Vulnerability

Question 1

Safeguarding vulnerable adults - legislation

Answer 1

Care Act 2014

Question 2

MASH

Answer 2

Collection of agencies: police, NHS, education, local authority etc.

Question 3

What is safeguarding?

Answer 3

Protecting from and preventing harm and abuse

Question 4

What 12 areas of policing create vulnerability?

Answer 4

1. Domestic abuse
   
   2. Adult & child sexual exploitation
   3. Stalking and harassment
   4. Missing and absent persons
   5. FGM
   6. Managing of sex and violent offenders
   7. Adults at risk
   8. Child abuse
   9. Honour based abuse
   10. Modern slavery and trafficking
   11. Forced marriage
       
       12. Serious sexual offences

Question 5

Factors that make people vulnerable

Answer 5

• Mental health issues
	• Learning difficulties
	• Physical disability
	• Age – elderly or child
	• Poor health
	• Gender – females can suffer Female Genital Mutilation
	• Sexual orientation
	• Isolation
	• Drug / alcohol addiction
	• Ethnicity / nationality / culture
          Poverty

Question 6

What is an adverse childhood experience (ABE)?

Answer 6

Harmful experience that hinders development

Long lasting - may continue into adulthood

Can be misinterpreted as behavioural issues

Question 7

What is impact trauma?

Answer 7

Incident causing someone or someone close to them at serious risk of death

Can cause PTSD

Question 8

What is the definition of a protective factor?

Answer 8

Variable associated with reduced likelihood of becoming perpetrator or victim