answer 6

-Overly affectionte, giving gifts, favouritsim or prefrences
-Spending alone time with child
-Making friends with young persons family/vsiting them at home
-Using private texts to communicate with young person out of setting

Question 7

Appropriate actions to take when safeguarding concern

Answer 7

-Observing and recording as appropriate ​

-Following organisational policies and procedures for child protection ​

-Following procedures set out by the local safeguarding partnership ​-includes what to do outside office hours

-Following accurate lines of reporting in a timely manner ​

-Maintaining professional boundaries ​

-Contacting the police if a child or young person is in immediate danger ​