Members of staff must discuss concerns, suspicions or allegations with the Lead Safeguarding Officer….Do:
- Stay calm.
- Listen carefully.
- Ask questions for clarification.
- Believe.
- Reassure.
- Inform child you will have to pass information on.
- Record in writing.
- Report to Designated Safeguarding Contact as soon as possible.
How do you handle a disclosure?
Basic guidelines for dealing with disclosures
- Stay calm and listen.
- Go slowly.
- Reassure them that they have not done anything wrong.
- Be supportive.
- Gather essential facts.
- Tell what will happen next.
- Report.
- Make notes.
When there is a disclosure of information you should?
Tell the person that you can keep it a secret. Do explain that you may need to pass the information on to keep them, or other people, safe. Panic, overreact, be judgmental or make assumptions. Investigate, repeatedly question or ask the individual to repeat the disclosure.
What are the 4 things you should do if you have any safeguarding concerns?
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 you do during safeguarding?
If a child is in immediate danger, you should always call the police on 999. Anyone who is concerned about a child’s safety or wellbeing can contact us. When you contact us, we will talk to you to find out about your concerns.
How do you respond when someone discloses abuse?
What to say to a child and how to respond
- Listen carefully to what they’re saying.
- Give them the tools to talk.
- Let them know they’ve done the right thing by telling you.
- Tell them it’s not their fault.
- Say you’ll take them seriously.
- Don’t confront the alleged abuser.
- Explain what you’ll do next.
What would you do if a client discloses abuse?
do
- stay calm and listen to them.
- offer them support.
- write down what they tell you using their own words.
- keep any evidence safe.
- get in touch with us or the police.
- dial 999 in an emergency.
What are the 3 basic principles for safeguarding information?
Improve understanding of the different roles and responsibilities of safeguarding partners to reduce negative attitudes. Ensure all staff understand the basic principles of confidentiality, data protection, human rights and mental capacity in relation to information-sharing.
What actions to take if harm or abuse is suspected or disclosed?
Tell them you cannot keep what they are telling you a secret as you have a duty to protect them from harm. Listen carefully to what they are telling you. Reassure them that they will be involved in decisions about what will happen. Do not be judgmental or jump to conclusions.
What are the 6 principles of safeguarding?
What are the six principles of safeguarding?
- Empowerment. People being supported and encouraged to make their own decisions and informed consent.
- Prevention. It is better to take action before harm occurs.
- Proportionality. The least intrusive response appropriate to the risk presented.
- Protection.
- Partnership.
- Accountability.
How do you identify safeguarding issues?
Monitoring a person’s emotional and physical wellbeing
Through monitoring these signs and reviewing them regularly you may identify a safeguarding issue. Indicators to record include changes in physical wellbeing, signs of distress or illness, and noticeable changes such as weight gain or weight loss.
Who should respond to a safeguarding concern?
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 happens when safeguarding is put in place?
What is a Safeguarding Plan? If we consider they are still at risk of abuse we will put a safeguarding plan in place. This plan will identify what can be done to prevent the abuse or reduce the possibility for further abuse. We will identify someone to make sure the plan is put into action.
What is the disclosure rule?
Disclosure rule means the disciplinary rule that requires a prosecutor to disclose to the defense all evidence or information known to the prosecutor that tends to negate the guilt of the accused or mitigates the offense, including Rule 3.09(d), Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct. Sample 1Sample 2.
What are the standards of disclosure?
A form of disclosure that requires a party to disclose documents: On which it relies. That adversely affect its or another party’s case, or support another party’s case.
What are the 7 golden rules of information sharing?
Necessary, Proportionate, Relevant, Adequate, Accurate, Timely and Secure. Ensure the information you share is necessary for the purpose for which you share it. You should share it only with those people who need to have it, your information is accurate, up-to-date, shared in a timely fashion and also shared securely.
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?
What are the roles and responsibilities of safeguarding?
Work in a way that prevents and protects those you support. To be aware of the signs of abuse or neglect. Recognise the signs of abuse and neglect. Record and report any concerns or incidents.
What is a safeguarding concern?
A child or young person safeguarding concern is when they are living in circumstances where there is a significant risk of abuse (physical, sexual, emotional or neglect).
How long should a safeguarding investigation take?
That depends on how complicated it is, how many people are involved and how quickly people give us information. We try to finish an investigation within 14 weeks.
When responding to a disclosure of abuse what should you say select all that apply?
Disclosure: Responding to Children Who Report Abuse
Listen calmly and openly. Don’t fill in any gaps or ask leading questions about the details. Tell them that you will get them the help that they need. Don’t promise that the information they say will be kept confidential.
What is an example of indirect disclosure?
Types of Disclosure
Most likely a disclosure will be indirect, which can mean the child does not share the details of the abuse without being prompted, or does so in a roundabout way. An example of this is, “Sometimes my step‐dad keeps me up at night”.
What is the full meaning of disclosure?
Disclosure is the act of giving people new or secret information.
What is a risk disclosure statement?
Risk Disclosure Statement For Security Futures. Contracts. This disclosure statement discusses the characteristics and risks of standardized security futures contracts traded on regulated U.S. exchanges.
What is the disclosure test?
The disclosure test. 2. The initial disclosure test is an objective test. Material must be disclosed if it “might reasonably be considered capable of undermining the case for the prosecution or of assisting the case for the accused”.
What does a disclosure require the parties to provide to one another?
If the entity has transactions with the related party during the financial year, then it shall disclose the nature of such transactions, and also all the details such as amount, outstanding balances including commitments, provision for doubtful debts, and the expense recognised in respect of bad and doubtful debts.
How long does a disclosure last?
How long is a Disclosure valid for? Typically DBS checks are valid for three years, however there is technically no validity period to a Disclosure Certificate. Any information can be added to an applicant’s record after the issue date of the Certificate which would not be included on the Certificate.
What is pre action disclosure?
Pre Action disclosure applications are a common way for a Claimant to force a Defendant to show their hand, before litigation, and also recover some costs early on. The rule is intended to narrow the issues between the parties but it can be a used as a fishing expedition by the Claimant.
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 are the 4 areas of abuse?
There are four main categories of child abuse: physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse and neglect.
Ask for consent to share information unless there is a compelling reason for not doing so. Information can be shared without consent if it is justified in the public interest or required by law. Do not delay disclosing information to obtain consent if that might put children or young people at risk of significant harm.
What are the three basic principles for safeguarding information NHS?
Improve understanding of the different roles and responsibilities of safeguarding partners to reduce negative attitudes. Ensure all staff understand the basic principles of confidentiality, data protection, human rights and mental capacity in relation to information-sharing.
Are there 5 key principles of safeguarding?
Responding to risks in an appropriate, ideally unintrusive manner. Ensuring everyone has the knowledge and training required to protect people from abuse. Partnering with other organisations and communities to support vulnerable people. Making sure everyone understands their responsibilities around safeguarding.
What are the 6 principles of safeguarding?
What are the six principles of safeguarding?
- Empowerment. People being supported and encouraged to make their own decisions and informed consent.
- Prevention. It is better to take action before harm occurs.
- Proportionality. The least intrusive response appropriate to the risk presented.
- Protection.
- Partnership.
- Accountability.
How do you safeguard a patient?
Key points
- Protection. Take prompt action if you think that patient safety, dignity or comfort is or may be seriously compromised.
- Empowerment. Treat patients as individuals and respect their dignity and privacy.
- Proportionality. Treat information about patients as confidential.
- Partnership.
What are safeguarding skills?
The ability to communicate with the children and young people in your care about their needs and well-being lays at the core of safeguarding. Therefore, safeguarding training has a serious focus on the different ways in which staff can talk to children and young people about abuse and neglect.
What are the signs of safeguarding?
Signs and indicators
- Low self-esteem.
- Feeling that the abuse is their fault when it is not.
- Physical evidence of violence such as bruising, cuts, broken bones.
- Verbal abuse and humiliation in front of others.
- Fear of outside intervention.
- Damage to home or property.
- Isolation – not seeing friends and family.