Safeguarding: Abuse and Social Care

Explain the correct actions to take if an individual tells you they are being abused

Abuse can happen anywhere anytime, but especially to vulnerable people, ie Children, elderly people, people with disabilities, people with learning difficulties. It can even happen in places people should be safe, ie hospitals, residential/ nursing homes, schools, daycare/ nurseries, centres etc.

No-one deserves to be abused, be that physically, emotionally or sexually and the same rules apply that no child or young person should be subjected to neglect. It is every child’s right to live without fear of harm or abuse.

Safeguarding involves everything a setting does, including their procedures and policies etc, to ensure children are kept safe and healthy, and that the risk of them coming to harm or being involved in an accident, is minimised.

Safeguarding Policy Policy Statement HIT Training Ltd is strongly committed to practices that protect children, young people and vulnerable adults from abuse, neglect or significant harm. Staffs recognise and accept their responsibility to develop the awareness of the risks and issues involved in safeguarding. The company also recognises that it has a responsibility to protect staff from unfounded allegations of abuse. The company is committed to working with existing local safeguarding or adult safeguarding Boards and other health and social care partnerships to ensure the safeguarding of its learners. The company will ensure it has one nominated person the Operations Director

October 2011- CQC have warns the trust after finding out that the trust has low staffing levels that can have an effect upon the patients at the trust

Abuse is any form of mistreatment by any other person or even persons that will violate an individual 's basic human and civil rights. The abuse can vary, from treating someone with disrespect in a way that significantly affects the person 's quality of life, to causing actual physical or mental suffering, either over a short term or a long term of time, clearly the longer it goes on the worse the

Analyze how national and local guidelines, policies, and procedures for safeguarding affect day-to-day work with children and young people.

‘If I suspect abuse through noticing a sign of physical abuse or change in the behaviour of an individual, I will make sure that I ask the individual what has happened telling the individual the changes that I have noticed. If it is in my place of work and the name of the person that abused the individual is known, whether staff or another service user, I must also record and report this. I will listen to the individual carefully; it is up to them to tell me, I would not ask them any questions about this as this is not part of my job role and would stay calm.I will make sure that I record what the individual tells me using the individual’s own words. I will make sure that I reassure the individual and explain that their safety is the most important and that it is my duty of care to tell the manager. I will make sure that I let my manager know what has happened immediately and pass

Emotional/Psychological abuse relates to any action that damages an individual’s mental well-being and development, causing them emotional distress, e.g. verbal abuse, including badgering, coercing, provoking or frightening actions or making someone undertake or witness acts which are personally distasteful

This essay will describe the models of abuse and compare them; there has been some controversy over these and this will be lightly discussed.

“Verbal abuse is the excessive use of language to undermine someone 's dignity and security through insults or humiliation, in a sudden or repeated manner” (Verbal Abuse). Victims of verbal abuse can be affected psychologically; this can lead to stress, depression, lack of motivation, and lack of concentration (Verbal Abuse). The World Health Organization defines violence as “the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment or deprivation” (Rutherford, Zwi, Grove, & Butchart, 2007).

Domestic abuse is someone having power and control over another person. You do not have to be physically hit to be a victim of domestic abuse. Cases can include economic abuse, stopping someone from having access to money or giving them a limited amount to spend. It can be intimidation, by someone using a certain looks, actions or gestures to warn someone to shut up or do as they are told. Emotional abuse is putting someone down, humiliating them or calling them names. Being told not to see or spend time with family or friends is called isolation abuse, and finally using the children to pass on messages or making people feel guilty about what kind of parent they are. These are all kinds of abuse and once it takes place the final straw is minimizing and blaming, this is where the perpetrator makes light of the situation or denies it occurring at all. If they do admit to it, they are likely to tell the victim they caused it to happen.

abuse describe as a behaviors in which an individual misuses, attacks, or injures another individual. emotional. Neglect is also a form of abuse.

Emotional abuse is called psychological abuse or mental abuse. Degradation in any form can be considered psychological abuse. Emotional abuse can include verbal abuse and is defined as any behavior that threatens, intimidates, undermines the victim’s self-worth or self-esteem or controls the victim’s freedom. Constant criticism, name-calling and making statements that damage the victim’s self esteem are also common verbal forms of emotional abuse. Women or men undergoing emotional abuse often suffer from depression, which puts them at increased risk for suicide, eating disorders and drug and alcohol abuse. Verbal abuse may include aggressive actions like name-calling, disrespect, criticism, and blaming. While oral communication is the most common form of verbal abuse it includes abusive communication in written form.