Disclosure And Child Abuse

Abuse can be targeted at and happen to anyone, whether it is physical, emotional, sexual and financial. Whether this has happened as a one off occurrence or repeatedly, there are a variety of reasons why an individual may not disclose the abuse they have suffered.

Physical: is non-accidental use of force against any person that results in physical pain, injury, impairment or confinement. Signs of physical abuse are, injuries that are consistent with physical abuse, present of several injuries of a variety of ages, Injuries that have not received medical attention, a person being taken to many different places to receive medical attention, Skin infections, unexplained weight changes or medication being lost, behavior that indicates that the person is afraid of the perpetrator, change of behavior or avoiding the perpetrator.

All employees have a duty of care to report any concerns of abuse they have. These might include evidence or suspicions of bad practice by colleagues and managers (whistleblowing), or abuse by another service user, staff or their family and friends.

Abuse may be revealed in a number of different ways. For example you may find that someone wants to tell you about it because they trust you. Also it might be from someone who has observed the abuse taking place, e.g. resident seeing a care worker shaking another resident because they were too slow getting dressed. The abuse is disclosed to the professional, sometimes with a request for confidentiality.

Abuse can occur from a lack of training or feeling they are superior so they feel they can abuse them because they are vulnerable.

Not all victims can stand up to their abusers. Past experiences or fear of escalating violence are powerful

‘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

Many people don’t like talking about the word abusive. Perhaps it’s because it’s such a powerful thing and people experience it too often. However, there are many different forms of abuse. How do people know when they’re getting abuse? It’s unfortunate that too many people avoid to talk about what abuse is because it’s important to know what it is and what is going on when it does happen to help prevent it or even make it stop.

Disclosure is information regarding an activity of financial records that creditors, investors, and humans should know what when on in the company or organization regarding the finances increase or decrease. This includes strikes in the company, major fire, theft, a bad product, or a product that is at a high-demand regarding the time of year.

It has been proven that most abusers have been abused at least one in their life. They also are very sorry and hate the way they have behaved and how they handled they are incident after it was

Our life experiences play a large role in shaping who we are as people. My childhood experiences influenced the woman that I am today. My father was abusive. He abused my mother, my siblings, and myself. Whether it was a domestic assault against my mother, slapping of my siblings, or a daily cursing session, our house has always been in turmoil. There were adults that knew about the abuse going on in my home, including teachers. However, none of them intervened for my brothers and I. I cannot help but wonder how my life would have been different if someone had. Experiencing child abuse, as well as my mother’s domestic abuse, is my greatest catalyst in pursing a graduate degree in social work. Pablo Picasso once said, “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” Child abuse could have broken my spirit but it made me stronger. It sparked my interest in mental health, and showed me the importance of compassion. I plan to use my gift to help others improve their quality of mental health, and encourage the development of self-determination.

Some men have feelings of lack of control and inadequacy, which causes them to lose self-esteem. They don't want to attempt anything because they feel they are going to fail. The pain and humiliation of being abused by a woman, together with the lack of response to their predicament within the public eye, causes them to continue to be abused and hide their situation (Flor, 1999).

Verbal and nonverbal language can cause a lot of damage to victims of emotional and psychological abuse. Emotional abuse caused more damaged and hurt the victims more than physical abuse (Seff, Beaulaurier, and Newman, 2008). Emotional abuse is harder to identify since it is hard to discriminate. Victims are less likely to report emotional abuse because they will not have any physical proof to show to police officers (Seff et al., 2008). Victims do not want to be seen as if they are calling the police because their significant other is being mean to them. The police officers might or might not arrive to the scene and if they do they will not have evidence to arrest the abusers. Physical abuse can be proved by bruises or marks but there is no

An eight month old girl arrives at an emergency room in which it was discovered that the child had bilateral fractures on her femur. The hospital determined that there was no child abuse present by having a conversation with the mother. They did not base this decision on anything other than the conversation with the mother. The mother informed them that the child complained about the condition after daycare and from this the hospital staff concluded that the child was not being abused. The problem within this case is that the hospital staff did not go to great lengths to verify the mother's story. If the mother would have been the source of the injures by abusing her child then the hospital could be held liable. Relying solely on the mother's statement could possible put both the hospital and the child at risk.

Child abuse the two words that breaks everyone’s hearts when heard. Thinking of an innocent and helpless child getting abused has to be one of the most hopeless things you can think of. When think of child abuse I think of a child in danger at his/her home getting hit by a parent, guardian, and/or other family member. However, hitting a child is not the only abuse a person can do, there is also sexual abuse. My story with child abuse is one that has not been spoken of with people outside of my family or to my church, but it is a story that needs to be told.