Diploma in Adult Care RQF England - Highfield Qualifications

Assignment Task

Aim

This unit is aimed at those working in a wide range of care settings. This unit covers the important area of safeguarding individuals from abuse. It identifies different types of abuse and the signs and symptoms that might indicate abuse is occurring. It considers when individuals might be particularly vulnerable to abuse and what a learner must do if abuse is suspected or alleged. Care settings eg. Adult, children and young people’s health settings and adult care settings.

Explain the term safeguarding

Safeguarding means protecting an individual from harm or damage with an appropriate measure. The Care Act sets out the following principles that should underpin the safeguarding of adults.

• Empowerment - People are 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 - Support and representation for those in greatest need.
• Partnership - Services offer local solutions through working closely with their communities. Communities have a part to play in preventing, detecting and reporting neglect and abuse.
• Accountability - Accountability and transparency in delivering safeguarding

Explain own role and responsibilities in safeguarding individuals

• It is your duty of care to safeguard individuals from harm and abuse. All carers must attend safeguarding training on a regular basis so they are know how to to:
• Identify when any form of abuse is taking place by knowing the signs and symptoms
• Know the correct actions to take if you suspect abuse is taking place
• Know the correct actions to take if an individual tells you they are being abused
• Know how to preserve any evidence of abuse
• Protect individuals from harm
• To speak up
• Record, observe and monitor

Physical abuse

When an individual is physically harmed by those who have a responsibility for their care. This may include Punching, Kicking Scratching, Slapping, Biting, Scalding, Pulling hair, Poking Pinching, Pushing, Shoving, Burning, Binding limbs, Tripping over, Choking, Beating, Cutting, Imprisonment, Starvation, Forced feeding, Deliberate dehydration, Twisting arms, Sleep deprivation, Torture, Drowning, Bruising, Scalding

Domestic abuse

The UK government’s definition of domestic violence is ‘any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive, threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are, or have been, intimate partners or family members regardless of gender or sexuality. The abuse can encompass, but is not limited to psychological, physical, sexual, financial, and emotional.’

Sexual abuse

Any form of abuse of a sexual nature including exploitation. This may include Sexual penetration of any part of the body, touching inappropriate parts of the body without informed agreement, sexual exploitation, threats about sexual activity, being forced to look at pornography. Individual’s may receive 'something' (e.g. accommodation, alcohol, affection, money) as a result of them performing, or others performing on them, sexual activities

Emotional/ psychological abuse

When an individual is treated in a way that causes emotional or psychological harm that causes distress. This may include Humiliation, bullying, making threats, shouting or swearing, racial abuse, constant teasing or poking fun

Financial/ material abuse

Any form of abuse which adversely affects the financial welfare of an individual. This may include Stealing money or property or allowing or encouraging others to do so, persuading others to make financial decisions which are not in their interest, withholding or refusing access to money, refusing to allow individuals to manage their own financial affairs, failing to support individuals to manage their financial affairs

Modern slavery

Sometimes known as human trafficking and may include the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring, or receipt of persons by improper means (such as force, abduction, fraud, or coercion) for an improper purpose including forced labour, domestic servitude, forced marriages and sexual exploitation.

Discriminatory abuse

This may include Ill treatment based on race, sexuality, gender, age or a person's disability. Abuse can be experienced as harassment, insults or similar actions due to race, religion, gender, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation.

Institutional/ organisational abuse

Any form of abuse which is created or sanctioned by the systems, policies and procedures of an organisation. This may include Not given choices regards meals bedtime etc, freedom to go out is limited, privacy and dignity are not respected, personal correspondence is opened by staff, excessive doses of medication, access to advice restricted, complaints procedures made unavailable.

Self‐neglect

When an individual harms or neglects themselves. This may include Lack of personal hygiene, lack of care regards appearance, failure to eat or buy food, failure to maintain a cleaning living environment, refusing or not obtaining medical help, unwilling to accept support, unwilling to see people or go out.

Neglect by others

When an individual is neglected by those who have responsibility for their care. This may include Not assisting with eating when required, not ensuring receiving personal care or adequately clothed, leaving individual alone, not assisting individual with communication and mobility needs, Not maintaining a clean, hygienic, safe and secure environment, failing to obtain necessary medical help, not supporting social contacts,

Describe harm

Harm is any harm done to a person by the acts or omissions of another. Injury may include physical hurt as well as damage to reputation or dignity, loss of a legal right or breach of contract. It can mean physical or mental injury or damage or moral evil or wrongdoing

There is no absolute criteria for deciding what constitutes significant harm, however the degree, extent, duration and frequency of harm are all significant. Significant harm can be a result of a series of events, both short-term and long-standing, which interrupt, change or damage an individual’s health, wellbeing and development. However, a single traumatic event may also constitute significant harm, (e.g. a violent assault or sexual assault)

Describe restrictive practices

Behaviours which challenges services always happens for a reason and might be the only way a person can communicate - it can arise for different reasons, which are personal to the individual.

People who display or are at risk of displaying behaviours which challenge might need care and support which involves both positive support, such as positive behavioural support, and some form of restrictive practice or intervention, such as physical restraint or use of devices, medication or seclusion.

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