Unit 7 - Safeguarding - LO5 - Working strategies and procedures

Question 1

What are the policies and procedures to safeguard vulnerable adults from abuse?

Answer 1

• Recruitment
• Safeguarding training
• Induction process
• Probationary period
• Formal and informal systems
• DBS
• Multi-agency approach
• Risk assessments
• Accessible complaints procedures
• Designated protection officer

Question 2

How does recruitment safeguard vulnerable adults?

Answer 2

• Effective recruitment procedures minimise the risk of unsuitable people working with vulnerable adults
• Settings have a duty to recruit people who are of good character and have integrity

Question 3

How does safeguarding training help protect vulnerable adults?

Answer 3

• Ensures staff have knowledge and skills that are up to date and effective
• Taken at least every three years
• It includes an understanding of the possible signs and symptoms of abuse and the latest safeguarding procedures

Question 4

How do induction processes help safeguard vulnerable adults?

Answer 4

• Care certificate sets out standards.

- It can help new staff to learn and understand more about their roles

Question 5

How does a probationary period help safeguard vulnerable adults?

Answer 5

• A ‘trial period’ during which a supervisor decides whether the staff member has met the standards of the job, and whether they are suitable to carry out the role on a permanent basis.

Question 6

How do formal and informal systems help safeguard vulnerable adults?

Answer 6

• Appraisals are part of a formal process to ensure that staff achieve agreed goals
• Formal supervision is the process by which an employee’s manager monitors the staff member’s progress towards the agreed goal

Question 7

How does DBS help safeguard vulnerable adults?

Answer 7

• Prevents unsuitable people from working with vulnerable adults
• Process requests for criminal record checks
• Decide whether it is appropriate for a person to be placed or removed from the barred list
• Places people on the DBS adult’s or children’s list
• Requires employers to refer people to the DBS who have harmed a vulnerable adult or child

Question 8

How does the multi-agency approach help safeguard vulnerable adults?

Answer 8

• Ensures all concerns are identified early and reported
• Ensures individuals and their families come together and share information that they have
• Provides a better insight into the needs and views of children and adults
• Ensure professionals work in consistent ways that focus on building trust, mutual respect and providing support to children and adults

Question 9

How do risk assessments help safeguard vulnerable adults?

Answer 9

• Involve identifying, managing, recording and reviewing any risks that have the potential to cause harm
• Abuse can be prevented and its likelihood of occurring is reduced and employees can respond effectively when it occurs
• Promotes vulnerable adult’s rights to take risks

Question 10

How do accessible complaints procedures help safeguard vulnerable adults?

Answer 10

• Enables individuals to openly raise and discuss any concerns and complaints
• This will promote an environment of mutual trust and respect
• Understanding complaints procedures means people will be more likely to raise concerns

Question 11

How does a designated protection officer help safeguard vulnerable adults?

Answer 11

• Provides information and support to staff in relation to disclosures and suspicions of abuse