Safeguarding Practices: Interventions, Legislation, and Analysis

This report provides a comprehensive overview of safeguarding practices, emphasizing interventions designed to protect individuals from harm. It delves into key concepts such as making safeguarding personal, advocacy, positive risk-taking, and adult family group conferences, illustrating their application through a case study of an elderly woman named Doris. The report examines the diagnosis of Doris's memory loss and the interventions used to support her. Furthermore, it explores the legal and ethical frameworks underpinning safeguarding, including the Care Act 2014, Mental Health Act 1983, and Mental Capacity Act 2005. The principles of advocacy, empowerment, protection, prevention, proportionality, partnership, and accountability are discussed, alongside the reasons for employing specific safeguarding interventions. The report highlights the importance of personalized care, effective communication, and legal compliance in safeguarding practices, aiming to provide a detailed understanding of how to enhance individual welfare and safety.

Safeguarding in practice

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Safeguarding can be describe as the practices that is consider by individual for promoting
the welfare as well as protecting other form any kind of harm. There are different practices and
activities that could be conduct by individual for providing safeguarding practices. This includes
different elements which needs to be protected such as health, well being along with human
rights (Needham, 2020). It is essential to consider different laws and legislation for successfully
and effectively conducting safeguarding practices. This report will includes information about
different safeguarding interventions such as safeguarding personal, advocacy, positive risk taking
and adult family group conferences. In this report reason for using the safeguarding intervention
has been determined and consists of different legislation, guidance and evidence. Apart from this
the uses of care intervention has been evaluate.
MAIN BODY
It is significant for care provider to consider effective and efficient safeguarding practices
that will help in resolving the issues and problems. Safeguarding practices will assist in keeping
people safe from different abuse or harm or any kind of neglect. This is effective for providing
safety and security to close one, family member, friend and relative and other people. There are
different type of abuse or neglect that could impact over physical and mental health of the
person. This consist of physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, financial or material
abuse, domestic abuse, cyber abuse It is essential to consider correct and accurate safeguarding
practices with the motive of overcoming the issues or problems (Casper, 2020). It is essential
that effective and efficient safeguarding practices are considered in order to promote individual
welfare as well as enhance safety and security. There are number of safeguarding interventions
such as making safeguard personal, advocacy, positive risk taking, and adult family group
conferences and so on.
This case study is about 83 year old lady, Doris who is widow form last 10 year. She
lives alone in two bedrooms flat at first floor. Doris has one daughter, Jenny and she works in
Finance in the city. Jenny is very busy in her own work and she has to take care for her younger
son. Doris is very old and due to this she is becoming forgetful and confused day by day. Jim is
the neighbour of Doris who is helping in shopping for her. Jenny has arranged a care for her
who will help her in household chores. Precious who was carer of Doris is concerned about the
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losing weight and she does not have much food in the house. Doris considers that Jim is buying
food form expensive store and she cannot afford much food. One day Doris has made allegation
that Precious is going into her purse and she does not trust anyone.
Diagnosis can be described as process of identifying the problem of examination of the
symptoms. Doris is the old age adult that who is facing issues in remembering and forgetting.
Old age memory loss is the diagnosis that needs to be consider in the case of Doris. If correct
measure and intervention is not taken that it will lead to create harm to her. Because of the issues
Doris find it has to carry out day to day activities and go to church.
Making safeguarding personal refer as the initiative sector led which is developed with
the motive of creating an outcomes which focus to safeguarding work and range of responses for
supporting individual for improve the current circumstances as well as resolve the issues. This
can be describe approach which is person led as well as outcome focused. This safeguarding
approach will includes the individual consent as well as hearing the views of people regarding
what is the outcome they want to accomplish. Another approach that could be considered by
individual for providing safeguarding practices includes advocacy. This refers as the public
support for recommendation regarding particular policies or cause. Advocacy includes
professional services or work of legal advocate with the motive providing correct and accurate
advice to individual (Everley, 2020). Advocacy services will consist of different actions for
speaking in favor of or recommendation as well as argues for a cause to support or defend other.
Positive risk taking can be described as the process that is will assist in determining the
potential benefits or harm. This does not mean that risk in eliminated but it includes practices to
maximise the choice of people as well as control over their lives. Through positive risk taking
personal changes and growth could be attain. This will assist in successfully managing the risks
with the motive of maximise individual choice or control. Adult family group conferences can be
describe as the another approach for providing safeguarding practices as well as enhance the
safety of individual. Adult family group conference is one of the effective approach in order to
provide better and accurate safeguarding to individual. Family group conferences refer as the
meeting in which individual concerned, family as well as extended family member or
professional practitioners work together with the motive of taking correct and accurate decision.
This will help in providing more effective and efficient solution to problems as well as resolving
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the issues. This approach of safeguarding provides the facilities through independent coordinate
as well as work together in order to get the most effective solution to the issue.
Making safeguarding personal and Advocacy are the most effective safeguarding
interventions that will assist in providing accurate support. For the case of Doris these
safeguarding intervention will lead to provide right and accurate support as through this better
suggestion could be given. The making of safeguarding intervention will include the creation of
culture which majorly focus on personalized outcomes or desired by people with the care as well
as support need to individual (Knudsen, 2020). Through this safeguarding intervention it will be
easy for care provider to take correct and accurate measure in order to overcome the issues in
most significant manner. Making safeguarding personal intervention includes a broader
participation strategy for taking more accurate and effective solution. In this safeguarding
intervention information needs to be access for supporting participation of people. Making of
safeguarding intervention majorly focus on the qualitative reporting on outcomes along with the
quantitative measures. This safeguarding intervention is considered as person centred approach
in order to work in more accurate manner. In this type of safeguarding intervention more
accurate and appropriate policies as well as procedures developed with are within the line of
personalised safeguarding approach. The strategies that are developed in this safeguarding
intervention will work in more effective way as well as support in getting enable to shift in
culture. Making safeguarding personal will lead to putting the person at the centre while
conducting safeguarding enquiry from the very beginning to very end. In this approach more
accurate and effective care could be provided to individual. Through this care provider will be
able to use different facilities with the motive of offering personalise care support so the issues
can be solved.
Safeguarding intervention consist of different services and practices with the motive of
providing safety and security measures as well as protecting the well being of individual. This is
another safeguarding intervention that will be accurate for overcoming the issues faced by Doris
(Williamson and et.al., 2020). Through advocacy intervention of safeguarding better actions
could be taken for providing support to needed person. In this approach it is crucial to understand
the concern of the individual so that accurate recommendation could be provided. This will
consist of analyse pros and cons. Advocacy intervention will support people by understanding
the concern through effective communication. This will assist care provider to successfully and
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effectively carry out the process of safeguarding. Through this better information can be
collected in order to take correct decision as well as forming strategies to resolve the issue. It is
important that appointed advocate must be suitable level of appropriate information as well as
experience so that better solution can be provided to the person. It is essential to ensure the
proper preventions are taken for supporting the needed people in order to enhance the quality of
services. Through this better and accurate decision could be taken that will help in overcoming
the issues of the needed person. Advocacy intervention of safeguarding includes different
principles which needs to be consider for perform in order to provide better and accurate
services. Principles of advocacy will lead to provide accurate guidance and direction to
individual with the motive of successfully and effectively perform required set of practices of
safeguarding. The principles of advocacy include clarity of the purpose, safeguarding,
confidentiality and diversity, empowerment and putting people first. Through advocacy
safeguarding intervention correct and accurate actions could be taken for helping individual to
say what they want as well as secure their rights (Ong, 2020). This will assist representing their
interests so that they can obtain services they needed the most. Advocacy intervention is
significant for promoting social inclusion along with equality and social justice.
There are different principles of safeguarding adult that is required to carry out required
practices in more significant and effective manner. These principles includes the care act 2014,
empowerment, prevention, proportionality, partnership, protect, accountability.
Empowerment principles includes that people should be supported as well as encouraged
in order to make their own decisions as well as give informed consent. This principle is
significant for giving individual choice and control over decision made. It is crucial to empower
the needed person as well as boost their moral. Protection is another principle which needs to be
consider while providing safeguarding. Through this principle support should be provided as
well as representation for to those who are in the greatest need. Safeguarding practices are
considered to be significant for providing protection to individual as well as reducing any kind of
harm. As per this principles organisation should consider measures in the place or area with the
motive to help to stop abuse. This will help in reducing abuse occurrence as well as help or
support to those at the risk. Prevention principle can be described as the crucial aspects in order
to take any kind of action before harm occurs. Through prevention step individual can take
correct actions and this will help in preventing harm or abuse as this is the primary objective.
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Proportionality is other principle of safeguarding and this will assist in taking least intrusive
response with the motive to issue presented. Partnership will assist in developing relationship
with local communities so that better solution can be determined to assist prevention.
Accountability is the last principle and as per this principle it is crucial to have transparency
while delivering safeguarding practices.
There are different reason for using the safeguarding intervention such as making
safeguarding personal and Advocacy. Both of these interventions are significant for taking
correct and accurate decision in order to solve the issues of individual. Safeguarding intervention
are significant for providing support to needed person as well as resolving the problems. The
intervention such as making safeguarding personal will assist in offering the personalised
services to individual as well as taking proper care facilities. Advocacy intervention will assist in
providing proper recommendation to the needed person so that accurate actions could be taken
for overcoming the issues and problems. There are various laws and legislation that is significant
for providing accurate direction and support to needed person or overcoming the problems in
more significant manner (MCVEIGH and LANG, 2020). UK government has developed
different legislation for enhancing safeguarding practices such as The care act 2014, Mental
health act 1983, Mental capacity act 2005 and code of practices. It is essential that health care
provider is considering all of these laws and legislation in order to successfully and effectively
carry out the safeguarding practices. This will assist in better decision making.
The care act 2014 can be describe as the framework which is developed for the protection
of local authorities and other parts of the system form any kind of abuse or risk or neglect. This
act of safeguarding includes different rules which are effective for providing direction to health
care provider so that the practices of providing health care services can be successfully perform.
As per the care act of safeguarding it lead includes various safeguarding duties. This consist that
local authorities must have multi agency local adult safeguarding system which is useful for
seeking the prevention form abuse or neglect quickly (Luo, 2020). This act will help health care
provider of Doris in make enquiries about the issues and problems. Through this act of
safeguarding, it will help Doris in establishing the adult boards and includes the local authority,
NHS and policies which will support in joint safeguarding strategies. In the case of Doris, Care
act 2014 will assist in making safeguarding personal and advocate help to Doris. It is important
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that daughter or neighbour of Doris is providing care assistance to her which is according to her
need and want. As per this act, carer of Doris needs to take correct intervention in order to deal
with her issues of forgetting and weakness. The mental health act refer as the essential part of
legislation that are cover the assessment, treatment as well as right of people with a mental health
disorder. Through this act better facilities and practices could be provided to individual for
successfully over the issues and better care facilities are provided. As per the mental health act of
1983 the government this law is significant for provide right and duties regarding the mental
health problems. The UK government has made the changes or modification in this law in year
2007 under this law. This legislation will includes the guidance regarding the assessment and
treatment of individual dealing with health problem in hospital, treatment in the community and
pathways into hospital that could be civil or criminal. With the context of mental health act,
accurate and effective health care practices needs to be provided to Doris. According to this,
personalise and person centred approach should be considered to deal with the issues of Doris. In
this case, carer needs to develop proper diet plan for Doris that is significant for maintaining
accurate weight of her. Correct actions should be taken for dealing the issues of Doris forgetting
problem.
Another act regarding the safeguarding practices includes mental capacity act 2005. This
act is developed and designed in order to support or protect people who are lacking the mental
capacity. Due to this they are not able to make their own decision regarding their care and
treatment (Collier, 2020). The act of mental capacity 2005 is applicable to the people who are of
age 16 or above. As per this act the lack of capacity includes dementia, severe learning disability,
brain injury, mental health illness, stroke or unconsciousness which is caused due to sudden
accident. This act is significant for providing assistance to individual such as Doris who deal
with any kind of mental capacity to take correct decision. Doris has mental problem of forgetting
and it could lead to serious issues. As per mental capacity act, different code of practices which
will assist in better and accurate decision making in order to support Doris as well as provide
better health care services should be considered. In this case, Doris daughter can take better
decision on the behalf of Doris as she is not mentally capable to take correct decision for her.
The different code of conduct includes respect all people irrespective of their age, ability, sexual
orientation or ethnicity and so on. Personal code of conduct consists of the place the safety and
well being of a child or individual person who is vulnerable adults first. It is essential for
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organisation to consider the safety of individual first and then organisational goals. There are
number of practices and laws which are created in order to successfully and effectively conduct
health care practices. Through the care act 2014 health care provider will be able to take
complete and accurate direction in order to use safeguarding practices such as making
safeguarding person. The main reason for selecting this safeguarding intervention is the acts will
assist in taking correct and accurate information for successfully and effectively perform
required practices. This will help in creating better strategies for developing solution to the issues
as well as overcoming the problems in most significant manner. Mental health act can be
considered while advocacy safeguarding intervention. Through this better and appropriate
actions could be taken in order to resolve the issue in most effective and efficient manner.
Thought the individual health and care practices can be successfully and effectively resolved
(Lindsey, 2020). This is considered to be significant for enhancing the outcome of the care
practices and successfully meeting with the need and requirements of the individual. Through
safeguarding practices individual can be protected form any kind of harm, abuse or neglect. This
will assist in enhancing the safety or welfare of individual. It is important that all health care
provider and professional are considering the safeguarding interventions as well as laws in order
to take correct decisions.
It is essential to use these safeguarding practices in more effective and efficient manner in
the case of Doris. By making safeguarding person and advocacy intervention better and accurate
practices could be taken as well as help in overcome the issues which are faced by Doris. In
order to use making safeguarding person it is crucial for health care provider to consider
effective and strong leadership of making safeguarding person. The next step is to promote the
culture shift according to the requirement individual (Phippen and Bond, 2020). This will
includes various core principles for strategy or practices. It is crucial for considering or seeking
the assurance or support development of competent practices by applying the mental capacity act
(Importance of Early Intervention in Safeguarding, 2020). It is crucial to take correct and
accurate actions while dealing with old age adult. Doris is facing number of problems and issues
due to old age and health care provider needs to consider the age or situation in order to correctly
deal with the problems. Advocacy intervention will assist is providing information about the
laws and legislation to Doris as well as recommend the correct action in order to improve safety
and security of Doris. Professional should provide assistance to Doris which will help in
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empowering her and provide complete comfort to her as well as respect her wishes. This will
encourage her participation in the safeguarding intervention. There are some weakness and
issues that could be faced by carer while considering making safeguarding persona and positive
risk taking approach. This will require more cost to take correct and accurate actions. Doris is
very old lady and she needs more care and facilities. It will be vert difficult to take appropriate
actions to successfully resolve the issues.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it has been concluded that safeguarding practices are very
important in order to successfully and effectively deal with the issue. It is important that better
and appropriate practices and task are performed in order to manage the issues of individual.
There are various intervention that could be used by health care provider so that better treatment
can be provided. It is essential to analyse the need and want of individual so that better
safeguarding practices can be consider. This will assist in promoting welfare of the person as
well as increase potential of individual. Making safeguarding person and advocacy will assist in
enhancing the practices of safeguarding as well as successfully resolving the issues of individual
person.
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