Public protection matters Flashcards
What does public protection include?
- Child protection
- Adult support and protection
- Gender based violence,including domestic abuse
- Mental illness
- Radicalisation
- Offender management
What is the GMC guidance for protecting children and young people?
Identify the signs that suggest children or other vulnerable people maybe suffering from neglect and know what action to take to safeguard their welfare”
What is gender based violence?
Violence that is directed against a woman because she is a woman, or violence that affects women disproportionately. It includes act that inflict physical, mental or sexual harm or suffering.
What are the HARK questions?
- does partner humiliate or hit?
- Are you ever afraid of your partner?
- Has your partner ever raped you?
- Has your partner ever kicked or physically hurt you?
What is the 6 R framework?
- Recognise
- Respond
- Report
- Record
- Resources
- Reflection
rules regarding childrens rights?
- Universal
- Inalienable
- Inviolable
- Indivisible
What is corporate parenting?
- Children under a child protection order
- Children living away from home
- Children living at home a supervision order
- Childrens rights, article 25- right to regular reviews of their care
What is article 25?
If a child has been placed away from home for the purpose of care or protection (for example, with a foster family or in hospital), they have the right to a regular review of their treatment, the way they are cared for and their wider circumstances
What is child protection?
- protecting child from abuse or neglect
- Abuse or neglect need not have taken place; it is sufficient for a risk assessment to have identified a likelihood or risk of significant harm or abuse
What are they types of abuse?
- Physical
- Sexual
- Neglect
- Emotional
Risk factors for abuse?
- Social and environment eg poverty, frequent moves
- Parental eg mental health, substance misuse/learning disability/ domestic abuse / non-engaging parent
- Children eg disability ,complex health needs, large families,unwanted pregnancy
How are children protected?
- Midwifery till baby is 10 days old
- Home visits till child is school age
- School nurse till child leaves education
What are some common themes when things go wrong?
- Communication
- Failure to listen to children
- Over reliance in parental reporting
- Inadequate training for staff
What is GIRFEC?
Getting it right for every child
What are the six categories of neglect?
Medical neglect Nutritional neglect Emotional neglect Educational neglect Physical neglect Lack of supervision and guidance
