Safeguarding Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults: Duties of Learning Disability Nurse

(Safeguarding Children,
Young People and
Vulnerable Adults)
CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................1
TASK – 1 (ESSAY)...................................................................................................................1
TASK – 2 (SCENARIO)............................................................................................................2
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
The main aim of the current essay is to comprehend the concept in relation with
safeguarding and applying it on the health and social care. There are large number of people
are who mostly at the risk of getting abuse and are being referred as the vulnerable population
(Frost and Robinson, 2017). This safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults’
assignment will highlight the duties related to learning disability nurse related to safeguarding
and will focus on the factors that might act as a cause of concern. The essay will also suggest
the actions that can be guided by safeguarding procedure and will discuss the manner in
which partnership working can be involved.
TASK – 1 (ESSAY)
Safeguarding is referred as the protection of the health, well-being and development
of individuals and making sure that they get safe as well as effective care. There are many
different factors being included in safeguarding. The major one among them is circumstances
of the family. When looking at the parents of the children, the health of those who are in
charge of the young children and vulnerable adults is a crucial factor while considering the
well-being of the children, young people and vulnerable adults. Carer who are suffering from
their own health issues might faces problems in caring for their own children. In addition to
this, safeguarding is a broad term which also covers the principles in relation with the child
protection which involves protection of the welfare of the children from the sexual, physical
and mental abuse (Jenkins and Davies, 2018). Moreover, safeguarding protects the welfare of
every individual child, young people and vulnerable adults and also supports them in their
life skills and ensures that all vulnerable people are healthy to evolve to where they should
go. Thus, it can be said that safeguarding is not just emphasize only on abuse of the child like
protection of the child. Rather it is actual ensuring that each and every child, young people
and vulnerable adults can reach their potential, meanwhile keeping them safe and secure.
Talking in relation with the duties of learning disability nurse in safeguarding
children, young people and vulnerable adults, it can be attributed that, there are different
accountabilities and duties that the learning disability nurse is obliged to follow. Because in
the present times, there has been augmentation in the vulnerabilities in the clients for
different reasons, there is a requirement on the part of the disability nurse to be continuously
observant. One of the most crucial duties of the nurse is nothing but to empower the service
users and enhance access to advocacy. They are regarded as the positive manner of protecting
them from any sort of abuse (Davies and Ward, 2021). Furthermore, it is also essential that
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