Safeguarding regulations Flashcards
What is meant by Safeguarding regulations?
Safeguarding regulations protect service users from harm, abuse and neglect, and promote their health and well-being. Safeguarding and prevention of harm takes place in the context of person-centered support and personalised care, with individuals empowered to make choices and supported to manage risks.
What are common examples of Safeguarding?
In hospital, make sure all equipment is sterile.
Ensuring effective procedures for reporting accident and incidents.
Ensure staff do not work in isolation and are always properly supervised.
Ensure all staff have a DBS declaration
Ensure effective control and disposal of harmful substances.
Ensure safe handling and disposal of sharps.
Ensure policies are followed for staff use of cameras and mobile phones.
In GP surgeries, ensure patient information is kept confidential.
Ensure assessment of children and appropriate action.
At a nursery, ensure play areas are safe.
In a residential care setting, use hoists to help residents out of bed.
What is important to remember when safeguarding children?
Health and social care workers should:
Protect children from maltreatment.
Follow their organisations safeguarding policies for protecting children, and the actions to take if a child discloses abuse.
Prevent impairment of children’s health and development.
Protect children from infection
Ensure children grow up in circumstances that are consistent with the provision of safe and effective care.
Take action to enable children to have the best outcomes.
What policies and procedures are in place for safeguarding?
Local Safeguarding Children Board.
The Children Act 2004 requires every local authority to have a Local Safeguarding Children Board. The LSCB’s job is to make sure that everyone understands how important is is to keep children safe. Make sure that all the agencies that are part of the LSCB are doing the best job.
Report to the Department of Health.
Look into cases where children are badly hurt or have died.
Keep a check on information about children deaths.
Give advice to all agencies.
Listen to children’s view and ideas.
Hold discussions to find out what people think about children’s issues.
What polices and procedures are in place for safeguarding adults?
The Care Act 2014 introduced new Safeguarding duties for local authorities where they provide care for adult. These include: Making enquiries where there is a safeguarding concern. Hosting safeguarding adult boards. Carrying out safeguarding adult reviews. Arranging for the provision of independent advocates. Leading a multi-agency local adult safeguarding system.
