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Safeguarding and Protection of Vulnerable Adults Understanding the Legislation, Regulations and Policies that underpin the protection of Vulnerable Adults 1.1 Analyse the differences between the concept of safeguarding and the concept of protection in relation to vulnerable adults Safeguarding was defined in the Children’s Act of 1989, and is most commonly applied to children and young people under the age of eighteen. Key aspects of legislation have recently been extended to include similar

Constable Brian Stevens, 41 - an officer on the Holly and Jessica double murder case - has been charged with indecently assaulting three children and possessing indecent photos. The charges are not related to the double murder in Soham. - Police say many child porn sites are run from Eastern Europe. Britain's high-tech crime unit has been working with police in countries such as Romania to shut them down. The questions that are rising in light of this

514 – The Safeguarding and protection of vulnerable adults 1. Understand the legislation, regulations and policies that underpin the protection of vulnerable adults 1.1 Analyse the differences between the concept of safeguarding and the concept of protection in relation to vulnerable adults There is a difference between Safeguarding vulnerable adults/children and adult/child protection. Safeguarding is everybody’s responsibility, and includes measures to prevent or minimise the potential for

Safeguarding Adults In this report I will be outlining key legislation and regulation which govern safeguarding adults work, outlining strategies and types of abuse procedure used in health and social care to reduce the risk of abuse. Also I will be describing legislation and regulations, working strategies and procedures used in health and social care to reduce the risk of two types of abuse. P4: Outline key legislation and regulations which govern safeguarding adults at work Legislation