OTHM Foundation Diploma in Health and Social Care

London College of Professional Studies
Student name Bimbo Famuyiwa
Student ID 15384
Submission date 28/11/2022
Qualification title OTHM Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Health and Social
Care
Qualification code 603/6776/3
Unit title Health, Safety and Wellbeing in Health and Social Care
Settings
Unit code F/618/5292
I declare that the attached work is entirely my own and that all sources have been acknowledged ☒
Table of Content
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Introduction................................................................................................................................... 3
Report............................................................................................................................................ 3
Definition of key concept.......................................................................................................... 3
The action to take if there are suspicions that an individual is being abused............................5
Factors that may contribute to an individual being more vulnerable to abuse.........................6
The roles of different agencies in safeguarding and protecting individuals from abuse............6
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................... 7
References..................................................................................................................................... 7
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Introduction
Abuse occurs when we are harmed or upset by another person. Disrespect may come in various
forms, from being rude to actually hurting someone. Places including private residences,
nursing homes, hospitals, and even the street might be the scene of such an incident. Abusers
often use the closeness of the relationships they have with their victims. The purpose of this
report is to examine the many types of abuse, the responses that should be done when abuse is
occurring, the factors that make a person more susceptible to abuse, and the function of
agencies in protecting victims of abuse.
REPORT
Health care and social sector abuse may take the following forms:
Physical abuse: When someone is intentionally mistreated or injured, it is physical abuse. To
intentionally hurt or injure another person with one's own body is an act of physical abuse.
Some examples of physical abuse are: being punched, kicked, shaken, or suffocated. Signs of
physical abuse in the health and social care industries might include bruising, wounds, welts,
burns, and/or markings on the body, or loss of hair in clumps, that don't make sense given the
person's lifestyle, descents for no apparent reason etc.
Domestic violence or abuse: Essentially, this refers to any repeated actions one partner does to
exert or keep hold of dominance in a romantic or sexual relationship. Abuse in the home can
take many forms, including physical, sexual, emotional, financial, and psychological
manipulation. Behaviors that cause fear, intimidation, terror, manipulation, pain, shame, guilt,
injury, or wound are included here. The victims of domestic violence might be of any age,
gender, sexual orientation, or religious affiliation. It's not limited to only married or long-term
partners, but may affect any kind of relationship. Domestic abuse does not discriminate based
on income or educational status. According to recent statistics, one in five crimes reported to
police in England and Wales was connected to domestic violence during the first nationwide
lockdown.
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