Safeguarding, Whistle-blower and Child Protection Policies

Assignment brief 1
Qualification
IAO Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care
and Children and Young People’s Services (England) (QCF)
Qualification number: 601/4259/5
Start date
Deadline
Assessor name Gemma curry
Learners name Nkechi Olivia Rabbett
Assignment
title
Safeguarding
Once you have completed the following 3 tasks you will be 10% along in your qualification.
Task 1
The policy at hand is the Safeguarding Vulnerable Adult policy that is aimed to be followed by the
entire
Members of a set of organizations and therefore promoted by those individuals that are in
leadership positions within the firm.
1) How have you followed this policy?
In most cases, I have practiced the aspect of Vulnerable Adult policy by following it to the
later especially in case an individual raises an issue concerning abuse or neglect in an
organization. One way to ensure that this policy has been followed is listening carefully to
the vulnerable adult while not questioning them directly. In this sense, there is a need for
the vulnerable adult to be granted time as well as attention (Craig & Clay, 2017).
Additionally, one might follow this policy by not stopping the vulnerable adult who is in
the process of recalling a significant event in their life. Moreover, reassuring the vulnerable
adult that they have done the right thing in revealing their situation is imperative towards
following this policy.
Some few weeks ago, I was involved in a community development project where we took
part as volunteers together with my fellow classmates. In this case, we were assigned to

carry out survey on the vulnerable adults in our community. I was then approached by an
aged adult who explained to me how she had been neglected in participating in a certain
activity in the local area due to the fact that she was old. I listened to her claims carefully
recording all the data hoping that something would be done in future regarding that
situation.
2) How have you supported staff and clients to follow this policy?
Throughout the entire operation of the organizational day to day activities, I make sure that
I have set a thorough plan of policy training the members of the staff as well as planning
for new members of the team regarding the policy at hand and how well it should be
adhered (Clough, 2017). Additionally, I ensure that all the staff members get to copy the
policy thus asking them to make sure they familiarize themselves with the policy.
Two weeks ago I was involved in planning a school seminar where I was involved in
teaching my fellow students regarding the policy and what is required of them to best
follow the policy. On this occasion, I got a chance of interacting with both my classmates
as well as other students in the college while collecting their views regarding the policy. I
realized that some of them are happy especially how the policy is being conducted in the
college.
3) What changes are you going to or have you made to this policy?
There are various changes that I have made in this policy to make sure that they work better
with the staff members (Clough, 2017). Some of the basic changes that I have made are
making a review over time regarding the policy to reflect any new or rather emerging
legislation or changes within the company’s legislation.
During the formulation of the seminar that took place two weeks ago, I had to make some
changes to the policy with an aim of making it suitable for all the students. To do this, I had
to formulate it to be in line with all the emerging changes within the class as well as college

legislation.
4) What was the benefit of the changes that you made to this policy regarding
current practice?
Making changes in the existing policy ensures that the organization’s policy is in line with
the existing legislation in the society as well as making sure that the staff understands and
follow the legislation to the later.
Making changes to various legislations in my class has always fascinated me. Apparently, I
realized that the students had some ease in following the college’s policy as a result of the
changes I made. In essence, this was possible given the fact that I was in a position of
assembling their views took various consideration, especially when making the changes to
the policy.
5) Why is it important to contribute to the development of the company’s policy?
Contributing to the development of a particular company’s policy is important as it enables
a firm to set an all-inclusive policy (Craig & Clay, 2017). Additionally, it is important to
contribute to the development of a policy as it provides consistent processes as well as
structures. Moreover, participation in the development of a policy ensures that there is a
safer working environment for all stakeholders.
In essence, my participation in the overall contribution to the development policy of our
class resulted in various improvements in daily operations in the class. For instance, I
realized that due to the fact that I collected various view from my fellow students meant
that I had included some of the important issues that had been raised in the seminar.
Notably, this act enabled the overall creation of an all-inclusive learning environment,
especially in the college.
6) What barriers/tensions could you or have you experienced in relation to this
policy?

Despite the fact that the various guidance has emphasized on the aspect the multi-agency
approaches in an organization, such view is still a problem because differing professional
may not entirely understand individual roles as well as responsibility (Clough, 2017).
Additionally, the whole scope, as well as adult abuse, is not universally agreed.
While hosting some seminars, I realized that there were those students who agreed to the
set policies especially on the vulnerable adults. However, there were those students who
disagreed with the policy despite the fact that vulnerable adult experience challenges in the
society.
7) Provide an example of a safeguarding issue how you preserved the evidence
and maintained confidentiality
Preserving confidentiality is important especially when dealing with adult abuse. Some few
weeks ago, I had to attend an employee who had been abused by his fellows for quite a
long time. As a result, there were confidential statements that I kept confidentially.
Additionally, I maintained a secret on the information regarding referrals.
Task 2
Policy: ABC Organization Whistle-blower Policy
1) How have you followed this policy?
To follow this policy and work accordingly, I ensure that employees get to first discuss the
concerns at hand with the immediate supervisors before letting the directors and the
volunteers submit the concerns in writing to the chair particularly that of Audit Committee
(Sharma, Kanojia, & Sachdeva, 2018). What follows is handling of the reported violation
before acting in good faith.
I have in most cases involved my college mates in a direct conversation, especially with the
teachers before even letting the concerned college administrations, as well as volunteers,
submit their concerns audit to the college committee.