Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults : Assignment

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Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults

TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................11. Application of the safeguarding principles to practice.......................................................12. Meaning and application of confidentiality in relation to service users.............................23. Principles of equality and diversity....................................................................................24. Relevant legislation............................................................................................................3CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5Books and Journals.................................................................................................................5

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INTRODUCTIONAny person or individual who is of 18 years’ age or above and is in need of care servicesdue to mental illness or disability is considered as vulnerable adults. These are the individual,who are unable to take care of themselves against significant exploitation or harm. The presentreport will outline safeguarding principles for vulnerable adults. There are various safeguardingprinciples which will be determined in this study, along with the meaning and application ofconfidentiality with regards to service users. In addition to this principle of equality and diversitywill be explained in this report along relevant legislations. MAIN BODY1. Application of the safeguarding principles to practice There are various principles related to safeguarding of vulnerable adults or individualswhich are applied by care provider to maintain quality of care services. These principles arediscussed below - 1.Empowerment – The principle is focused on encouraging and supporting vulnerableadults to take their own decisions by providing informed consent. In order to protect andsafeguard service users, this principle plays a significant role for service providers inmotivating vulnerable adults to take decisions on their own which makes them strong andempowered (Fenge, Lee and Brown, 2017). Care providers conduct various socialactivities for the patients which helps in boosting their morale. 2.Prevention – This principle focus on executing plan before any harm or injury to disabledindividual. It. states that any activity or protection plan must be implemented before anyadult get exploited mentally or physically. For example – Nurses need to aware about therisk of harassment or any other harm to mental or physical disabled person in order toprotect them from exploitation. he or she should be protected by care provider. 3.Protection – This principle aim at supporting and representing vulnerable adults who arein great need.This principle states that every care provider or representative must focuson vulnerable adult who are at major risk of exploitation or harm (MacIntyre, Stewart andMcCusker, 2018).4.Partnership – This approach focuses on deriving local solutions through servicesworking with their communities as it helps in preventing, detecting and reporting ofabuse at initial stage. 1

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