Safeguarding

Question 1

dental responsibility in safeguarding

Answer 1

aware of procedures in raising concerns about possible abuse or neglect of children and vulnerable adults

Question 2

child protection definition

Answer 2

acitivity undertaken to protect children who are suffering or at risk of suffering significant harm

Question 3

safeguarding children definition

Answer 3

measures taken to minimise risk of harm to children
protection from maltx, preventing impairment of health or development, ensuring children grow up in a safe and caring environment

Question 4

child abuse contributing factors

Answer 4

adult;
drugs, alcohol, party, unemployment, marital stress, mental illness, disabled, domestic violence, step parents, isolation, abused as a child

child;
crying, soiling, disabled, unwanted pregnancy

environment;
housing conditions

Question 5

dental neglect definition

Answer 5

wilful failure of parent to seek and follow through with tx necessary to ensure a level of oral health essential for adequate fucntion and freedom from pain and infection, persistent failure

Question 6

oro-facial signs of abuse

Answer 6

brusing face/ears, abrasions, lacerations, burns, bites, neck marks, eye injuries, fractures of face

intra-cranial lesions from shaking

Question 7

index of suspicion for neglect/abuse

Answer 7

delay in seeking help
story vague
account not compatible with injury
weird parent behaviour
child appearance and parent interaction abnormal
contradictory

Question 8

referral

Answer 8

observe, record, communication, refer for assessment

immediate danger = child protection order, exclusion order, child reassessment order, removal by police

otherwise = investigation, child assessment order, removal by police