Safeguarding in Health and Social Care Assignment
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Safeguarding in Health and Social Care Assignment
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SAFEGUARDING IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
Table of ContentsIntroduction................................................................................................................................3Task 1A......................................................................................................................................3Q1.Explain why particular individuals such as Bridget and other groups may be vulnerable toabuse and / or harm to self and others? [P1.1]...........................................................................3Q2. Review risk factors which may lead to incidence of abuse and or harm to Bridget andothers. [P1.2, M1].......................................................................................................................4Task 1B......................................................................................................................................6Q3. Analyse the impact of social and cultural factors on different types of abuse and / or harmto self and others. [P1.3, M3].....................................................................................................6Task 2.........................................................................................................................................7Q4. Analyse the strengths and weaknesses in current national and local legislations andpolicies relating to those vulnerable to abuse. [P 2.1, D1].........................................................7Q5. Explain how a range of professionals are involved in the protection of individuals andgroups vulnerable to abuse. [P2.2, M2].....................................................................................8Task 3 (Refer to Poster)...........................................................................................................10Q6. Explainexisting working practices and strategies designed to minimise abuse in healthand social care contexts. [P3.1, M3]........................................................................................10Q7. Evaluatethe effectiveness of working practices and strategies used to minimise abuse inhealth and social care contexts. [P3.2, D3]..............................................................................10Q8. Discusspossible improvements to working practices such and strategies to minimiseabuse in health and social care contexts. [P3.3, D2]................................................................11Conclusion................................................................................................................................11Reference list............................................................................................................................12
IntroductionAttaining health and social care services can be considered fundamental right of everyindividual. It is necessary that equal opportunities to extract the best benefits of the servicesavailable in order to ensure better health conditions (Webber et al. 2013). However, due tocertain circumstances, it may not be always possible for many individuals to avail bestservices. Hence, in order to protect their interests, considerable steps are needed to be takenby the care providers. In this specific assignment, appropriate discussions regarding the stepstaken for safeguarding individuals in healthcare context has been discussed. The factors thatclassifies any group as vulnerable will be identified which may cause potential harm.Additionally, the risk factors associated will be discussed as well. Furthermore, evaluationregarding the existing legislation and policies for addressing the issues and risk factors willbe done to ensure wellbeing of the identified vulnerable group. In addition to this, roles andresponsibilities of healthcare professionals will be explained as well. The current practicesrequired to be taken up by the care workers to minimise the risks and ensure overall wellbeing will be discussed as well. Task 1AQ1.Explain why particular individuals such as Bridget and other groups may bevulnerable to abuse and / or harm to self and others? [P1.1]Abuse can be considered as the exploitation or misuse of any individual’s physical or mentalcondition or the skills and abilities in order to fulfil the needs of others. These exploitationsor infringement are likely to cause severe harm on the individuals. The individuals who areexposed to such situations can be described as vulnerable (Mathews, 2017). In majority of thecases, the vulnerable groups include the elderly, children or the disabled persons who maylack the required potential to extract best services to maintain overall well being. Taking thementioned case scenario into account, it can be easily said that Bridget falls under the groupof vulnerable individuals as she is an elderly woman living on her own. There are varied factors which are responsible for making certain groups vulnerable. It isimportant for any care professional to consider the same in order to ensure that theseindividuals are able to attain the best services (White et al. 2014).
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