Health & Social Care: Working Practices and Abuse Minimization

This report discusses working practices and strategies designed to minimize abuse in health and social care settings. It emphasizes the importance of an educational approach, highlighting its role in providing essential knowledge about dealing with vulnerable individuals, understanding legislative laws, and accessing appropriate medical treatments. The report also explores the use of activities for individuals with physical and mental disabilities, legislation, whistleblowing strategies, parenting skills, and alarm systems to ensure safety and mental stability. It evaluates the effectiveness of these strategies, noting their advantages and disadvantages, such as the high costs associated with training healthcare professionals and providing physical exercise facilities. Furthermore, the report suggests improvements to existing strategies, including enhancing risk assessment documents, involving experienced healthcare professionals, incorporating sexual education into educational programs, and leveraging government support to improve the quality of care services. The report references academic articles to support its claims and provide a comprehensive overview of the subject.

Safeguarding Health &
Social Care

Working practices and strategies designed to
minimize abuse in health and social care
• To minimize and reduce abuse and harm in health-
care, educational approach is the most important
and effective strategy while dealing with people
who are affected with health damages.
• Educational approach is useful as it helps in
learning basic knowledge about dealing with people
who are vulnerable to risks, legislative laws,
medical treatments available for curing health
related issues.

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• People who have physical and mental disabilities are engaged in various activities
by which they could indulge themselves into various tasks so that they could have
mental stability and peace of mind.
• Legislation and whistle blowing strategies are also useful in the organisations for
ensuring safety of the people who requires special support.
 Parenting skills are also required to enhance which should ensure better
development of child and minimization of abuse.
 Alarm systems should also be installed that could be used by the people in case
of emergency.

Effectiveness of working practices and strategies
used to minimise abuse in health and social
care
 Strategies are designed for minimizing abuse in
health and social care that have advantages as
well as when people have sufficient knowledge
and know how to use them at correct time.
 Educational approach is advantageous as it is
helpful for managers for smooth running of
operations of the organisation.
 Training fees for hiring professionals of health-
care to provide education is costly.

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• Physical exercises has proven to be advantageous in controlling
physical and mental issues but facilities available for providing such
benefits are not cost effective.
• Effectiveness of Whistle blowing strategies and legislations could be
considered when people have sufficient knowledge and information
about the services that is being provided at health care homes.
 Risk assessment document creation is very influencing in identifying
risk factors. Major challenge is its application in day today working.

Possible improvements in working practices and
strategies to minimise abuse in health and
social care
• Strategies that are already available for
minimizing abuse could be improved and
enhanced to make it more efficient and
effective in health care practices.
• Risk assessment document could be
formulated that collects possible factors that
could harm anyone.

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• Health care professionals who are experienced could also assist in improving
strategies.Quality services are provided under their guidance and educational
facilities makes them aware of misconducts and laws related to care services.
• Sexual education should also be a part of educational programme. It would ensure
better utilization of knowledge and information that would empower work quality.
• Support provided by government is also beneficial to enhance quality of the
strategies.

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