A lecture given to year 1 on a BA in Community and Social Care. It explains that the myriad of paperwork about safeguarding really boil down to 'tell someone who can act'

2. Learning Outcomes
To identify definitions of abuse
To recognise some indicators of abuse
Know the relevant policy framework
Awareness of theories of abuse including the affect
abuse can have on individuals
Ability to apply principles of adult protection practice
to own work.

3. A few documents on safeguarding
children and young people since
June 2012

4. Placement of looked-after children in EU member states
Withdrawal of subsidy for enhanced crim
Departmental advice to help local authorities
Information about the Government's
understand their responsibilities under Article 56 of
Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003.
decision to withdraw the subsidy for
Departmental advice 29 October 2013
enhanced criminal records checks from the
Action to improve children’s social care in Doncaster
Full text of a draft direction to Doncaster Metropolitan Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for
Borough Council to secure improvements to children’s Ofsted registered childcare from 1 July
services, and accompanying letter to the Mayor of
2013 and the new DBS updating service.
Doncaster.
General article 26 April 2013
General article 26 September 2013
Tackling child sexual exploitation
Working together to safeguard children
Guidance on how organisations and individuals should Updates and progress reports on the
work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of
national action plan for tackling child sexual
children and how practitioners should conduct the
exploitation.
assessment of children.
Statutory guidance 19 August 2013
General article 05 April 2013
Child internet safety
Children who run away and go missing f
Information about child internet safety and UKCCIS.
Guidance for local authorities regarding
Multi-page article 18 July 2013
children who run away from home.
The Children Act 1989 guidance volume 1: court orders
Information about court orders set out in the Children Statutory guidance 18 March 2013
Act, and the roles of the police and Cafcass.
Statutory guidance 30 April 2013

5. Safeguarding: disclosure and barring – Sept 20
Information
Residential Family Centres Regulations and NMS about consultation on on the
guidance for disclosure and barring.
Information on the Residential Family
General article 03 December 2012
Centres Regulations 2013 and National
The Disclosure and Barring Service
Minimum Standards.
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
General article 07 March 2013
launched on the 1 December and merges the
Safeguarding child performers
services previously provided by Criminal
Information about the consultation on
Records Bureau (CRB) and the Independent
Safeguarding Authority (ISA).
legislation around child performance,
General article 03 December 2012
including an overview of Sarah Thane's
Reform of children’s residential care
review and details of the Government's
Information about urgent action to reform
response to it.
children’s residential care in response to recent
General article 26 February 2013
recommendations.
General article 29 November 2012
Reforms to protect children in care from sexua
Information about government reforms to protect
children in care from sexual exploitation, and the
report from the Office of the Children's
Commissioner.
General article 01 November 2012

6. Safeguarding children from abuse linked to faith or belief in care
Children
Information about the action plan published on
An overview of issues related to children in
18 August 2012 to help raise awareness of child
care, including an update on the latest
abuse linked to faith or belief.
news and guidance.
General article 24 October 2012
General article 20 June 2012
Safeguarding children and safer recruitment
This statutory guidance sets out the
Child protection: Role of LA Children's So
responsibilities of all local authorities, schools
Information about the key role that councils
and further education (FE) colleges in England
with social services responsibilities play in
to safeguard and promote the welfare of children child protection.
and young people.
General article 01 June 2012
Statutory guidance 15 October 2012
Working together to safeguard children The 1996 Hague Convention - Departmental Advice: Section 1
Letters written by Tim Loughton and
Advice from the Department for Education. The
Jeanette Pugh to DCSs and LSCB chairs,
advice is non-statutory, and is designed to help
local authorities when dealing with cross-border which relate to changes in statutory
child protection cases under the 1996 Hague
guidance.
Convention.
General article 01 June 2012
Departmental advice 03 October 2012

8. Title: Making effective use of data and information in Safeguarding Adults
Date: July 2013
Title: Learning from Peer Challenges
Title: Making Safeguarding Personal
Date: April 2013
Title: Adult Safeguarding and domestic abuse
Date: April 2013
Title:
Safeguarding Adults: Advice and Guidance to Directors of Adult Social Services
Date: March 2013
Title:
ADASS Guidance: Out-of-Area Safeguarding Adults Arrangements
Date: December 2012
Title: Prisoners and Safeguarding Briefing Note
Date: April 2012

9. Title:
Forced Marriage and Adults with Learning Disabilities: Information from the Forced Marriage
Title: Vulnerable Adult Serious Case Review Guidance
Date: February 2010
Title: Safeguarding Adults Postition Statement
Date: February 2010
Title: Safeguarding Adults Benchmarking Tool
Date: February 2010
Title:
Safeguarding Adults - A National Framework of Standards for go
Date: March 2012
Title: Safeguarding Standards 2010-2011
Date: October 2011
Title: Safeguarding Adults: Advice Note
Date: April 2011
Date: February 2010
Title:
ADASS Safeguarding Policy Network: Key Resources
Title: Providers attendance at Safeguarding adults strategy
Date: April 2011
meetings
Date: February 2010
Title:
Title: Practice guidance on the involvement of
NHS Yorkshire and Humberside Safeguarding Strategy
Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCAs)
in safeguarding adults
Date: May 2010
Date: November 2009
Title:
Title: Councillor’s briefing: Safeguarding adults
Date: November 2009
Top 20 Tips to Make Your Area Safer for Vulnerable Adults
Date: May 2010

10. http://www.adass.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=articl

11. In pairs discuss
what have
vulnerable people
got in common?
Make a list..please!

12. Definitions of abuse
“Abuse is a violation of an individual’s human and
civil rights by any other person or persons.” (No
Secrets, DoH, 2000)
Physical abuse
Sexual abuse
Psychological abuse
Financial or material abuse
Neglect and acts of omission
Discriminatory abuse
Institutional abuse
http://www.salford.gov.uk/definitions.htm

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who are victims of neglect, abuse, or abandonment must not also be victims of
bureaucracy. They deserve our devoted attention, not our divided attention.
Kenny Guinn

14. Sexual abuse
Inappropriate touching
Teasing of a sexual nature
Unwanted physical contact of a sexual nature
Taking lewd photos
Rape
Unnecessary exposure of a service users body
Denying freedom of expression of their sexual
expression
Deliberately dressing service user provocatively
No choice in expressing sexuality

15. Sexuality cont…
Sexual abuse is not just a form of physical abuse it
has a psychological dimension
More vulnerable as carers touching as part of
personal care needs
Not always clearly apparent/obvious
Often people in care have a different sexual status
than the ‘norm’
Consent is an important area
Capacity to consent
Ability to articulate not consenting
Willingness to consent
Understanding of what is being consented to
Awareness of the implication of consenting

16. Psychological abuse
Shouting at service user
Frightening them
Threatening them
Ignoring them
Limiting opportunities to develop life skills
Not providing appropriate stimulation
Talking at a pace that service user cannot
understand
Demeaning negative comments by emphasising
what the service user cannot do.

17. Psychological abuse cont…
Deliberate
 such as telling someone how useless they are e.g.
how long it takes them to dress
Neglect
Such as leaving alone for periods of time that are
detrimental to them
Some carers may generate fear causing pressure and
distress
Jane Lloyd

18. Material abuse – possessions and finances
Examples:
Theft of personal property
Persuading the individual to sign over property rights
in a will
Examples relating to care:
Lending personal items to another service user
without the permission of the owner
Using an individuals finances to pay for a purchase for
everyone to use in a care home
Jane Lloyd

19. Material abuse – possessions and finances
cont…
Deliberate material abuse can be an individual
encouraging a service user to buy them gifts when out
shopping
Neglect may be allowing a service user, with poor
cognitive understanding, to spend all their money
wastefully when it was earmarked for other things
Older service users are more vulnerable as they often
live on their own, have set patterns of social contact
and are socially isolated.
Jane Lloyd

20. Discrimination
This may be the motive for many forms of abuse,
examples:
Being excluded from activities
Being shouted at, called names
Being denied the opportunity to observe religious
practices.
Discrimination represents a violation of a person’s
identity.
There are many variations over what constitutes
abuse, depending on an individuals culture.
Jane Lloyd

21. Neglect and act of omission
Examples:
Leaving alone for long periods without any
stimulation
Leaving in the bath too long
Not providing basic care
Being careless and giving medication at wrong
time or in wrong amounts
Letting regular accidents go without obtaining
professional support or advice.
Neglect is a significant issue of abuse as it
acknowledges that abuse is broader than just
deliberate, premeditated actions that are intended
to harm
Jane Lloyd

22. Neglect and act of omission…
Active neglect: is deliberately not carrying out
appropriate care tasks e.g. withholding items that are
necessary for health daily living
Passive neglect: is overlooking, not knowing what
care a person needs e.g. being careless, leaving them
alone for too long.
Jane Lloyd

23. The only thing necessary
If you do nothing
for the triumph of evil is
for good men to do
nothing.
Edmund Burke

24. Consequences of
abuse activity.
In pairs what
could they be?

25. Directed Study
look at the Runshaw Safeguarding policy
look at the Catholic Church safeguarding policy
Note the similarities and differences