Raising a Concern
What are the stages of safeguarding?
6. Process
- 6.1 Acting to protect the adult and deal with immediate needs.
- 6.2 Responding to an adult who is making a disclosure.
- 6.3 Reporting to line manager.
- 6.4 Taking immediate management action to identify and address the risk.
- 6.5 Supporting immediate needs.
- 6.6 Speaking to the adult.
- 6.7 Recording.
What are the 3 parts of safeguarding?
What is safeguarding?
- protecting children from abuse and maltreatment.
- preventing harm to children’s health or development.
- ensuring children grow up with the provision of safe and effective care.
- taking action to enable all children and young people to have the best outcomes.
What are the 5 safeguarding principles?
The Six Safeguarding Principles
- Principle 1: Empowerment.
- Principle 2: Prevention.
- Principle 3: Proportionality.
- Principle 4: Protection.
- Principle 5: Partnership.
- Principle 6: Accountability.
What are the key points in safeguarding policy?
Maintain safe premises and equipment, inside and out. Make sure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities. Report concerns promptly. Be alert to the signs and symptoms of abuse.
How many key principles of safeguarding are there?
Six Safeguarding Principles
Together, the principles are an aid to understanding actions that need to be taken to protect people and are agreed upon within the Care Act 2014. The six safeguarding principles were originally produced for the safeguarding of adults but can also be applied to the safeguarding of children.
What is a safeguarding plan?
Definition. An adult safeguarding plan is the agreed set of actions and strategies that are designed to support and manage ongoing risk of abuse or neglect for an adult with care and support needs.
What is the role of safeguarding?
Safeguarding means protecting a citizen’s health, wellbeing and human rights; enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. It is an integral part of providing high-quality health care. Safeguarding children, young people and adults is a collective responsibility.
What do you do in a safeguarding situation?
Remain calm and reassure the person that they have done the right thing by speaking up. Listen carefully and give the person time to speak. Explain that only the professionals who need to know will be informed, but never promise confidentiality. Act immediately, and do not try to address the issue yourself.
What do the 3 C’s stand for in safeguarding?
Understanding the risks to children
Areas for online risks can be categorised into the 3 C’s – Content, Contact and Conduct, and can be commercial, aggressive or sexual in nature as shown in the table below.
“Safeguarding” refers to the actions and procedures taken to promote the welfare of vulnerable people and protect them from harm. The “policies and procedures,” refer to guidelines and instructions, often outlined by a company, government, or organisation, that reflect how we should fulfil these duties.
Why are the six principles of safeguarding important?
The 6 principles for safeguarding adults were part of the Care Act and now act as values for all care work. They aim to provide the best service and protect vulnerable patients as much as possible, while still enabling the patients to be free to make their own decisions, where appropriate.
What are care and support needs in safeguarding?
What are Care and Support needs? Care and support is the mixture of practical, financial and emotional support for adults who need extra help to manage their lives and be independent – including older people, people with a disability or long-term illness, people with mental health problems, and carers.
What are safeguarding interview questions?
Questions You Could Be Asked
- What are your attitudes to child protection and safeguarding?
- How have these developed over time?
- Can you tell me about a time when a child behaved in a way that caused you concern?
- How did you deal with this situation?
- How would you deal with this in the future?
- Who else did you involve?
How do you respond to safeguarding concerns?
Any individual or agency can respond to an adult safeguarding concern raised about an adult. This can include reporting the concern and seeking support to protect individuals from any immediate risk of harm (e.g. by contacting the police or emergency services).
What does Patch stand for in safeguarding?
PATCH) Alleged perpetrator. Safeguarding Plan – record of the. arrangements to safeguard an adult. at risk within a Formal Enquiry.
What does HBA stand for in safeguarding?
Honour based abuse (HBA) can be described as a collection of practices which are used to control behaviour within families or other social groups in order to protect perceived cultural and religious beliefs and/or honour.
When should a safeguarding review be carried out?
The Care Act 2014 states that Safeguarding Adult Boards (SABs) must arrange a Safeguarding Adult Review (SAR) when: an adult in its area dies as a result of abuse or neglect, whether known or suspected, or.
What level of risk is moderate in safeguarding?
4-6 Moderate harm – low risk of reoccurrence – Could be addressed via agency internal process/procedures e.g. disciplinary, care management or consider referral to safeguarding to be made. It is not a ‘given’ that any concerns falling into this section would be dealt with internally.
(a) Social workers should not allow their own personal problems, psychosocial distress, legal problems, substance abuse, or mental health difficulties to interfere with their professional judgment and performance or to jeopardize the best interests of people for whom they have a professional responsibility.
What is early help assessment?
Early Help Assessments (EHA) are used to identify a child and family’s needs and strengths, and to plan the right support and services to address those needs at an early stage. The process allows different agencies and services to share information and work together in a coordinated way.
Early Help is about providing this support as soon as possible to tackle difficulties for children, young people and families before they become more serious. We work with the whole family and the child is at the centre of everything we do. There are a number of different teams within the Early Help Service.
What does mash stand for safeguarding?
A Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) is a team which brings together agencies (and their information) in order to identify risks to children at the earliest possible point and respond with the most effective interventions.
Who are the 3 local safeguarding partners?
The Safeguarding Partners will be a team of key professionals from three sectors: the local authority; the clinical commissioning group for any area that falls under the local authority; and the chief officer of police for any area that falls under the local authority.
What is E-safety stand for?
E-safety is often defined as the safe and responsible use of technology. This includes the use of the internet and also other means of communication using electronic media (eg text messages, gaming devices, email etc).
What is the e-safety Act?
The Children Act 2004, through the Stay Safe outcome of the Every Child Matters Change for Children programme places a duty on organisations to safeguard and promote the well-being of children and young people. This encompasses e-safety.
What does ACE stand for in safeguarding?
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are stressful or traumatic events that happen in childhood and can affect people as adults. They include events that affect a child or young person directly, such as abuse or neglect.
What does SAR stand for in safeguarding?
ADULT REVIEW (SAR)
What are the 5 main safeguarding issues?
What are Safeguarding Issues? Examples of safeguarding issues include bullying, radicalisation, sexual exploitation, grooming, allegations against staff, incidents of self-harm, forced marriage, and FGM. These are the main incidents you are likely to come across, however, there may be others.
How many key principles of safeguarding are there?
Six Safeguarding Principles
Together, the principles are an aid to understanding actions that need to be taken to protect people and are agreed upon within the Care Act 2014. The six safeguarding principles were originally produced for the safeguarding of adults but can also be applied to the safeguarding of children.