safeguarding adults Flashcards
what are the 7 main aims of adult safeguarding
- prevent harm and reduce risk of abuse/ neglect to adults with needs
- stop abuse and neglect
- support adults in making choices about how they wanna live
- promote approach concentrating on improving life for adults
- raise public awareness on preventing, identifying and reporting abuse/neglect
- provide info and support to help ppl understand and stay safe from abuse
- address what has caused abuse/neglect
what are the 6 key principles defined in care act 2014 reflected in adult safeguarding
- empowerment
- prevention
- proportionality (least intrusive response to risk)
- protection
- partnership
- accountability
what does MSP stand for
making safeguarding personal
what does MSP seek to achieve
- personalised approach that enables safeguarding to be done with, not to, people
- Practice that focuses on achieving meaningful improvement to people’s circumstances rather than just on enquiry and conclusion
- An approach that utilises social work skills rather than just ‘putting people through a process’
- An approach that enables practitioners, families, teams and safeguarding adult boards to know what difference has been made
The well-being principle applies to all cases when carrying out any care and support functions in respect of a person. Well-being relates to:
Personal dignity
Exercising control over day-to-day life
Physical health, mental health and emotional well-being
Domestic, family and personal relationships
Protection from abuse and neglect
Social and economic well-being
Suitability of living conditions
Participation in work, education, training or recreation
Contributions to society
Patterns of abuse vary and include:
Serial and organised abuse
Long-term abuse in the context of on-going relationships
Opportunistic abuse such as theft occurring because money is left lying around
define domestic abuse
an incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse by someone who is, or has been, an intimate partner or family member regardless of gender or sexuality.
what are the types of domestic abuse you can get
Psychological (often referred to as coercing or controlling behaviour)
Physical
Sexual
Financial
Emotional
So called honour-based
Female genital mutilation
Forced marriage
what are 4 types of child abuse
The four categories of abuse in Safeguarding Children Guidance are physical, emotional, sexual and neglect.
The main principle of the Children Act 1989/2004 is that a child’s welfare is paramount.
what 2 rights do kids have
Children have the rights to grow up safe from significant harm and to grow up free from violence, abuse, and neglect.
what is the crossing bridges family model
- model illustrates how the mental health and wellbeing of the children and adults in a family where a parent is mentally ill are intimately linked in at least three ways
- Parental mental health problems can adversely affect the development, and in some cases the safety, of children
- Growing up with a mentally ill parent can have a negative impact on a person’s adjustment in adulthood, including their transition to parenthood
- Children, particularly those with emotional, behavioural or chronic physical difficulties, can precipitate or exacerbate mental ill health in their parents/carers
what is child sexual exploitation (CSE)
type of sexual abuse where the child/young person receives something (for example, money, food, shelter, drugs) in return for sexual activities.
what is dental neglect
- “the persistent failure to meet a child’s basic oral health needs, likely to result in the serious impairment of a child’s oral or general health or development
what is child advocacy
- refers to a range of individuals, professionals and advocacy organisations who speak out on the best interests of children
- An individual or organisation engaging in advocacy typically seeks to protect children’s rights, which may be abridged or abused in a number of areas.
