Safeguarding: Local Government and Vulnerable Adults

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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.

The main issues of public concern are centred on the abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults - whether they are elderly, people with disabilities, those suffering from dementia or other mental health problems.

| Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 restricts contact between children and vulnerable adults and those who might do them harm.

It is very important that anyone working with children should be able to recognise if a child is at risk of harm of in need because of their vulnerability. The earlier this is recognised, the better outcome for the child involved.

|As adults in positions of responsibility it is important to be aware of the importance of protecting children and young people from harm. While |

‘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

Safeguarding vulnerable group act 2006 is an Act that protects vulnerable people from abuse. Legislation policies and procedures for safeguarding groups have made health and social care staff much more aware of what is regarded as abuse and how to identify that abuse may have occurred. This rule helps to know what to do and how to do it if you suspect any kind of maltreatment or abuse or if an individual tells you that they are being abused. (Stretch, Whitehouse, health and social care level 3 books 1 P105).

Children and young adults are also vulnerable sometimes just as much to physical, sexual, grooming and emotional abuse. This could be for several different reasons, we like to think the elderly are more educated and have life experiences that children don’t and are still developing but along that path this makes these individuals for those reason’s alone vulnerable to different kinds of abuse.

Educating the seniors, professionals and their staff along with caregivers, and the public on abuse is vital to the prevention of, and identification of elder abuse.

This may make it difficult for people to recognise when someone is being mentally abused. However, this inability to perceive such abuse doesn’t stop organisations from raising awareness on the issue or recognising just how big of a problem it

A piece of legislation and policy framework relating to care is The Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007. This Act ensures there’s a strong framework in dealing with adults who are being harmed or at risk of harm. It ensures the adult being harmed will be dealt with properly. It allows councils to investigate where before

The purpose of the fourth study was to explore the experiences of professionals working the frontlines of elder abuse victims (Cairns & Vreugdenhil, 2014). The research problem was that the increase of the aging population leads to an increase of the challenging elder abuse cases and the impact of the work is not well understood (Cairns

Victims of abuse cannot have access to the support that they require or be protected unless they report the crimes to the police. Therefore it is important that the law provides sufficient remedy’s and is implemented correctly so that victims feel confident that they can come forward with their

Employees must bring any complaint or allegation to the home Manager or Deputy. In the absence of the Manager and Deputy, urgent matters must be reported to On – call Manager. The Manager will carry out a full investigation and take any action required under Safeguarding Adults at Risk Procedures.