Role of a Care Worker in Recognising and Responding to Adult Abuse

CRITICALLY ANALYSE
THE ROLE OF A CARE
WORKER IN RECOGNISING
AND RESPONDING TO
ADULTS SUFFERING
FROM ONE FORM OF
ABUSE

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Different types of abuse..............................................................................................................3
Focusing on one area of abuse....................................................................................................5
Various policies underpins safeguarding adults..........................................................................6
People who may contribute to prevention of abuse....................................................................7
Barriers to prevent abuse.............................................................................................................7
Factors that may assist or inhibit partnership working...............................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Safeguarding refers to the protection of citizens health wellbeing and human rights. It can
also help to enable them to live free from any type of abuse, neglect or harm. This is the one that
reflects as an integral part of high-quality healthcare. Safeguarding is a vulnerable adult means
help to make sure about the individual should live free from any type of harm, abuse. It also help
to encourage them to take care of vulnerable adults. This is about their own life and care. This
also helps to enable them to create a risk-free environment. It is necessary to provide better
health and social care which can enable them to protect any type of neglect or harm to vulnerable
adults. In this project, there is a discussion about the concept of safeguarding to venerable adults.
In this project, there is a discussion about the construction of safeguarding along with vulnerable
adults. This may also follow the overview of harm along with its indicators and characteristics
(Yu et. al., (2019)). There is also discussion about policy, legislation and framework which can
help to examine range of factors which include support for partnership working in the
safeguarding of vulnerable adults.
MAIN BODY
Vulnerability refers to an inability that can resist any hazard and respond before it occurs.
It can occur when person unable to take care of themselves and may be needed for protection
against any exploitation of significant harm. In this, there is need to provide protection and care
to the people to avoid any type of neglect, harm or any abuse. Abuse refers to any type of harm
or distress which can cause to any individual. It may be in any form ranging from harm to
causing mental or physical pain. It can occur in an individual home, hospitals, care home or any
public place. This can be done when an individual who commit harm and seems to be taking
advantage of someone's special relationship.
Different types of abuse
There are some of the abuses which may include financial abuse, emotional abuse,
physical abuse, psychological abuse and sexual abuse (Donnelly, (2019)). Abuse refers to an
action which are taken by someone intentionally and have the potential to injure and harm any
other individual. There are different type of abuse that can be reported when caring for adult.
This may include modern slavery, discrimination abuse, psychological or emotional abuse,
domestic violence and abuse, physical abuse, sexual, financial and material abuse, organizational

or institutional abuse. These are some of the abuse which are faced by the adult during their care
(Liu et. al., (2021)).
Physical abuse is one of the most viable abuses to the adult people who need care. This
kind of abuse are condemned by large population which has an estimation of about one in four
women who are viable of such type of abuse. There are some of common forms of abuse which
may include throwing, heating and suffocation. Analysis of the different type of reviews which
are generally faced by a vulnerable adults during getting their care. In this, there are some of the
reviews which may include physical abuse, discrimination abuse, neglect, emotional abuse are
some of the most viable abuse which are generally suffered by vulnerable adults during getting
care.
Physical abuse can be to any individual where someone may get harm or hurt with
purpose. It may include hitting with hands or object, punching and slapping. Physical abuse is
intentionally made injury which may include different type of physical activity on an individual.
This includes pinching, slapping, kicking, scolding and using drugs. Signs of physical abuse may
include rough handling, physical punishment, assault and burning, involuntary isolation or
confinement for civil feeding, misuse of medication, making someone purposefully (Lyne &
Parker, (2020)).
Emotional abuse refers to any type of review which may include emotional mistreatment
of an individual. It can also be called as psychological abuse where the individual is get involved
in deliberately trying to humiliate isolate and ignore emotional abuse, target individuals feeling
and emotions who are manipulated to take control. This may also include personal sentiment and
influencing a person to think in some particular way which are not appropriate for the individual.
Some of the signs and symptoms of psychological or emotional abuse are enforcing, social
isolation, by preventing someone from assessing the different type of services and social
opportunities. It may also include education and seeing friends. The sign also include in
preventing someone from meeting cultural needs and religious needs. It also includes failure to
respect privacy and threat of amendment or harm. Emotional abuse may also include preventing
expression of opinion and choice. It also includes preventing stimulation, meaningful activities
for occupations (Zeanah & Humphreys, (2018)).
Discriminatory abuse refers to any type of discrimination where any individual may think
that any specific person is different and not like them. Here, they may create discrimination