Policies and Procedures on Safeguarding for Service Users in Their Own Home

Research Project

Introduction
Safeguarding term is generally used in health and social care in context
of protecting human beings from any kind of harm or damage by using
appropriate measures. In UK, it is used to protect the health, well
being and human rights on individual manner. This team is specially
used for children, adults or old age people to live freely from abuse or
harm (What is safeguarding?. 2015).
As per the safeguarding legislations and government guidance,
safeguarding means ensuring that children are born and brought up in
good environmental conditions with the provision of safe and effective
care.

Facts and figures
 One among the five children has faced serious physical
or sexual abuse or emotional or physical neglecting by
the family, friends and other people at any point in their
life.
 In 2011-12, 21,493 sexual abuse related cases with the
children has recorded by the UK police.
 In addition to this, 1 out of 14 children have been
physically abused.
 1 out of 5 children have been faced the domestic
violence in their life in UK (Some of the facts. 2015)

Aim and Objectives
Aim:
“To critically analyse the policies and procedures on safeguarding for the
service users in their own home from the perspective of care workers”
Objectives:
 To access the types of abuse and their harms faced by children at
their own home.
 To determine the policies and procedures on safeguarding for
children.
 To explore the care worker’s perspective regarding policies and
procedures on safeguarding for children in their own home.
 To recommended new ways by which care workers can provide
safeguarding to children at their own home.