Vulnerable Individuals From Neglect Abuse

Explain the term ‘safeguarding

The term ‘safeguarding’ could be explained as the process of protecting the children and adults who could be vulnerable to neglect, abuse or violence, both emotional and psychological. Safeguarding is primarily oriented towards fostering the mechanisms under which the healthcare organisations and care professionals could work together to preclude and prevent risks of neglect and abuse occurring to the vulnerable personnel. It also involves maintaining the rights of safety and making of informed choices.

The own roles and responsibilities could be understood to be the variegated duty scenario involving the obligation to prevent harm or neglect to others. The primary responsibility is to be aware of the methods of working to safeguard the vulnerable children and adults within the workplace or care facility premises. The ultimate objective is to meet the Fundamental Standards of Quality and Safety of the Care Quality Commission. Another significant personal responsibility could be understood to be the imperative of adhering to the Code of Conduct which has been stipulated for the Healthcare Support Workers and for the Adult Social Care Workers who could be operating within the United Kingdom. The prohibited behaviours are thus outlined as abuse, neglect, exploitation or harming of the patients who could be admitted to the facilities associated with health and social care provisioning services. This is an imperative on both the carers and their colleagues.

Physical abuse could be defined as the incidence of a particular situation where any individual could be physically injured by the actions of others. This could be better elaborated as the incidence of assault, hitting, pushing, slapping or physical manhandling. Furthermore, physical abuse could be also inclusive of the utilisation of restrictive practices unjustifiably to restrict the movement of any particular individual or any group of individuals. Specific instances could be mentioned as medication misuses and utilisation of the inappropriate restraint methods such as confining any person within a room and the application of other unjustified physical restriction procedures such as handcuffing or binding any person with specific objects such as chairs or bars.

Domestic abuse could be defined as specific incidents which could involve aggressive and threatening behavioural expressions, abuse and violence of psychological, physical, emotional or financial nature, perpetrated by personnel, mostly adults, who are or had been family members or relatives to each other and could belong to either of the gender identities.

This involves forceful establishment of sexual relationships with vulnerable personnel such as adults or children who could be unwilling for such activities. The absence of consent is conspicuous on part of the victims of such abuse and the perpetrators are mostly personnel in place of certain measure of authority which could be utilised to enforce such behaviour on the victims. The behaviours perpetrated in sexual abuse could be outlined as rape, violation of modesty, indecent physical behaviour, subjection of the victims to relentless sexual innuendos, persuasive behaviour on part of the harassment perpetrators to force the victims in sexual communion, coercive behaviour by the perpetrators to force victims into sexual acts for which the victims could not have provided consent and sexual assault or molestation. The focus is on the pressurisation of such victims to subject themselves to the sexual whims of the abuse perpetrators.

Emotional/psychological abuse could be specified as a special form of derogatory behaviour which could enforce the feeling of worthlessness on the vulnerable recipient of such behaviour. The direct outcome of such abuse results in apprehension of either psychological harm or abandonment, emotional torment, psychological deprivation, humiliation and lessening of self –worth, on part of the affected individuals. On part of the abusive personnel, the psychological abusive activities could be understood to be performing of verbal abuses, blaming, intimidation, bullying, forcing the abused individuals to withdraw form public interactions and imposition of unjustified isolation and withdrawal of the necessary supporting services and networks.

This form of abuse takes place when the financial resources of any person are misused without the prior permission of such a person. The format includes theft, scams, fraudulence, coercive behaviour to forcefully implement changes in financial wills, malpractices concerning the management of financial affairs and arrangements of vulnerable personnel, application of force to modify inheritance or financial transaction related processes so as to derive personal interest out of the same, misappropriation and misuse of property, benefits and possessions of the abused person,

Modern slavery could be outlined to encompass various aspects such as human trafficking, slavery as well as servitude and labour which could be enforced upon the vulnerable individuals, including the children and adults. Such slavery could take forms of human traffickers as well as slave masters utilising various devious methods and means which could be available to them to deceive and coerce and even force vulnerable adults and young children into acceptance of servitude and various forms of abuse through inhuman treatment of them.

This form of abuse alludes to unequal treatment of any group or individual on the basis of the particular features which have been specified in the Equality Act 2010. The prominent aspects of such forms of abuse involve the wilful neglect of the beliefs, convictions and cultures of any person. Furthermore, this involves and incorporates various derogatory methods of treatment such as harassment, verbal abuse and other discriminatory behaviour on the basis of race, cultural or gender orientation and age related factors as well as disability and religious orientation, status of marriage and civil lineages.

Organisational abuse takes place when the focus of services provided is firmly concentrated on the meeting of the necessities of the involved organisations. For an instance, the denial of any choice of opportunities of availing meals or rest and recuperation could be highlighted as one of such practices since this could be beneficial for the organisations. Furthermore, perpetuation of negligence and lowering of the standards of care services and associated practices could be considered to be the examples of such practices. From singular incidents to continuation of malpractices, the organisational abuse could be performed in differential frequencies.

This form of neglect involves the refusal or failure of acknowledgement, on part of the victim of such neglect, of the responsibility of taking care of himself/herself in terms of the fulfilment of the primary necessities. This involves the negligence to care about the personal health, wellbeing, hygiene, security and psychological soundness and this could as well include behaviours which are wide ranging in nature.

This form of abuse is acknowledged as the wilful dereliction of the duty to take appropriate actions or failure to take proper actions to meet the primary necessities of vulnerable people which could be better specified as the ignorance towards physical, emotional and medicinal necessities, ignoring or failing to appreciate the urgency of providing access to adequate healthcare facilities, not taking into consideration the necessities of vulnerable personnel to avail educational facilities and finally the denial of primary requirements of the preservation of human life such as appropriate nutrition and medication.

Harm could be conceptualised as inappropriate or detrimental treatment, which includes physical and emotional or financial abuse, exploitation and other forms of malpractices, which could be perpetrated by those having authority over vulnerable personnel. Harm also includes health impairment imposition in the forms of mental and physical treatment and exclusion of the targeted victims from physical, psychological, intellectual, behavioural and social development processes. Apart from these, harm could have the characteristics such as self-harm and negligence induced results.

This form of practice involves the utilisation of specific detrimental actions such as imposition of physical restraints as well as utilisation of medications, forceful seclusion and various other devises to confine the individuals under consideration to particular places and to deny them the right of movement or unbridled social interactions. Unauthorised restrictive practices are bound to include infringement of human rights of individuals who could be affected by the imposition of such restrictions.

Unexplained and untreated injuries which could be detected on the physic of the victim. The injuries could be off a wide range of categories and could belong to diversified age groups and could occur at differential sections of the human body. The examples could be understood to be bones which had been broken, existing bruises, burns, scars, bite marks and losses of hair clumps which could not be directly explained through any other logical approach.

- domestic abuse Similar to the signs of physical abuse. - sexual abuse Bruising and sores or other injuries, accompanied with pain at regions such as anal or inner thighs or at the genitals or at the breast areas. Innerwear stained with blood. Experience of discomfort and pain while having to walk or sit. Sexually transmitted infections. Unplanned pregnancy without consent.

- emotional/psychological abuse Anxiety Lack of confidence Low self-esteem Disturbed sleep - financial/material abuse Unpaid financial bills Incurrence of serious losses such as property getting sold without the consent of the legal owner. The disappearance of the proceeds of such sales from the property. Considerably higher expenditure in comparison to the conditions of living which could be observed. Dearth of proper daily amenities. - modern slavery Various signs of psychological as well as physical abuse. Malnourishment. Withdrawal from the general social life. Travel restrictions. No authority to take decisions by oneself. Lack of interaction and familiarity. Paucity of personal belongings as well as identification documents. Avoidance of eye contact. Apprehension and exhibition of fear while having to interact with strangers and law enforcement officers.

- discriminatory abuse Lack of quality in the provided services. Dearth of the ability of the provided services to meet the necessities of the personnel to whom the services have been rendered to. Disrespect and verbal abuse. Exclusion of discriminated personnel from services and activities. - institutional/ organisational abuse Care standards being extremely poor Rigidity of routines Absence of learning processes for the staff to develop their skills Lack of proper support and development mechanism for the concerns of the vulnerable personnel. - self-neglect Malnutrition Dehydration Bedsores Unclean and unhygienic apparels and accessories Administration of improper dosage of medications

- neglect by others Same as the previously mentioned one. 2.2 Describe factors that may contribute to an individual being more vulnerable to abuse. Neglect and abuse could occur regardless of time and place and in this context, various situations could contribute to the enhancement of vulnerability of individuals through the occurrence of both abuse and neglect. One instance could be highlighted as the relative effortlessness of any abuser to conceal the abusive actions from others when such actions could take place at the home of any individual. The shortcomings in the standards and qualities of operations within any organisation and inappropriate routines in terms of planning and dearth of proper support provisioning within any institution could lead to greater vulnerability of individuals to experience abuse and neglect.

Explain the actions to take if there are suspicions that an individual is being abused. Instituting vigilance to ensure the observation of all the prescribed practices related to adult safeguarding. Paying attention to the case reviews in professional judgement formulation. Concentrating upon the available information regarding different measures of abuse and neglect. Offering of support to the suspected vulnerable adults regarding how to report their experiences concerning the purported abuse and who to report it to. Providing guidance to the supposedly abused personnel regarding weighing of the risks and the benefits of reporting such incidents of abuse to the proper authorities. Explain the actions to take if an individual alleges that they are being abused. Referring to the organisational guidance regarding the policies and procedures of reporting the incidence of such allegations. Notifying the qualified personnel who could provide effective help to the abused person. Ensuring proper medical assistance availability in terms of incidence of any injury or physical harm to the abused person or personnel. Preservation of the evidences of such allegations of abuse. Sharing with the hierarchy the necessary information about the incident so that efficient decision formulation could be expedited. Taking the reportage of such abuse further if the immediate hierarchy could fail to investigate or resolve the issue so that appropriate actions could be taken. Informing the advocate of the abused individual if the organisational hierarchy fails completely to resolve the allegations. This process could further involve organisations such as Care Direct, Care Quality Commission or even the law enforcement departments. Identify ways to ensure that evidence of abuse is preserved. Ensuring that the least amount of disturbance should be meted out to the scene of such an incident and if possible, the area or scene should be sealed off. Keeping the objects at the scene of the abuse as they had been earlier and nothing should be removed. Placing any specific object of significance to the case into a safe and secured location for future reference. Securing the evidence such as objects which could be utilised by the investigative elements to find out the veracity of the allegations of harm in future. Finally, if the adult victims, who had been subjected to the alleged abuse, could have received proper services through the procedures outlined in the management processes of the Care Programme Approach, then, it is necessary to be kept into consideration that the allegedly abused person should not be precluded from Safeguarding Adults Concern based services after the report had been made regarding the disclosure of the abuse.

Identify relevant legislation, national policies and local systems that relate to safeguarding and protection from abuse. The Care Act 2014 The Mental Capacity Act 2005 The Human Rights Act 1998 The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2016 The Equality Act 2010 Explain the roles of different agencies in safeguarding and protecting individuals from abuse. Managerial decisions concerning the establishment of Safeguarding Adults Boards (SABs) by the local authorities. Arranging of the Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs). Undertaking of investigation of the evidences available concerning the suspected abuse meted out to any adult. Care and support mechanism reviews by the SABs.

Identify factors which have featured in reports into serious cases of abuse and neglect. Either below the efficacy level or complete absence of the required states of communication in between various services. Absence of effective sharing of the partnership based working conditions in between various services. The levels of involvement of the care receivers and their family members or associates in the decision formulation procedures. Efforts made to detect the failure or success of care service provisioning and the identification of the purported signs of abuse. Measure of support provided by the management to the realisation of opportunities of development of prevention mechanisms of abuse incidences. Identify sources of information and advice about own role in safeguarding and protecting individuals from abuse, including whistle-blowing. Trade Unions and professional institutions. Royal College of Nursing. British Association of Occupational Therapists Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) Care Quality Commission (CQC)

Identify when to seek support in situations beyond your experience and expertise. In the situations where the communication between services could be absent. Ineffectiveness of working partnerships in between different services. The absence of involvement of the care receivers and their families from decision formulation practices. Failure in the process of identification of abuse signs. Paucity of support and adequate assistance initiative from the organisational management hierarchy. Explain how the likelihood of abuse may be reduced by: - working with person-centred values Through working with the personnel at risk to enable the individuals to plan the support and care mechanisms. Through providing the individuals with adequate information concerning how to recognise the special and unique necessities of them. Utilisation of special care support mechanisms of putting the individual at the central point of the care plan. - encouraging active participation Fomenting independent participation into activities and formulation of active relationships. Involving the care receivers into their own care plan development. Provisioning of the adequate equipment to the deserving personnel so that they could utilise them effectively. - promoting choice and rights Through maintaining the communication lines between care providers and individuals. Instilling trust based relationships. Making the individuals aware of their rights and the necessities of sharing their concerns and complaints. Encouragement of independent decision making on part of the vulnerable individuals. - supporting individuals with awareness of personal safety. Instituting personal centred care services. Enabling the individuals to formulate own choices . Risk assessment performance. Enabling the personnel to contribute to the process of development of their own safety through informed decision making. Explain the importance of an accessible complaints procedure for reducing the likelihood of abuse. It is necessary to raise complaints and institute an open culture so as to preclude any possibility of harm. The accessibility of recording the complaints of the individuals would be critical to the resolve concerns of abuse. Accessibility to the information regarding registration of complaints could also include explanations of the processes through which the concerns could be communicated. Outline how the likelihood of abuse can be reduced by managing risk and focusing on prevention. Improvement of the support and care performance through self-direction. Improvement of risk enablement based performance. Empowerment of the individuals to assume complete control over the care scenario and thus, prevent any harm or detriment by themselves. Enhancement of self-control leads to the improvement of self-confidence. Improved confidence leads to greater propensity of reporting of abuse related issues. Describe unsafe practices that may affect the well-being of individuals. Actions which could jeopardise the physical, psychological and emotional safety of others. Improper manual handling. Lack of proper attention towards medication related processes which could be administered to the vulnerable patients. Non-performance of disposal of waste products.

Explain the actions to take if unsafe practices have been identified. Informing the colleagues and the immediate higher authority. Ensuring safety and security of the victim of such practices. Updating the documentation and records and gathering of further evidences. Filing documented complaints to the managerial personnel of the relevant care discipline or department. Describe the actions to take if suspected abuse or unsafe practices have been reported but nothing has been done in response. Reporting the incidence of such practices to the hierarchy of the organisation in a consecutive manner. Conveying the concerns regarding the existing risk to the patients to the immediate supervisor. Forwarding the complaint to the regional manager if the supervisor could fail to resolve the issue. Ultimately, contacting an inspectorate level authority to file the reports.

7.1 Describe the potential risks presented by: - the use of electronic communication devices. Exposure to cyber bullying. Exposure to aggressive texting from abusive personnel. Theft of confidential and personal information. - the use of the internet Exposure to online threats. Exposure to online fraudulence activities. Theft of information and hacking.

1.3 Define the following terms: - physical abuse Physical abuse could be defined as the incidence of a particular situation where any individual could be physically injured by the actions of others. This could be better elaborated as the incidence of assault, hitting, pushing, slapping or physical manhandling. Furthermore, physical abuse could be also inclusive of the utilisation of restrictive practices unjustifiably to restrict the movement of any particular individual or any group of individuals. Specific instances could be mentioned as medication misuses and utilisation of the inappropriate restraint methods such as confining any person within a room and the application of other unjustified physical restriction procedures such as handcuffing or binding any person with specific objects such as chairs or bars. - domestic abuse Domestic abuse could be defined as specific incidents which could involve aggressive and threatening behavioural expressions, abuse and violence of psychological, physical, emotional or financial nature, perpetrated by personnel, mostly adults, who are or had been family members or relatives to each other and could belong to either of the gender identities. - sexual abuse This involves forceful establishment of sexual relationships with vulnerable personnel such as adults or children who could be unwilling for such activities. The absence of consent is conspicuous on part of the victims of such abuse and the perpetrators are mostly personnel in place of certain measure of authority which could be utilised to enforce such behaviour on the victims. The behaviours perpetrated in sexual abuse could be outlined as rape, violation of modesty, indecent physical behaviour, subjection of the victims to relentless sexual innuendos, persuasive behaviour on part of the harassment perpetrators to force the victims in sexual communion, coercive behaviour by the perpetrators to force victims into sexual acts for which the victims could not have provided consent and sexual assault or molestation. The focus is on the pressurisation of such victims to subject themselves to the sexual whims of the abuse perpetrators. - emotional/ psychological abuse Emotional/psychological abuse could be specified as a special form of derogatory behaviour which could enforce the feeling of worthlessness on the vulnerable recipient of such behaviour. The direct outcome of such abuse results in apprehension of either psychological harm or abandonment, emotional torment, psychological deprivation, humiliation and lessening of self –worth, on part of the affected individuals. On part of the abusive personnel, the psychological abusive activities could be understood to be performing of verbal abuses, blaming, intimidation, bullying, forcing the abused individuals to withdraw form public interactions and imposition of unjustified isolation and withdrawal of the necessary supporting services and networks. - financial/material abuse This form of abuse takes place when the financial resources of any person are misused without the prior permission of such a person. The format includes theft, scams, fraudulence, coercive behaviour to forcefully implement changes in financial wills, malpractices concerning the management of financial affairs and arrangements of vulnerable personnel, application of force to modify inheritance or financial transaction related processes so as to derive personal interest out of the same, misappropriation and misuse of property, benefits and possessions of the abused person, - modern slavery Modern slavery could be outlined to encompass various aspects such as human trafficking, slavery as well as servitude and labour which could be enforced upon the vulnerable individuals, including the children and adults. Such slavery could take forms of human traffickers as well as slave masters utilising various devious methods and means which could be available to them to deceive and coerce and even force vulnerable adults and young children into acceptance of servitude and various forms of abuse through inhuman treatment of them. - discriminatory abuse This form of abuse alludes to unequal treatment of any group or individual on the basis of the particular features which have been specified in the Equality Act 2010. The prominent aspects of such forms of abuse involve the wilful neglect of the beliefs, convictions and cultures of any person. Furthermore, this involves and incorporates various derogatory methods of treatment such as harassment, verbal abuse and other discriminatory behaviour on the basis of race, cultural or gender orientation and age related factors as well as disability and religious orientation, status of marriage and civil lineages. - institutional/organisational abuse Organisational abuse takes place when the focus of services provided is firmly concentrated on the meeting of the necessities of the involved organisations. For an instance, the denial of any choice of opportunities of availing meals or rest and recuperation could be highlighted as one of such practices since this could be beneficial for the organisations. Furthermore, perpetuation of negligence and lowering of the standards of care services and associated practices could be considered to be the examples of such practices. From singular incidents to continuation of malpractices, the organisational abuse could be performed in differential frequencies. - self-neglect This form of neglect involves the refusal or failure of acknowledgement, on part of the victim of such neglect, of the responsibility of taking care of himself/herself in terms of the fulfilment of the primary necessities. This involves the negligence to care about the personal health, wellbeing, hygiene, security and psychological soundness and this could as well include behaviours which are wide ranging in nature. - neglect by others. This form of abuse is acknowledged as the wilful dereliction of the duty to take appropriate actions or failure to take proper actions to meet the primary necessities of vulnerable people which could be better specified as the ignorance towards physical, emotional and medicinal necessities, ignoring or failing to appreciate the urgency of providing access to adequate healthcare facilities, not taking into consideration the necessities of vulnerable personnel to avail educational facilities and finally the denial of primary requirements of the preservation of human life such as appropriate nutrition and medication. 1.4 Describe harm. Harm could be conceptualised as inappropriate or detrimental treatment, which includes physical and emotional or financial abuse, exploitation and other forms of malpractices, which could be perpetrated by those having authority over vulnerable personnel. Harm also includes health impairment imposition in the forms of mental and physical treatment and exclusion of the targeted victims from physical, psychological, intellectual, behavioural and social development processes. Apart from these, harm could have the characteristics such as self-harm and negligence induced results. 1.5 Describe restrictive practices. This form of practice involves the utilisation of specific detrimental actions such as imposition of physical restraints as well as utilisation of medications, forceful seclusion and various other devises to confine the individuals under consideration to particular places and to deny them the right of movement or unbridled social interactions. Unauthorised restrictive practices are bound to include infringement of human rights of individuals who could be affected by the imposition of such restrictions. 2.1 Identify the signs and/or symptoms associated with each of the following types of abuse: - physical abuse Unexplained and untreated injuries which could be detected on the physic of the victim. The injuries could be off a wide range of categories and could belong to diversified age groups and could occur at differential sections of the human body. The examples could be understood to be bones which had been broken, existing bruises, burns, scars, bite marks and losses of hair clumps which could not be directly explained through any other logical approach. - domestic abuse Similar to the signs of physical abuse. - sexual abuse 1. Bruising and sores or other injuries, accompanied with pain at regions such as anal or inner thighs or at the genitals or at the breast areas. 2. Innerwear stained with blood. 3. Experience of discomfort and pain while having to walk or sit. 4. Sexually transmitted infections. 5. Unplanned pregnancy without consent. - emotional/psychological abuse Anxiety Lack of confidence Low self-esteem Disturbed sleep - financial/material abuse Unpaid financial bills Incurrence of serious losses such as property getting sold without the consent of the legal owner. The disappearance of the proceeds of such sales from the property. Considerably higher expenditure in comparison to the conditions of living which could be observed. Dearth of proper daily amenities. - modern slavery 1. Various signs of psychological as well as physical abuse. 2. Malnourishment. 3. Withdrawal from the general social life. 4. Travel restrictions. 5. No authority to take decisions by oneself. 6. Lack of interaction and familiarity. 7. Paucity of personal belongings as well as identification documents. 8. Avoidance of eye contact. 9. Apprehension and exhibition of fear while having to interact with strangers and law enforcement officers. - discriminatory abuse 1. Lack of quality in the provided services. 2. Dearth of the ability of the provided services to meet the necessities of the personnel to whom the services have been rendered to. 3. Disrespect and verbal abuse. 4. Exclusion of discriminated personnel from services and activities. - institutional/ organisational abuse Care standards being extremely poor Rigidity of routines Absence of learning processes for the staff to develop their skills Lack of proper support and development mechanism for the concerns of the vulnerable personnel. - self-neglect Malnutrition Dehydration Bedsores Unclean and unhygienic apparels and accessories Administration of improper dosage of medications - neglect by others Same as the previously mentioned one. 2.2 Describe factors that may contribute to an individual being more vulnerable to abuse. Neglect and abuse could occur regardless of time and place and in this context, various situations could contribute to the enhancement of vulnerability of individuals through the occurrence of both abuse and neglect. One instance could be highlighted as the relative effortlessness of any abuser to conceal the abusive actions from others when such actions could take place at the home of any individual. The shortcomings in the standards and qualities of operations within any organisation and inappropriate routines in terms of planning and dearth of proper support provisioning within any institution could lead to greater vulnerability of individuals to experience abuse and neglect. 3.1 Explain the actions to take if there are suspicions that an individual is being abused. Instituting vigilance to ensure the observation of all the prescribed practices related to adult safeguarding. Paying attention to the case reviews in professional judgement formulation. Concentrating upon the available information regarding different measures of abuse and neglect. Offering of support to the suspected vulnerable adults regarding how to report their experiences concerning the purported abuse and who to report it to. Providing guidance to the supposedly abused personnel regarding weighing of the risks and the benefits of reporting such incidents of abuse to the proper authorities. 3.2 Explain the actions to take if an individual alleges that they are being abused. Referring to the organisational guidance regarding the policies and procedures of reporting the incidence of such allegations. Notifying the qualified personnel who could provide effective help to the abused person. Ensuring proper medical assistance availability in terms of incidence of any injury or physical harm to the abused person or personnel. Preservation of the evidences of such allegations of abuse. Sharing with the hierarchy the necessary information about the incident so that efficient decision formulation could be expedited. Taking the reportage of such abuse further if the immediate hierarchy could fail to investigate or resolve the issue so that appropriate actions could be taken. Informing the advocate of the abused individual if the organisational hierarchy fails completely to resolve the allegations. This process could further involve organisations such as Care Direct, Care Quality Commission or even the law enforcement departments. 3.3 Identify ways to ensure that evidence of abuse is preserved. Ensuring that the least amount of disturbance should be meted out to the scene of such an incident and if possible, the area or scene should be sealed off. Keeping the objects at the scene of the abuse as they had been earlier and nothing should be removed. Placing any specific object of significance to the case into a safe and secured location for future reference. Securing the evidence such as objects which could be utilised by the investigative elements to find out the veracity of the allegations of harm in future. Finally, if the adult victims, who had been subjected to the alleged abuse, could have received proper services through the procedures outlined in the management processes of the Care Programme Approach, then, it is necessary to be kept into consideration that the allegedly abused person should not be precluded from Safeguarding Adults Concern based services after the report had been made regarding the disclosure of the abuse. 4.1 Identify relevant legislation, national policies and local systems that relate to safeguarding and protection from abuse. The Care Act 2014 The Mental Capacity Act 2005 The Human Rights Act 1998 The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2016 The Equality Act 2010 Explain the roles of different agencies in safeguarding and protecting individuals from abuse. Managerial decisions concerning the establishment of Safeguarding Adults Boards (SABs) by the local authorities. Arranging of the Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs). Undertaking of investigation of the evidences available concerning the suspected abuse meted out to any adult. Care and support mechanism reviews by the SABs. Identify factors which have featured in reports into serious cases of abuse and neglect. Either below the efficacy level or complete absence of the required states of communication in between various services. Absence of effective sharing of the partnership based working conditions in between various services. The levels of involvement of the care receivers and their family members or associates in the decision formulation procedures. Efforts made to detect the failure or success of care service provisioning and the identification of the purported signs of abuse. Measure of support provided by the management to the realisation of opportunities of development of prevention mechanisms of abuse incidences. Identify sources of information and advice about own role in safeguarding and protecting individuals from abuse, including whistle-blowing. Trade Unions and professional institutions. Royal College of Nursing. British Association of Occupational Therapists Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) Care Quality Commission (CQC) Identify when to seek support in situations beyond your experience and expertise. In the situations where the communication between services could be absent. Ineffectiveness of working partnerships in between different services. The absence of involvement of the care receivers and their families from decision formulation practices. Failure in the process of identification of abuse signs. Paucity of support and adequate assistance initiative from the organisational management hierarchy. 5.1 Explain how the likelihood of abuse may be reduced by: - working with person-centred values 1. Through working with the personnel at risk to enable the individuals to plan the support and care mechanisms. 2. Through providing the individuals with adequate information concerning how to recognise the special and unique necessities of them. 3. Utilisation of special care support mechanisms of putting the individual at the central point of the care plan. - encouraging active participation Fomenting independent participation into activities and formulation of active relationships. Involving the care receivers into their own care plan development. Provisioning of the adequate equipment to the deserving personnel so that they could utilise them effectively. - promoting choice and rights Through maintaining the communication lines between care providers and individuals. Instilling trust based relationships. Making the individuals aware of their rights and the necessities of sharing their concerns and complaints. Encouragement of independent decision making on part of the vulnerable individuals. - supporting individuals with awareness of personal safety. Instituting personal centred care services. Enabling the individuals to formulate own choices . Risk assessment performance. Enabling the personnel to contribute to the process of development of their own safety through informed decision making. Explain the importance of an accessible complaints procedure for reducing the likelihood of abuse. It is necessary to raise complaints and institute an open culture so as to preclude any possibility of harm. The accessibility of recording the complaints of the individuals would be critical to the resolve concerns of abuse. Accessibility to the information regarding registration of complaints could also include explanations of the processes through which the concerns could be communicated. Outline how the likelihood of abuse can be reduced by managing risk and focusing on prevention. Improvement of the support and care performance through self-direction. Improvement of risk enablement based performance. Empowerment of the individuals to assume complete control over the care scenario and thus, prevent any harm or detriment by themselves. Enhancement of self-control leads to the improvement of self-confidence. Improved confidence leads to greater propensity of reporting of abuse related issues. Describe unsafe practices that may affect the well-being of individuals. Actions which could jeopardise the physical, psychological and emotional safety of others. Improper manual handling. Lack of proper attention towards medication related processes which could be administered to the vulnerable patients. Non-performance of disposal of waste products. Explain the actions to take if unsafe practices have been identified. Informing the colleagues and the immediate higher authority. Ensuring safety and security of the victim of such practices. Updating the documentation and records and gathering of further evidences. Filing documented complaints to the managerial personnel of the relevant care discipline or department. Describe the actions to take if suspected abuse or unsafe practices have been reported but nothing has been done in response. Reporting the incidence of such practices to the hierarchy of the organisation in a consecutive manner. Conveying the concerns regarding the existing risk to the patients to the immediate supervisor. Forwarding the complaint to the regional manager if the supervisor could fail to resolve the issue. Ultimately, contacting an inspectorate level authority to file the reports. 7.1 Describe the potential risks presented by: - the use of electronic communication devices. 1. Exposure to cyber bullying. 2. Exposure to aggressive texting from abusive personnel. 3. Theft of confidential and personal information. - the use of the internet 1. Exposure to online threats. 2. Exposure to online fraudulence activities. 3. Theft of information and hacking. - the use of social networking sites Same as above Exposure to online harassment and smear campaigns. - carrying out financial transactions online. . Hacking of online accounts and disappearance of funds from online financial repositories Theft of critical financial information. Unauthorised intrusion into the financial domains online. Explain ways of reducing the risks presented by each of these types of activity. Personal consent obtainment from the vulnerable person. Clarified and unambiguous language utilisation. Sharing information only with trusted sources. Utilisation of specific time boundaries. Restricting access of information online through activation of customised safety mechanisms. Ceasing of image and other information sharing online pertaining to the vulnerable personnel. Privacy settings activation and acceptance of only trusted personnel. Utilisation of specifically formulated Apps for financial communication such as Data Encryption Systems. Explain the importance of balancing measures for online safety against the benefits to individuals of using electronic systems and devices. Vulnerable personnel frequently experience the effectiveness of electronic communication and this could formulate a falsified sense of security amongst them. This leads to sharing of information which is personal and sensitive. Abusers could take advantage of such communication since it is a general knowledge that vulnerable children and adults prefer the ease of communication online. Thus the necessity of balancing online security arrangements against the necessity to utilise the Internet based communication could be considered to be palpable from the perspective of ensuring safety of the vulnerable adults and children through the imposition of effective security systems which could lead to the minimisation of online communication based risks

Looking for further insights on Versatile Professional With Strong Academic? Click here.