3. Learning Outcomes
• Identify the meaning of safeguarding and
protection
• Describe the various aspects of
safeguarding in health and social care
• Assess why a safe environment is
important for service users
4. Introduction
• Safeguarding
• Central to providing a high quality service
in health and social care.
• Protection of health, well-being and human
rights
• Why do we need clear guidelines to
follow?
5. Who are we protecting?
• Protecting from harm and abuse
• Children
• Vulnerable person/adults-
This is anyone aged 18 and over who needs
Community Care Services because of
mental or other disability, age or illness.
They may be unable to take care of
themselves or unable to protect themselves
against significant harm or exploitation.
6. Children and young people
Protection from harm and abuse.
All settings will have policies and
procedures.
It is a statutory requirement that everyone
has a DBS ( Disclosure and Barring
Service)
7. Safeguarding bubbles
Small Group Task
Everyone who works or is on placement in
health and social care has a responsibility to
safeguard the users of the service.
Lets consider aspects of safeguarding
14. Learning Outcomes
• Summarise legislation in relation to
safeguarding and protection
• Describe legislation in relation to children
and young people.
• Explain legislation, policies and
procedures in relation to adults in health
and social care.
16. Paired Task
• You will be given a legislation to research
using Health and Social Care books and
you need to produce a poster with
information on in your OWN words relating
it to safeguarding and protection of adults
and children.
19. Legislation
• Children and young people.
Equality Act 2010
Children Act 2004
Human Rights Act 1998
Data Protection Act 1998
Public Interest Disclosure
Act 1998
United Nations Convention on the
Rights of the Child 1992
20. Know why children and young people
might need to be looked after
Looked after children
• This term is used for children and young people
who are the subject of a care order by the court.
• Care orders may be compulsory if a child or
young person needs safeguarding from harm.
• Children may also be taken into care voluntarily
(accommodated).
26. Time to think…………..
• http://www.transum.org/software/SW/Start
er_of_the_day/starter_November2.asp
27. Learning Outcomes
• Explain the codes of practice for social
care workers in relation to safeguarding
and protection.
28. Code Of Practice
• Watch the following clip and make notes.
• Code of Practice
• Why is a code of practice important for a
service user?
• What information does it give you about
your practice?
• How does it help the workforce?
29. Creative Task
• Using the Codes of Practice booklet outline
the information in relation to safeguarding
and protection.
Code of Practice
30. How to reference
• In your work:- In the General Social Care
Council (2010)…………….
• Bibliography- General Social Care Council
(2010) Codes of Practice For Social Care
Workers
33. Time to think………..
• Word square- All that you have to do is make
dictionary words of any length from the letters in
the grid – the bigger the better!
• The only restriction is that the word must contain
the central letter.
O S V
E F E
I N F
34. Placement Q&A
• News from Placements
December 20th- not required in placement BUT must
let placement know.
35. Learning Outcomes
• Describe three reasons why it is
important to take care of your own
health and safety in the workplace
• Identify the meaning of abuse
• Describe four different types of
abuse
• Recognise signs, symptoms and
indicators which may cause concern.
36. Taking care of own health and
safety
• HSC
• Ambulance
www.hsc.gov.uk (Accessed 18.11.16)
38. Paragraph writing
• Using the information gathered answer the
following question:-
• Explain why it is important to take care of
your own health while working in health
and social care.
40. What is abuse?
• Abuse is a violation of an individual’s human
and civil rights by any other person or persons.
(Source: No Secrets, www.dh.gov.uk)
• Abuse can take place by anyone, majority of
abuse is carried out by someone the vulnerable
adult or child knows
41. SMALL GROUP ACTIVITY
• You will be given a type of abuse ,as a group
think what this means and produce a graffiti
board with words and/or pictures that explain the
term and give examples of the indicators.
42.
43. • Physical
• Neglect
• Sexual
• Emotional
• Financial
• Bullying
What are the types of abuse?
47. Learning Outcomes
• Identify the meaning of abuse
• Describe four different types of
abuse
• Recognise signs, symptoms and
indicators which may cause concern.
49. Individual Activity (C1)
• Small Group Presentations
Type of abuse Possible
signs/indicators
Possible symptoms
Physical abuse
Sexual abuse
Emotional abuse
Financial abuse
Neglect
54. Institutional Abuse
• This type of abuse can become the norm
in a health and social care setting.
• It is the maltreatment of a service user or
child from a position of power.