East End Computing & Business College: Safeguarding Report (HND)

This report examines safeguarding within health and social care, addressing the crucial aspects of protecting vulnerable individuals from abuse and harm. The introduction emphasizes the importance of safeguarding, its legal basis, and the responsibilities of healthcare professionals. Task 1 explores the vulnerability of individuals and groups, defining abuse types like financial and material abuse, and identifying associated risk factors such as lack of mental capacity, social isolation, and dependency. Task 2 delves into strategies to minimize abuse, referencing existing working practices such as oral communication, anti-discriminatory practices, and IT usage. It evaluates the effectiveness of these practices, including educational approaches and whistleblowing strategies, and recommends improvements to enhance service quality, communication, and training. The report references case studies, including a pensioner experiencing financial abuse and a child with autism facing bullying, to illustrate the practical application of safeguarding principles. The report provides a detailed analysis of safeguarding, emphasizing the significance of proactive measures and continuous improvement in protecting vulnerable individuals.

Safeguarding

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Explaining why individuals and group is vulnerable............................................................1
1.2 Review risk factors which are associated with abuse and harm............................................2
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
3.1 Minimising abuse by referencing existing working practices...............................................3
3.2 Effectiveness of working policies and practices....................................................................4
3.3 Recommendation for improvements in tackling abuse.........................................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................5
Covered in poster.........................................................................................................................5
1.3 Impact of social and cultural factor on abuse of service.......................................................5
Covered in poster.........................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility in promoting health and welfare of children and
adults from risk. It also protecting adults and children risk from harming. It prevents the risk
from abuse and exploitation and simultaneously support to people to control their own lives. UK
government have set many principles of safeguarding the interest of people. nowadays,
safeguarding is considered as imperative subject which has been reflected in national legislation
also (Aveyard, 2014). In present report meaning of abuse, how it is harm or danger to individual
or group has been explained in regards to given case study. Further, risk factors which are
associated with abuse and harm to self and others is explained. Apart from this, working
practices and strategies regarding school nurse and social worker is discussed. In last impact of
social cultural factor in different ways in Wellington hospital. Along with this strength and
weakness of current legislation in relate to abuse of vulnerable people is explained in detailed.
TASK 1
1.1 Explaining why individuals and group is vulnerable
Abuse is a violation of individual or group harm which has been done by other person.
The result of abuse is significant to harm or exploitation of person. Abuse shows the behaviour
of person towards that deliberately which is causing harm to him or her and endangers life of
human rights. There are different types of abuse which are using by individual at workplace such
as physical violence, sexual, psychological, discriminatory abuse and many more. At workplace
it is responsibility of service provide that do not abuse with anyone. Besides from this, they have
to protect the rights of individuals from such kind of activity (Dong, Chen and Simon, 2014).
Abuse can become danger for individual or group of person because it is occurring problem in
their lives. In organisation, health care assistant has to providing training so employee can also
identify the harm which is causing to individual or group of people. It also depends upon person
that how they are treating with others. These training will help them in to understand the
importance of children’s rights, understanding patients care physically or mentally which is also
affecting to children well beings and their development. However, there are many adults who are
at the age of 18 and they are unable to protect themselves against abuse, exploitation or harm,
take care of themselves (Brown, 2014). It is their responsibility to protect from abuse because it
can also damage their health.
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In given case scenario, Pensioner who was a care patient catches her worker stealing cash
from her purse. Nadia who was the employer of care worker had given the cost to Mrs Lynette.
She felt helpless to accuse the people who are caring for her.
As per case scenario, the practices which has been done by Nadia’s care worker is
financial or material abuse. It includes theft of money, fraud or scamming, misusing of personal
allowance, worker is taking loan from other people and using their services, false representation
of facts and many more.
1.2 Review risk factors which are associated with abuse and harm
There is no particular reason for abuse. It is causing both complex and concealed to
person. But there are certain factors which are related with abuse. The following are some risk
factors which is causing harm to people from abuse.
Lack of mental capacity – When individual had suffered from any abuse, then t can also
become risk form them in terms of mental capacity. As there are many people who are suffering
from mental capacity and other people are causing harm to them.
Low self-stream – Some individual or group of people are also feeling like that their
social status (Caetano, Schafer and Cunradi, 2017). There are some people in society who
maintain their status if somebody abusing them, then it also impacting on their social life also.
Social isolation – An individual may be isolated or lack of social contract in their life.
Some of the factors are also increasing the risk of abuse i.e. misappropriation of property or
valuables, money, misusing of power of attorney, physical isolation.
Career stress – Caring of individual who is failure needs special care to become
stressful. Here are some factors which can contribute in career of abusive relationship; lack of
respite care, financial problems, inadequate support in high quality of care and many more.
Lack of health and socials care services – If service user is not providing proper
treatment to individuals or group of person, then it can also become the problem of them. This
can also become abuses for them in regards to providing inappropriate services.
Family conflicts – Abuse can be also become continuation of domestic violence from
family. But in some families these are considered as normal reaction to stress. In cross-cultural
situations this conflict is arising and causing harm to people.
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Dependency – Individual or group of people are also at risk from abuse if their
relationship is of dependency (Njei and et. al., 2015). This dependency may be due to physical
impairment which includes disability, frailty or cognitive impairments such as dementia.
As given in case scenario, Mrs Lynette having a cause from risk factors because she
thought that Nadia will never again cause any other vulnerable person heartache or distress that
she had cause to her.
TASK 2
3.1 Minimising abuse by referencing existing working practices
There are different types of strategies which can be used by school nurse and social
workers at workplace. But these strategies should be analysed ion regular basis so that they can
reduce domestic violence (Healy, 2014). These strategies are describing as below which also
minimise the existing working practice at workplace.
Oral communication skills – In school, it is responsibility of nurse that to stop the
crimes of bulling of children. For this they have to provide reliable information to other children
so that they will not do this again. In second case scenario i.e. social worker, it is coming under
physical abuse because it contains may factors such as assault, hitting, slapping biting, pushing.
But in case of social worker domestic violence had taken place. It can be characterised by any of
indicators which are outline includes; psychological, physical, sexual, emotional.
Anti-discriminatory practices – The people who are working in school have to
eliminate anti-discrimination practices at workplace. Through this they can stop those children
who is bulling to Autism. All those practices which promote discrimination, in the premises of a
health organization, should not be encouraged. In other case scenario, it is duty of social workers
who are working for society that they can eliminate domestic violence which was suffered by
wife.
Use of IT – At workplace, it is responsibility there should be properly use of information
technology system so that they can conduct proper training session. With the help of this strategy
they can reduce their work load between them (Larkin, Felitti and Anda, 2014). It will be benefit
to society people also to use high technology to provide useful information to people. In addition
to this, IT technologies should be used in an effective manner, by which effective services can be
rendered.
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Apart from this, it is also duty of school nurse and social worker to monitor all these
strategies on regular basis so that they can provide proper services to customers. Communication
between professionals and service users will help in minimising the abuse and it also improve the
bond between care worker and users. Along with this they also have to maintain the report so
that they can dealt with those people who are abusing others.
3.2 Effectiveness of working policies and practices
The strategies which are discussed above should be properly ensure by school nurse and
social worker. The effectiveness of these approaches can be evaluated by analysing their strength
and weaknesses for the wellbeing of children and wife.
Educational approach – While conducting any training for people it is giving advantage
to people in increasing their skills in communicating with others. Through they can also provide
basic knowledge to individuals for increasing the awareness about abuses which are using by
children. In other words, it can be said that there are various educational approaches which are
required to be there for the purpose of creating and sustaining effectiveness (Powell, Proctor and
Glass, 2014). In this, nurses and social workers should be properly educated so that they can
render effective services.
Physical exercise – It is considered an as important role while analysing effectiveness of
working practices at workplace. Through this people can control physical and mental and
disability condition of people. This gives benefit to people in controlling their mental problem
and physical wellbeing along with providing many facilities that does not cost more.
Whistle blowing strategies and legislation – It is an effective tool which is used in
health and social care practices. It provides enough knowledge to individuals regarding abuse.
Risk assessment can be done beneficial with the help of legislation rules to protect the child from
bulling. The health care providers are having more knowledge and also providing useful
information to users also. It is their responsibility to eliminate the risk of domestic or physical
abuse.
As in case scenario first, in primary school Autism was children who is suffering from
bulling claims and it became difficult for him to communicate with other. So whatever strategies
which are described above will be helpful for school nurse to maintain good environment at
workplace.
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In social worker, a woman is suffering from domestic abuse from her ex-husband and she
was pregnant and too sacred to live with him. For avoiding these type of violence they have to
adopt they have to increase the awareness that this kind of activity will not take place again. A
strict action should be taken by them. The working policies which has been adopted at work
place should be analysed to maintain healthy environment at workplace. Along with this keep all
documents confidential so that it will not
3.3 Recommendation for improvements in tackling abuse
The nurse and social worker have to improve their quality of services by providing
valuable information to individual and group of people. While improving in strategies which are
available for wellbeing of vulnerable parties are improved in context of efficiency and
effectiveness of providing services. The information which has been provided by higher
authority should be effective communication process in order to convey message to people. It is
their responsibility this duty should be hand over to responsible person. They have to adopt those
strategies in which they serve quality of services to people and protect individual rights. Along
with this, they should also monitor those activities which are performing by employees (DePoy
and Gitlin, 2015). if any deficiency is found in them, then they have to take an immediate
appropriate action to resolve their queries. Apart from this, proper training should be provided to
new and existing people in order retain them in organisation for a long period of time. They
should also ensure about that comply with all rules and regulations which has been framed by
legislation. They have act with reasonable care and skills in order to perform their activities in
appropriate manner. The funds which are used by organisation in eliminating abuse activities
should be utilised in appropriate manner. Through this they can increase the awareness what kind
of actions can be taken by people if they are becoming convicted for abuse or dominance.
TASK 3
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1.3 Impact of social and cultural factor on abuse of service
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CONCLUSION
It has been concluded from above report the nowadays the people are using abusing to
other which also causing damage to them. This can effect to the mental capacity of person also.
So, at workplace it is responsibility of higher authority to eliminate these kind of activities to
maintain positive healthy environment. Further, there are many regulations which has been
framed by government in order to protect people from abuse. Along with this, there are many
risk factors which are associated with abuse should be analysed on regular basis to provide
valuable information to people. The recommendation which has been provided should be
monitored on regular basis to fulfil objectives of school nurse and social worker. Besides this,
the strength and weaknesses of legislation should be analysed on constant basis to provide legal
framework to people.
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